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The first judgments under the controversial ‘SkyNet’ law that is designed to help stamp out music piracy are edging closer as the wraps come off another service, Pandora, that lets people listen to music legally online. A Justice Ministry spokesman said the Recording Industry Association, which represents major record labels, had asked the tribunal to [...]
The clean-up continues this morning after the violent tornado which ripped through the west Auckland suburb of Hobsonville yesterday afternoon. Three people died in the storm, which also damaged about 150 houses and forced 250 residents to evacuate to the nearby Whenuapai air force base. Civil Defence is estimating the damage is going to cost [...]
Sir Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey will be released in New Zealand cinemas a day earlier than originally scheduled, on Wednesday December 12, 2012. The film’s local distributor Roadshow Films NZ announced the date change today. “Given the unprecedented level of interest in the film on a local level we are delighted to [...]
Spring was unusually sunny for much of the country between Waikato and South Canterbury, with records broken in Gisborne, New Plymouth and Paraparaumu. A predominantly southwest flow during the three months meant most of the country also had a somewhat cool spring, with dry conditions across many North Island regions, as well as Marlborough and [...]
Police believe the person whose body was found in a burnt-out car in North Canterbury on Sunday was Christchurch car salesman Shane Malcolm Bell, 28. Officers have also established that the car was most likely burnt prior to Thursday evening – a “key component” to the investigation. Detective Senior Sergeant Brian Archer said inquiries in [...]