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A 22-year-old New Zealander is alleged to have gone on a two-day rampage in Australia the previous month, committing offences including sexual assault and reckless wounding of Sydney women. .His initial arrest was the result of Strike Force Waran, which police established in August to investigate numerous reports of sex-related offences in Sydney.He appeared in Central Local Court today, the Sydney Morning Herald reported.Today he was charged with 12 more similar offences relating to 11 separate attacks.Early this year he was charged over attacks on four women in Glebe, Rose Bay, Mona Vale and Woollahra and was refused bail to appear in court today.He was further charged with having, on July 30, inflicted actual bodily harm on another woman with the intent to have sexual intercourse.Curreen was charged with the aggravated assault of a woman at Maroubra on February 4 this year.A solicitor for the NSW Director of Public Prosecutions told Central Local Court today that a substantial amount of DNA samples was yet to be processed.According to the police charge sheet tendered in court today, Curreen’s alleged offences on August 1 were:- a threat to inflict bodily harm with a knife with intent to have sexual intercourse with a woman;- entering a flat at Bondi without consent;- assaulting the woman in the flat and committing an act of indecency by grabbing her buttock;- committing an act of indecency by grabbing the buttock of another woman at Leichhardt;- committing an act of indecency by grabbing another woman on the buttock in Annandale;- recklessly inflicting actual bodily harm with intent to have sexual intercourse with a woman at Pyrmont;- recklessly wounding a woman at Pyrmont.Curreen was remanded in custody to appear in Central Local Court on December 8.Police allege at least three of the women were threatened with a knife, and all four were targeted as they walked alone late at night, or early in the morning.
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Six people lost their lives on the roads
during Labour Weekend, two more than last year.
The final fatal crash occurred shortly before 5pm yesterday, close to Waihi, in the western Bay of Plenty.
Waikato police said it was believed the man, a rear passenger, was not wearing a seatbelt.
A 24-year-old Saudi man died when a rented mini-van carrying eight people failed to take a bend on State Highway 2 and rolled, coming to a stop in a paddock.
Yesterday morning, a Wellington woman was killed by a bus she was trying to catch in Porirua.
“Once again we find ourselves reflecting on the needless loss of someone thrown from a vehicle while not restrained,” road policing manager Inspector Leo Tooman said.
Motorcyclist Matthew Edward Carpinter, 31, died on Sunday when he crashed into a bridge on State Highway 6 close to Greymouth, on the West Coast.
Police said she was chasing after the bus trying to get the attention of the driver when she tripped and fell under the vehicle, which was packed with passengers.
Inquiries were continuing but excessive speed was a possible contributing factor.
Police said he was riding with a group when he lost control of his motorcycle around 5pm.
Two women killed in a head on smash on SH1 at Five Mile Bay close to Taupo on Saturday have still not been named.
Tod Woodman, 16, died in Nelson on Sunday when a 4WD rolled off the Maungatapu Track into a river.
The elderly woman died at the scene while a 53-year-old woman who had been a passenger in the 4WD died later in hospital.
Police said a 79-year-old woman’s car crossed the centre line and smashed into a 4WD.
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An America tourist is grieving after the girlfriend
who accepted his proposal of marriage died 24 hours later while swimming
with dolphins.
Emily May Harper, 27, from Denver, Colorado, is thought to have died from natural causes as she swam in Tory Channel in the Marlborough Sounds on Tuesday.
Her boyfriend Matthew Hawkins proposed to her on Monday and she said ‘yes’.
Their last night together was memorable for all the right reasons, he told The New Zealand Herald.
Mr Hawkins said yesterday he believed his girlfriend was fit and healthy.
“I came up to her from behind and gave her a hug, and I said to her, ‘We should get married’.
He said they had been walking together at Picton Harbour, watching the lights reflecting off the water. And she said, ‘What, are you serious?’ And I said, ‘Yeah, I think I am’.”
He said he had planned to ask her two days later and she never saw the ring he had bought because it was with his mother. And then she said, ‘Yes, absolutely’.”
Next morning, the pair sailed out into the Marlborough Sounds with Mr Hawkins’ mother Sandra and brother Andrew on a Dolphin Watch Ecotours vessel.
“I meant to ask her in Auckland, but the setting was just perfect.
“Emily kept giving me a thumbs-up signal while she was in the water.
He said she loved animals and wildlife and was very excited about the dolphin encounter.
“I took my eyes off Emily for barely a second, and I saw someone face down in the water.
“I took my eyes off Emily for barely a second, and I saw someone face down in the water.
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Hollywood is trying to stamp out pesky leaks on Twitter and Facebook by adding new rules to its contracts forbidding actors and other creatives from blabbing on the social networking sites.
DreamWorks and Disney are the first studios to clamp down on tweeting, with Cameron Diaz and Mike Myers among the first to be affected when they film the upcoming Shrek sequel.
