Mortgages unlikely to fall in spite of rate cut
New Zealand Herald
Fri Jul 25 05:30:00 2008
Mortgage costs are likely to keep rising for months despite governor Alan Bollard cutting the Reserve Bank's official cash rate from 8.25 to 8 per cent yesterday.
With 88 per cent of mortgage debt in fixed rate loans, people whose...
Ex-lover tells of Dixon's paranoia and P smoking
New Zealand Herald
Fri Jul 25 05:14:00 2008
An increasingly paranoid Antonie Dixon beat his partner Simonne Butler on numerous occasions, the High Court at Auckland heard yesterday.
Ms Butler, who is now split from Dixon, told the court she gave his moods four names, ranging...
Investigators swoop on Hanover
New Zealand Herald
Fri Jul 25 05:00:20 2008
Within hours of receiving complaints yesterday, the Commerce Commission took the unusual step of announcing an investigation into whether Hanover Finance had misled its investors and the public.
"The investigation is into whether...
Blaze victims could have been charged
New Zealand Herald
Fri Jul 25 05:00:00 2008
Two of four people killed in a Christchurch house fire could have been charged with murder had they lived, a coroner's hearing was told yesterday.
When emergency services were called to a fire at the Tomonagas' home in April last...
$1.7m pound for Rodney and North Shore strays
New Zealand Herald
Fri Jul 25 05:00:00 2008
Auckland's northern councils will build a $1.7 million dog pound for the 1000 strays picked up each year.
Rodney Mayor Penny Webster said yesterday the joint deal was signed with North Shore City Council for a facility at Silverdale.
She...
Panic text before death
Stuff
Fri Jul 25 05:00:00 2008
A father of five sent a desperate text message to his partner saying he was lost, hours before police found his body on a North Canterbury riverbank yesterday morning.
'No ordinary storm' to strike New Zealand
Stuff
Fri Jul 25 05:00:00 2008
Strong winds in the lower North Island and snow in the South Island disrupted people yesterday, but the MetService is more concerned about a potentially 'destructive' storm due this weekend.
Bankruptcy proceedings against author Duff on hold (NZPA)
Yahoo Xtra
Thu Jul 24 23:20:11 2008
Bankruptcy proceedings against Alan Duff were adjourned in the High Court at Napier yesterday to allow time for creditors to consider a proposal from the author.
Rubbish truck crashes into river (NZPA)
Yahoo Xtra
Thu Jul 24 21:22:36 2008
Environment Southland is expected to conduct an aerial survey of the Makarewa and Lower Oreti Rivers this morning to assess the impact of a rubbish truck crash yesterday.