a 23-year-old man, Vaughan hill is in critical condition in Wellington hospital after being attacked by a shark while diving from a boat off the Chatham Islands. Eddie Reriti was diving with mr hill at the time of the attack LIVER
Violent crime in New Zealand has doubled in the past ten years - that's one of the findings in a book published today by Statistics New Zealand, which looks in detail at crime since 1986.x mark henderson
The Electoral Commission says it cannot rule on whether television ads promoting ACT leader Richard Prebble's book are in breach of election campaign advertising rules. Dr Paul Harris, of the Electoral Commission. LIVER
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[illegible] figures on drug prescriptions appear to paint a strange picture of the nation's health. More money is spent on antidepressents, ulcer and cholesterol lowering drugs in the South, while the North spends more on acne drugs and antibiotics.x clare pasley
Fiji's racially baised constitution, which guarantees political control for the country's ethnic Fijians, may be about to change.x bruce hill
In the Empire Hotel arson and murder trial today, the High Court heard a poem in which the man accused of the crimes talks about `six dead people'. maria slade liver
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The Auckland City Council's getting qualified political support for its bid to impose rates on schools and hospitals.x kathryn street
Brian Annan head of the Auckland primary principals association liver
[illegible] Fran has hit hit land on the United States east coast today, packing fierce winds and driving rain. Tom Hegele from the North Carolina State Emergency Management Office liver
The ruling junta in Burma has moved to crack down further on political dissent. Phil McClelland, liver
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The author of a controversial book on the Nazi holocaust is arguing that the holocaust against the Jews was only possible because ordinary Germans went along with it.x bbc
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