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“How long buyers stay out of the market will determine the size of that correction. If immigration stays positive, rents start to increase and investors begin to see bargains then demand may turn around again.”

Embargoed to 11.59pm Sunday, 11 May 2008 Further signs that property values are easing QV's April statistics for the residential property market report a 4.9% growth in national property values over the past ... via Scoop

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THE top tax threshold is likely to rise substantially under a National-led government. via The Otago Daily Times

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“This will enable young New Zealanders and Poles to experience each other's countries and cultures in greater depth than is possible through a short-term visit.”

New Zealand and Poland have signed a working holiday scheme for young people, Foreign Minister Winston Peters has announced. via The New Zealand Herald

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“The government has decided to commemorate the historic first ascent. This year will be the first time we celebrate the event and pay tributes to Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay”

Kathmandu, May 10: Nepal has decided that May 29 - the date Sir Edmund Hillarly and Tenzing Norgay conquered the world's highest peak in 1953 - will be marked as International Mount Everest Day, tourism ... via Daily India

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“All the nurses want to take him home. He's well and truly on the road to recovery. Our number one concern is the safety and wellbeing of the children.”

Photo / Herald on Sunday A teenage mother-of-two has been charged with stabbing her toddler son in the stomach with a boning knife. via The New Zealand Herald

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A Bay of Plenty woman has been crowned 2008's Mother of the Year. Jean Tawhi was nominated by her daughter and deemed a clear winner by a panel of celebrity judges. via Newstalk ZB

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“We're just simply saying there was too much doubt across the Crown case and the jury should have taken that up.”

RECORD SENTENCE: Tracy Jean Goodman. The woman convicted of murdering Marton pensioner Mona Morriss is to appeal her conviction and sentence. via Stuff

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Hospice New Zealand is hoping the public will give generously during its annual appeal next week but says it is unacceptable that such a vital health service is dependent on the goodwill of the community. via Tvnz.co.nz

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“It probably hasa blinding headache, though.”

DISTURBING: this darted weka is recovering after surgery. Vets who operated on a weka shot through the eye with a crossbow dart are hopeful it will not lose its sight. via Manawatu Evening Standard

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“Judges don't like suppressing information. It's against the principles of open justice.”

A man has pleaded guilty to the murder of convicted paedophile Glen Stinson last July in the High Court at Palmerston North. via Manawatu Evening Standard

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