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Winning Lotto ticket nearly thrown away
A Taranaki woman has found over $400,000 at the bottom of her handbag in the form of an old Lotto ticket that she had forgotten to check.
Pike River expected methane gas emissions
Methane gas has long been identified as a potential problem for the Pike River Coal mine, as rescuers scramble to find up to 27 missing miners.
Acting an enjoyable escapade for Tim Finn
Tim Finn gets his first starring role in a movie with Predicament - and he writes the theme tune too, which, by the sounds, was no easy task considering he had to get that word into a song.
Predicament in the making for local film
New local feature Predicament has quite a music and comedy pedigree in its cast. But its literary history, and its connections to past Kiwi films, could prove just as much of a drawcard. Scott Kara reports.
Drink-drive death report 'cover-up', mother says
A report on police handling of a drunk driver who killed three young people is a cover-up, the mother of a victim says.
Authority: Police could have stopped killer drunk driver
Police surveillance set up to catch a drunk driver who went on to kill three young people was flawed, a report released today said.