Australia and Oceania

Angry fans left up in the McClouds

news.com.au     6 hrs ago          

PETRA STARKE, FEATURES EDITOR MCLEOD'S Daughters fans desperate for the return of the show's final season have a surefire way to see it – go to New Zealand. Viewers have been left hanging since the show disappeared from...                    

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'Female-friendly' pub bans Bra Boys

news.com.au     7 hrs ago          

THE Bra Boys will be banned from Sydney's Coogee Bay Hotel as the surfside pub attempts to clean up its boozy image. Under a strict new policy, security staff will refuse entry to members of the notorious Maroubra surf...                    

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Street shows swing voters

apn.co.nz     5 hrs ago          

Eight months after polling one of the country's most typical bellwether electorates, the Herald on Sunday visited a street in that seat to test the winds in the face of the upcoming election. We chose Nutsey Ave in the...                    

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Major parties constantly changing plans

apn.co.nz     5 hrs ago          

Dutch-born Robin Romein, 34, has been in New Zealand for two years with his wife, Marjolijn Romein, and young daughters. Romein plans to vote Green, more as a no-confidence vote than because he supports Green policy. He...                    

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Editorial: Defence money must be spent where it can do the most good

apn.co.nz     5 hrs ago          

If their annual report to Parliament is any indication, the country's defence chiefs are to be complimented on their command of strategy. With an election campaign imminent, the New Zealand Defence Force's report painted a...                    

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Bill Ralston: US election is total Hollywood

apn.co.nz     5 hrs ago          

Take a look at the United States presidential election campaign. Please. It is a damn sight more interesting than our own and if I have to write the words "Winston Peters" once more I will scream. Central casting could not...                    

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Police survey of Asian concerns welcomed

radionz.co.nz     3 hrs ago          

Updated at 6:03am on 7 September 2008 An anti-crime group says it's heartening to see the police attempting to strengthen ties with Auckland's ethnic community. It follows a spate of violent offending against people of...                    

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Whanau protests

apn.co.nz     4 hrs ago          

Whanau and friends of a man shot dead outside his Auckland home last Sunday protested outside Paremoremo prison yesterday to push for the release of his father to attend the victim's funeral. John Maeva, 25, was killed...                    

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apn.co.nz: A joint press and police campaign hopes to net hundreds of wanted criminals. Photos / Supplied apn.co.nz

Wanted and on the run

apn.co.nz     5 hrs ago          

Auckland police are searching for hundreds of offenders on the run after failing to appear for court appearances or evading arrest warrants. The dozen featured today are just a fraction of those police want to interview....                    

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Battle to live on the edge

apn.co.nz     5 hrs ago          

It cost $1.4 million only six weeks ago, the new owners have never lived in it and now the Clovelly Rd home is uninhabitable after the Bucklands Beach landslip. The house, at number 118, is one of six properties evacuated...                    

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