Qualification figures show growing gap between sexes
New Zealand Herald
Fri Jul 25 05:00:04 2008
Girls are still outdoing boys in university entrance - and new figures show the gap has widened. Last year, 45 per cent of female school leavers got the qualification, or an equivalent, compared with 33 per cent of the males. Despite...

Metal thieves carve up railway tracks
New Zealand Herald
Fri Jul 25 05:00:00 2008
A man with a blowtorch was caught slicing into a railway track beside State Highway 2 near Te Puke. He claimed he needed the metal from the track for hangi stones, but police suspect he was one of a growing number of thieves targeting...