Author Duff faces bankruptcy
New Zealand Herald
Thu Jul 24 05:00:11 2008
Once Were Warriors author Alan Duff is today facing bankruptcy proceedings in the High Court at Napier. Court documents show proceedings were issued against the Havelock North-based writer by an Auckland financier for money he...

Seniors protest against rules on foreign pensions
New Zealand Herald
Thu Jul 24 05:00:09 2008
Septuagenarian protesters greeted Social Development Minister Ruth Dyson at an Auckland Grey Power meeting yesterday with placards demanding their rights to foreign pensions. Frank Dunn, 75, of Albany, and Willy Bocxe, 79, of Glenfield,...

NZ zooms up world cost-of-living scale (+photos)
New Zealand Herald
Thu Jul 24 05:00:00 2008
Rising costs of housing, rent and food have catapulted New Zealand's biggest cities up a global cost of living ranking. Mercer's 2008 Cost of Living Survey has Auckland in 78th place and Wellington 93rd, up 21 and 18 places respectively. But...

Decomposed body remains unidentified (NZPA)
Yahoo Xtra
Wed Jul 23 23:34:42 2008
Police have all but run out of options in their efforts to identify the decomposed body found by pig hunters in the Waitakere Ranges west of Auckland this year.