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Today's High Court hearing into the legal status of the tea-tape has postponed police raids on media outlets until tomorrow at the earliest.

Six schoolgirls, the youngest only 13, were taken to hospital after taking tainted Ecstasy pills at school yesterday.

New Zealanders will face a two-week wait for the results of Saturday's referendum on whether to keep MMP.

MMP is still leading the referendum race in the polls, but party leaders are split over whether the voting system should stay or go.

Salvors have battled winds reaching more than 40 knots today to remove a further 15 containers from the stern of the cargo vessel Rena.

Tower Group's share price has been rallying sharply as speculation mounts over what majority owner, Guinness Peat Group, will do with its 35 per cent stake in the insurance and financial services group.

A fraudster who stole $6000 from two children's charities will avoid being sent to jail, a judge told him today.

It can be hard to take positives out of a gut-wrenching loss in the dying seconds of a game but that was all the Breakers could focus on following their 80-78 defeat to the Cairns Taipans last night.

Five helicopters with monsoon buckets and firefighters on the ground have been fighting a blazing pine plantation in the Far North this afternoon.

Nathan Friend's defence has never been an issue during his 10 years in the NRL but now it's time to develop other areas of his game and he says the Warriors are the ideal club to help him do it.