Air New Zealand rated highly for trust
New Zealand Herald
Fri Jul 25 05:16:00 2008
Air New Zealand is one of the most trusted airlines in the world, according to travellers living in the Asia-Pacific region. Global research revealed that those passengers ranked their locally-based carriers as more trustworthy...

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...

Girls' eggs taken as safeguard
Stuff
Fri Jul 25 05:00:00 2008
Some parents of child cancer sufferers are having their little girls' eggs frozen to give them the chance of having their own babies one day.

One in three work over 50 hrs a week
Stuff
Fri Jul 25 05:00:00 2008
More than 150 years after a carpenter in Petone famously insisted on working an eight-hour day, one in three full-time workers are clocking up more than 50 hours a week.