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Three new Avatar films to be made in NZ
The next three Avatar films will be made in New Zealand, the Prime Minister has announced at a press conference with the film's director James Cameron.
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Dotcom sets sights on politics
Internet entrepreneur Kim Dotcom will launch a new political party later this month, with one expert tipping it could help determine the makeup of the next government. Dotcom resigned from his director's position at his data hosting site, Mega, last year to focus on his extradition case and building a political party.
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Kim Dotcom to launch 'Megaparty' for New Zealand elections
Megaupload founder cannot stand as a candidate himself, but vows to 'activate non-voters, the youth, the internet electorate'.
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NZ rail operator halts 40 trains after asbestos discovery
New Zealand's national rail operator has pulled 40 of its newest locomotives from service after discovering they contain asbestos. KiwiRail says urgent tests are underway on the engines to determine if the asbestos poses any safety threat.
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New Zealanders to vote on changing national flag
New Zealanders will soon get to vote on whether to change their national flag, which many view as a relic from a colonial past.
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Kim Dotcom gets NZ assets back
Cars, cash and property seized from Kim Dotcom by police in the 2012 raid at his Coatesville mansion could be returned to him within the next 14 days. When police raided the Dotcom Mansion in January 2012 they seized $6 million of luxury cars - including 15 Mercedes-Benz, a pink 1959 Cadillac and a Rolls-Royce Phantom - and $10 million from financial institutions.
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On Kim Dotcom's campaign trail
Kim Dotcom, the founder of closed file-sharing site Megaupload, has been on the road to promote his newly-formed political party in New Zealand. His Internet Party, which wants to bring internet freedom to the agenda, has 1,000 members.
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I'll take the Dotcoms' word over the Banks' - judge
John Banks and Kim Dotcom are both men alone, living apart from their wives. But Amanda Banks and Mona Dotcom emerged as key witnesses during two weeks in the High Court at Auckland to support their husbands' accounts of how two $25,000 donations were made.
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Quakes hits near New Zealand
A 6.9-magnitude earthquake struck in the South Pacific Ocean Tuesday, southeast of Raoul Island, New Zealand, the U.S. Geological Survey said.
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Kim Dotcom: 'The Internet party will abolish mass surveillance'
Tech tycoon Kim Dotcom has told the Guardian that "governments want to engage in mass surveillance and have total citizen control", before a crowd fundraising event for the Mana Internet party, the political party he founded to contest New Zealand's September 20 elections.
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New Zealand fishing boat hauls in surprise catch: small plane with a body
WELLINGTON, New Zealand — The crew aboard a New Zealand fishing boat on Thursday received a shock when they hauled up gruesome catch: a small plane with a body inside. Authorities suspect the plane is a 5.
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In New Zealand Weather Costs Insurers $135 Million
This year's bill from storm damage is adding up to more than $135 million already.
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The Last Places on Earth With No Invasive Species
Pockets of land and water that are free from ‘alien’ species are few and far between. Yet could we reverse the tide of these pests?
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Warner Bros dismisses Dotcom email as a fake
The Kim Dotcom "big reveal" is out - and has almost immediately been dismissed as a fake. The "reveal" is an email which purports to show Prime Minister John Key involved in a plan to get the internet entrepreneur into New Zealand so he could be extradited to the United States.
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Snowden alleges New Zealand spying plan to tap undersea telecom cable
New Zealand was preparing to conduct mass domestic surveillance last year, a U.S. investigative journalist said on Monday, five days before the country goes to the polls, provoking immediate denials from Prime Minister John Key. The accusations by Glenn Greenwald were based on evidence disclosed by former U.S. National Security Authority contractor Edward Snowden that Key’s centre-right government planned to exploit amended spying laws to sharply widen domestic spying.
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The Booming Black Market for Chocolate Milk
When asked about the potential financial upside in the dairy industry, liquor bootlegger Al Capone once said, “Honest to God, we’ve been in the wrong racket right along.” The furor around small-batch chocolate milk created by a little creamery in the tiny nation of New Zealand is proving him right.
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'Tea-break' employment bill becomes law
A law which takes away the legal right to a tea break and weakens collective bargaining has taken line honours as the first law change passed in National's third term, squeaking into law by 62 votes to 58.
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AC/DC drummer Phil Rudd charged with attempting to procure murder
The AC/DC drummer Phil Rudd has been charged in New Zealand with attempting to procure murder, threatening to kill and possession of drugs.
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Murderer on the run after being released from prison unmonitored
A convicted murderer who was denied parole is on the run after being released from prison unmonitored and failing to show up at the house where he was supposed to be staying. Phillip John Smith, 40, was imprisoned in 1996 for stabbing to death the father of a young boy he molested.
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Lawyers drop Dotcom, then erase all history of Him
Kim Dotcom is looking for a new legal team in New Zealand after a high-profile lawfirm withdrew its services. However, what's especially unusual is that Simpson Grierson has not only pulled out, but is also removing all references to Dotcom and Mega from its corporate site.
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