1Latest figures show economic activity shrunk by point-three percent in the first three months of this year.

2A 51 year old sickness beneficiary appeared in court today charged with murdering and raping Marie Jamieson in 2001.

3More than 2000 people took part in an 8km long hikoi to express their opposition to gang violence in the community.

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5Polling stations are opening for the run-off presidential election that's been condemned by the international community.

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7Wgtn public may be at greater risk after the council decided to give owners more time to earthquake-proof their buildings.

8Rickard murdered a Dunedin mother, attacked her sister and sparked a 36 hour manhunt last July.

9Waatea News: The Latest in Maori News.

10New possibilities have opened up in cyberspace, with the announcement of a revolution in the management of domain names.

11The Mayor of Auckland City says his ratepayers and won't readily be contributing more towards the Rugby World Cup.

12New research suggests a giant asteroid hit the planet Mars 4bllion years ago creating a giant crater.

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14Statistics NZ says the gross domestic product declined 0.3 percent in the March quarter.

15The police have charged a man with the 2001 murder of Marie Jamieson and they're not ruling out further arrests.

16As voting gets underway Robert Mugabe still says there can be no interference in his country even from the African Union.

17Green says legislation intended to safeguard ocean ecosystems is weak and a massive back down by the Labour Government.

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19The police say there will extra patrols in place after a spate of car fires in Christchurch over the past two nights.

20The share market mauling experienced in the past day's trading in the United States has spread to other markets.

21The actor and martial arts expert, Jackie Chan, has been visiting East Timor to meet some of the nation's youth groups.

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23Kapiti coast district council says a child reportedly got a shock from a pole in Riwai Street, Paraparaumu this morning.

24Focus on Politics: A look at the new impetus in settling Treaty of Waitangi claims.

25Waatea News: The Latest in Maori News.

26In California a budget deficit of over twenty billion dollars means reductions in public services are looming.