http://www.nzherald.co.nz/ Latest National headlines from nzherald.co.nz en-nz Copyright 2010 APN HOLDINGS NZ Wed, 10 Feb 2010 06:00:02 +1200 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss APN RSS Generator webnews@nzherald.co.nz webmaster@nzherald.co.nz http://www.nzherald.co.nz/images/nz_little_logo.gif http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/headlines.cfm?c_id=1 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10625263&ref=rss Big personal tax cuts for middle and high-income earners are likely to be announced in the May Budget and take effect from October this year.The tax cuts of up to $4 billion will be funded mainly by increasing GST from 12.5 per... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Wed, 10 Feb 2010 04:00:20 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10625258&ref=rss The Government is taking aim at lazy students and courses with high dropout or failure rates in looming reforms in tertiary education.In his statement yesterday Prime Minister John Key said there were "increasingly urgent problems"... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Wed, 10 Feb 2010 04:00:18 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10625256&ref=rss New laws to make sole parents look for work after their youngest children turn 6 will be phased in over several years, says Social Development Minister Paula Bennett.Prime Minister John Key confirmed in Parliament yesterday that... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Wed, 10 Feb 2010 04:00:16 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10625257&ref=rss Corrections Minister Judith Collins said yesterday that it would not concern her if privately run prisons paid staff less than those in the public system as they could always return to the public sector.Ms Collins was responding... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Wed, 10 Feb 2010 04:00:14 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10625246&ref=rss Aucklanders are having to underwrite a $40 million shortfall for the Eden Park upgrade because the park's guardians cannot make a financial contribution towards the $256 million project.The Eden Park bill is on top of $100 million... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Wed, 10 Feb 2010 04:00:12 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10625253&ref=rss Environmentalists fear the country will take a giant step backwards after Prime Minister John Key signalled some conservation land could lose its protection and be opened up for mining.But the minerals industry is highly encouraged... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Wed, 10 Feb 2010 04:00:11 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10625247&ref=rss Former All Black Robin Brooke has apologised on national television to the teenage girl whose backside he groped in Fiji on New Year's Eve and will undergo alcohol counselling, donate to charity and reimburse airfares and legal fees.Brooke... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Wed, 10 Feb 2010 04:00:10 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10625224&ref=rss Serial prison escapee Kevin Polwart says he broke out of Auckland Prison so he could show the police he wasn't a danger to the community.Police found a typed letter to the New Zealand Herald , outlining the 49-year-old's explanation... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Wed, 10 Feb 2010 04:00:09 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10625223&ref=rss Auckland GPs say Labtests' service has improved, but it still has a long way to go.A report released by the Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners has combined the results of three surveys of doctors one, six and 12... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Wed, 10 Feb 2010 04:00:08 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10625260&ref=rss Wait patiently for three months for the real oil in the Budget before passing judgment on the Government's latest and seemingly insipid prescription for shifting New Zealand's sluggish-performing economy into the growth fast-lane.That... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Wed, 10 Feb 2010 04:00:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10625255&ref=rss Twelve people became citizens of New Zealand in the last five years despite breaching the terms of the law, including undeclared serious criminal convictions.The Citizenship Act states applicants must declare if they have spent... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Wed, 10 Feb 2010 04:00:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10625252&ref=rss The only six-coloured flag in the world, South Africa's design aimed to pull together all strands of class and race, and colourfully mark a new post-apartheid era.But it was only ever intended to be a stop-gap flag, and was a... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Wed, 10 Feb 2010 04:00:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10625251&ref=rss Gregory Fortuin says a new flag does not have to represent a tearing away from the past - it could be a symbol of a more unified country.Mr Fortuin, South African consul and former race relations conciliator, flies the New Zealand... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Wed, 10 Feb 2010 04:00:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10625250&ref=rss "Enjoy!" Prime Minister John Key said as he drifted into his caucus meeting a few hours before delivering his self-described step-change for New Zealand. In Parliament later Labour MPs were indeed enjoying."Ha! Step back, more... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Wed, 10 Feb 2010 04:00:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10625249&ref=rss The problem with great minds is that they sometimes think alike.Artist Dick Frizzell, best known for Kiwiana icons including Four Square Man , designed a new flag that Paul Holmes called "a beautiful piece of graphic design".But... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Wed, 10 Feb 2010 04:00:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10625245&ref=rss The heartbroken parents of slain schoolgirl Liberty Templeman have described a night of anguish, desperately trying to find out why their daughter was not responding to their text messages on the night she went missing.Rebecca... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Wed, 10 Feb 2010 04:00:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10625244&ref=rss ACC has apologised "unreservedly" to thousands of businesses and individuals whose private information about workplace injuries was sent to the wrong companies.The corporation sends out 15,000 individual reports each month and... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Wed, 10 Feb 2010 04:00:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10625243&ref=rss A mother has told a court she was turned away and sworn at when she tried to visit her intellectually disabled daughter at the Otara house where the daughter was allegedly beaten by her caregivers and left to die.Teinakore Joseph... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Wed, 10 Feb 2010 04:00:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10625241&ref=rss Medicines containing dextropropoxyphene are being withdrawn from the New Zealand market after a review showed their risks outweighed their possible benefits.The medicines containing it are analgesics used to treat chronic moderate... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Wed, 10 Feb 2010 04:00:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10625222&ref=rss All Black coaching great Fred "the Needle" Allen, who turned 90 yesterday, said a civic reception in his honour was a "humbling experience".The reception, hosted by Auckland City Mayor John Banks at the Council Chambers, was attended... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Wed, 10 Feb 2010 04:00:00 +1200