It reported that DreamWorks had a similar clause in its writers’ contracts.
Influential trade publication The Hollywood Reporter revealed that new talent contracts from Disney forbid confidentiality breaches via “interactive media such as Facebook, Twitter or any other interactive social network or personal blog”.
It also affords a far more intimate connection with fans.
Celebrities have embraced social media because it allows them to broadcast their thoughts directly without being filtered by journalists.
But the inability to control the message is leading some Hollywood execs to panic. For instance, top tweeters Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore gave fans backstage passes to the Oscars by publishing messages, videos and pictures on their Twitter accounts throughout the evening.
Heroes star Greg Gunberg published a message that led some wrongly to believe that the show was being cancelled.
Paula Abdul recently surprised her Fox bosses by revealing through a tweet that she was leaving American Idol.
Outside Hollywood, professional sports leagues and media organisations around the world have also implemented policies curbing social media use.
And when Bones executive producer Hart Hanson joked that production had shut down due to “swine flu”, the story quickly made it to the airwaves before Hanson clarified that no one on set had anything but the standard flu.
“Hollywood has a long history of controlling what talent says in the media.
“This is just the beginning,” a talent lawyer told The Hollywood Reporter.”
But, ironically, while Hollywood might be fearful of confidential details leaking out on social networks, it is relying on these same tools to generate buzz. This is just a new area of media that hasn’t been controlled yet.
Online buzz drove Paranormal Activity to a US$7. . The low budget horror flick is now on its way to wider release.9 million box office in the US and Canada last weekend, setting a record for a movie playing in fewer than 200 theatres.
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Auckland look bound for another moderate placing in this year’s Air NZ Cup championship after succumbing 12-8 to Tasman in Nelson today.
In a classic David-overcomes-Goliath scenario, the scoreline actually flattered Auckland, a union that has dominated the history of the national provincial championships but whose reputation is starting to take a battering. .
They didn’t deserve victory at Trafalgar Park, the country’s biggest union being outplayed up front by the Air NZ Cup’s smallest, allowing Tasman to surge past them into fifth place.
The hosts bagged their second soon after the break to winger Blair Cook, taking advantage of a non-existent blindside defence.
Playing with a strong wind at their back, Auckland conceded a costly try to Tasman captain Andrew Goodman soon before halftime to trail 3-7.
A Tasman loss would have been a travesty after overwhelming the visitors at scrum and lineout time while edging the breakdown battle, where Auckland coach Mark Anscombe took a gamble by playing regular No 8 Peter Saili at openside flanker in one of 10 changes.
They remained 12-3 up for much of the remainder before Auckland’s reserve hooker Pat Leafa handed them a glimmer of hope, scoring off a sizzling break by winger Atieli Pakalani with five minutes remaining.
Today’s result was an epic reversal of the teams’ only previous meeting, when Auckland prevailed 46-6 three years ago.
Tasman also played usual halfback Kahn Fotuali’i out of position at first five-eighth and he responded well, keeping the ball in hand through much of the first spell into the elements.
Halftime: 7-3.
Tasman 12 (Andrew Goodman, Blair Cook tries; Goodman con)
Auckland 8 (Pat Leafa try; Ash Moeke pen).
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Roofliss, the first amphibious van to travel across Cook Strait, has sold for $9100 on Trade Me – and could be heading home to Marlborough.
Aeronautic machinists Dan Melling and Adam Turnbull, both 23, completed the 65-kilometre journey from Waikawa Bay marina to Mana marina in the modified Toyota Town Ace, they’d built on September 6. .Ian and Jenny Fyfe of Blenheim, who won the auction said they had been bidding on behalf of someone else, but would not reveal who.”There was the possibility of fundraising or sponsorship, but earlier this evening Mr Melling conceeded that looked unlikely, he said.”It would be interesting to look at later on rather than someone buying it, thrashing it and dumping it in their shed so no-one will see it again.”It’s going to be sad to see her go,” he said.Mr Melling said he enjoyed the auction with a beer and said he was “stoked” with the price, but “you always hope it goes higher”.”His share of the money would be spent: shouting a few beverages, on his car, which he described as a “black hole”, and on the next project, which would be “maybe a bit faster, further and comfy”.”(If the van was heading back to Marlborough) It would be good to take it back to Picton for a bit of a hack around.
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The New Zealand dollar broke the US70c threshold this morning, delivering another blow to exporters.
The kiwi dollar started the trading day buying US70.78c at 5pm yesterday.31c, up from US69.
“It would not have made any difference,” Dr Bollard said, after holding official interest rates at 2.
Cutting official interest rates would not have brought down the high New Zealand dollar, according to Reserve Bank governor Alan Bollard, although some exporters still demand a cut.
Against the Australian currency, the kiwi dollar was trading at A81.5 per cent yesterday and saying rates will stay on hold until late next year.11c last night.42c this morning, up from A81.
