IN 1992, 12 YEAR old Agnes Aliva'A was found face down in a ditch with no top on in a park in Mount Roskill in Auckland. The police and the coroner decided the death was an accident - she fell and drowned. The case was It's now being treated as a homicide and detectives will start a new investigation. Phil goff liver
JOINING me now is Auckland police chief, assistant commissioner, Brian Duncan.
A tempoary ban's been put in place on imports of British beef products into New Zealand becasue of the latest health scare about BSE, or mad cow disease.x clare Pasley
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It's been another day of serious allegations at the wine box inquiry - this time the bullets have been fired at the Inland Revenue Department.
Amid the rarified air of the newly-refurbished Parliament Buildings, a problem's emerged in one of the most tranquil areas of the complex. Against background noise of water jets spraying a continuous mist into the Conservatory, Mr Hodgson explained his theory about the plants slow deaths.x kathryn street
the Ceasefire on the Papua New Guinea island of Bougainville has been shattered.x walter Zweifel
To the Middle East now, where the militant Islamic Group Hamas has formed its own political party to oppose Palestinian president Yasser Arafat and the Israel PLO peace process. Visiting Israeli official Aharon (ARHARONE) Lopez, the director of the Pacific division in the ministry of foreign affairs says Yasser Arafat could be doing more than he is.x jonathan Schwass
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The darling of New Zealand audiences - Dame Kiri Te Kanawa - has had the unbelieveble happen to her - bad reviews. X mary wilson
The financial markets are still digesting yesterday's reserve bank statement.x bronwen evans
There was Crown evidence from an important new medical expert presented at the Calder poison retrial in Christchurch today. Merle nowland liver
The Māori and Pacific Islands festival has been underway for just two days, and already more than 30-thousand people have visited the site.x elma Maua
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Taiwan is remaining defiant today on the eve of its historic presidential election. Its standing firm in its war of nerves with China, encouraged by a fresh sympathetic gesture from its old ally the United States x beeb
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