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Megaupload's Dotcom says extradition fight leaves him bust
Internet entrepreneur Kim Dotcom, one of the world's most wanted cyber fugitives, says his nearly three-year fight against extradition to the United States to face online piracy charges has left him broke. Dotcom, the New Zealand resident who once flaunted a fleet of vintage cars, a fully staffed rented mansion and globe-trotting holidays, said that his wealth had evaporated due to mounting legal fees...
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Kim Dotcom declares he is 'broke'
Kim Dotcom, the founder of the seized file-sharing site Megaupload, has declared himself "broke". The entrepreneur said he had spent $10m (£6.4m) on legal costs since being arrested in New Zealand in 2012 and accused of internet piracy. Mr Dotcom had employed a local law firm to fight the US's attempt to extradite him, but his defence team stepped down a fortnight ago without explaining why.
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Indicted Internet Entrepreneur Dotcom Avoids Jail
Indicted Internet entrepreneur Kim Dotcom has defeated efforts to send him back to a New Zealand jail but says his long-running legal battle has left him broke. After a three-day hearing Monday, Auckland District Court Judge Nevin Dawson ruled there was no evidence Dotcom had secret assets...
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World Celebrations Bring in 2015
Celebrations for the start of 2015 have taken place across Asia and Europe, with firework displays in a host of major cities.
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Strong 6.0-magnitude quake hits New Zealand's South Island
New Zealand scientists warned South Island residents to expect a swarm of aftershocks following a strong early morning six-magnitude earthquake Tuesday that ...
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Why Kim Dotcom hasn’t been extradited 3 years after the US smashed Megaupload
Kim Dotcom has never been shy. And in December 2011, roughly a month before things for Dotcom were set to drastically change, he still oozed with bravado: Dotcom released a song ("The Megaupload Song") in conjunction with producer Printz Board. It featured a number of major pop stars—including the likes of Kanye West, Jamie Foxx, and Serena Williams—all singing that they "love Megaupload." If the star power wasn't enough, Dotcom placed an exclamation point at the end.
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Sculpture in the Gibbs Farm
Gibbs Farm is an unusual setting for a sculpture collection. The North Auckland property is dominated by the Kaipara Harbour, the largest harbour in the Southern hemisphere.
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Kim Dotcom might get deported from New Zealand for driving fast
Kim Dotcom the co-founder of MegaUpload and later MEGA is about to get kicked out of New Zealand. On September 10, 2009 a police radar gun logged Dotcom doing 149km/h (92mph) in a 50km/h (30mph) zone. Eventually he was caught by a police officer after chasing his 3.6-liter AMG Mercedes 1.7km (1 mile) later close to his Coatesville mansion. He explained the three times over-the-limit endeavor as a “stupid mistake”, and of course later he was known guilty at the court.
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New Zealand legally recognises animals as 'sentient' beings
A change to New Zealand law has recognised what pet owners and scientists have known for years - that animals have feelings. The Animal Welfare Amendment Bill, which passed its final reading on Tuesday, states that animals, like humans, are "sentient" beings. "To say that animals are sentient is to state explicitly that they can experience both positive and negative emotions, including pain and distress," said Dr Virginia Williams, chair of the National Animal Ethics Advisory Committee.
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These Stunning Photos of New Zealand's Largest Gang Will Give You Sleepless Nights
In the 1960s, a gang of variously disaffected youth sprang up in Hawkes Bay, New Zealand. They didn't ride bikes, but they quickly developed all the trimmings of an outlaw motorcycle club: patches, club colors, and a fiercely violent process of initiation. They came to be known as the Mighty Mongrel Mob and today they're the largest gang in the country, with around 30 chapters across both islands.
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Travel Pioneers: Maria Leijerstam
Having already cycled to the South Pole, Maria Leijerstam believes that travellers can better appreciate the beauty of a place if they use their own sweat to get there.
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With Hobbit and LoTR in the can, Trolls no longer welcome in New Zealand
Kiwi parliament passes 'Harmful digital communications bill' outlawing online nasties
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Glow-worm photos go viral
A Kiwi photographer known as the "king of the time-lapse" has done it again, this time wow-ing audiences with photos of New Zealand glow worm caves.
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Migaloo turns to New Zealand Whale Highway
Australia's best known whale, Migaloo, appears to have turned up again. But not where he usually does.
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How two mice conquered an island
In an amazing experiment, two mice took just five months to dominate a new land
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Special investigation: Auckland house prices - Business - NZ Herald News
The first picture has emerged of Chinese buying patterns in Auckland's pressure-cooker housing market — and it suggests a powerful, big-spending influence - New Zealand Herald
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What do our flags say about us?
As New Zealand prepares to change its flag, Phil Mercer examines how a country’s cultural identity can be represented by a single design.
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Police investigate claims of organised fight clubs in NZ prisons
Authorities are investigating claims an organised fight club exists in New Zealand's Mt Eden prison.
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The French Scrabble champion who doesn't speak French
Nigel Richards’ command of the language of Molière, as the French like to call it, stretches to “bonjour” and being able to count. However, the New Zealander who has been called “the Tiger Woods of Scrabble” certainly has a way with words – even French ones. Despite his linguistic handicap, Richards has just won the francophone world Scrabble championships after reportedly memorising the entire French Scrabble dictionary in just nine weeks.
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Kiwi Birds Unable To See Color After Adapting Nocturnal Lifestyle
Having to survive in the dark, New Zealand kiwis adapted, subbing out the development of certain genes related to sight and enhancing others more useful to nocturnal living.
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