ANZ bank said the NZ dollar was an out-performer overnight, despite Dr Bollard’s concerns, which ANZ also held, about the sustainability of any recovery and the need for the economy to rebalance.
The NZ dollar hit a six-year low in early March against the greenback but has grown about 40 percent since, helped by overseas investors boosting their exposure to higher-yielding currencies.
“At present, markets are ignoring NZ’s domestic economic fundamentals and trading is driven more by risk appetites and hopes of reflation. . But knowing when and what the catalyst will be is incredibly difficult.
“Something will have to give eventually.”
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A 60 bed container unit is to be established at Rimutaka Prison as the Corrections Department seeks ways to house a burgeoning prison population.
The block, to be constructed on a field in the prison grounds in the Hutt Valley, would house high to medium security prisoners and be staffed by 20-25 new guards.
The Government previously announced it would use converted containers as cells to boost capacity.
“This project is the first of its kind at a New Zealand prison and we hope it will point the way to how we can build extra prison capacity faster and much cheaper than in the past,” she said.
Corrections Minister Judith Collins said today the unit would help the department evaluate whether the containers can be used in other prisons. We have to take immediate action to ensure that prisoners are securely locked away and the public is kept safe.
“Corrections is forecast to run out of baseline beds early next year.”
Ms Collins said prison numbers had swelled from about 5000 in 1996-97 to 8400 now.
It was estimated a further 5000 beds would be needed by 2018.
As on Monday the muster was 12 short of breaking the record for the number of people locked up.
A tender process had started and cells would be in use from March.
Using containers was a quick and cost effective solution, and the recession meant there were plenty to be recycled, she said.
Staff, dining, showers and other facilities would also feature in the containers.
Each bed would cost between $53,000 and $63,000, which Ms Collins said was far cheaper than for a new prison.
While some of the components of the initial cells will come from overseas, they will be extensively fitted out in New Zealand.
While some of the components of the initial cells will come from overseas, they will be extensively fitted out in New Zealand.
Corrections Department chief executive Barry Matthews said container cells were used in Australia, Britain and the United States.”
Prisoners would not be involved in construction as a result of the tight schedule, but they may be in future.
Asked about rolling out the new style of cells at Rimutaka given problems it has recently faced – such as guards alleged involved in a drug ring and a female guard having a relationship with a prisoner – Mr Matthews said overall there had been improvement in management of prisons.
They were similar quality to normal prison cells and better than in older prisons.
The department was also rolling out double bunking at prisons, aiming to add 1000 beds to the system.
Containers would be a mix of single and double cells. .
Prison guards’ union, the Corrections Association of New Zealand, is taking the department to the Employment Court over the double bunking issue, saying it breaches collective agreements
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Police and Child Youth and Family officials will be warned to not prosecute parents for lightly smacking their children.
Prime Minister John Key told the Sunday Star-Times in Sydney yesterday he was planning to introduce “increased safeguards” to prevent parents who gave their children “minor” or “inconsequential” smacks from being either investigated or prosecuted.
Key’s move is designed to appease the “Vote No” campaigners, who were yesterday celebrating an overwhelming win in the citizens-initiated referendum asking: “Should a smack as part of good parental correction be a criminal offence in New Zealand?”
Of the more than 1. The “Yes” campaign attracted 12 percent of the vote.6 million New Zealanders who voted (a 54 percent turnout), 88 percent said smacking children should not be a criminal offence. “I agree and support their view there, I think it would be totally inappropriate for a New Zealand parent to be prosecuted for lightly smacking a child.
Mr Key also told TVNZ’s Q&A programme this morning that he agreed with the result.Mr Key said Cabinet would consider the issue tomorrow.
“What I am wanting to ensure,” Key told the Sunday Star-Times, “is that parents have a level of comfort that the police and Child Youth and Family follow the intent of parliament, and that they can feel comfortable that in bringing up their children they are not going to be dragged before the courts for a minor or inconsequential smack.
Key said that although police had statutory independence from the government, cabinet had some options to direct them. .”
I think there are some things that we can potentially do that don’t involve a law change but would involve ensuring that their level of comfort that the law is working is maintained.
Key got himself into an awkward political position on the issue after cutting a deal in 2007 with then Prime Minister Helen Clark to ban the use of force as a “corrective” measure.
Given the referendum results, campaigners are baying for the law to be changed back or at least amended, allowing parents to use an open hand to smack their children on the bottom or hand. He has repeatedly said he does not believe police are prosecuting parents unnecessarily and that he remained comfortable the law was working. He has repeatedly said he does not believe police are prosecuting parents unnecessarily and that he remained comfortable the law was working.
Sending the issue back to parliament would consume the country at a time when there were bigger issues to deal with, he said. Key said that report would also show a similar result.