AUCKLAND, Dec. 1/Medianet International-AsiaNet/ --

Wellington, Dec 2 NZPA - An adventure tourism company and its director are facing six charges over the drowning of a 21-year-old British tourist.

Emily Louise Jordan drowned while river-boarding on the Kawarau river in Queenstown on April 29.

Wellington, Dec 2 NZPA - A senior Serious Fraud Office investigator said yesterday he believed an IT boss whose company charged Otago District Health Board millions of dollars over six years was acting as a "buffer" for a board employee who received 90 percent of the cash taken.

Wellington, Dec 1 NZPA - A Whitianga teenager who hacked into a United States university computer says he would ultimately like to start his own company and become the next Bill Gates. Owen Thor Walker told TV3's 60 Minutes programme he would never again hack illegally.

1 December 2008 - The Mayoral summit held in Manakau City today facilitated by Len Brown along with his deputy, Gary Troop and Councillor Dick Quax could well be a launch pad to deal with the P and other drug problems which are a scourge on the greater South Auckland communities, according to Met

Christchurch, Dec 1 NZPA - A woman passenger on an Air New Zealand flight during an alleged hijacking told a court today she believed the plane was going to crash.

1 December 2008 - IHC is raising its profile on social networking websites to find young people who want to get to know someone with an intellectual disability.

1 December 2008 - Waitakere City is now operating a new user pays inorganic rubbish collection service.

1 December 2008 - According to a new study from the University of Otago, Christchurch, published in the December issue of the British Journal of Psychiatry, there is a small association between abortion and mental health but the researchers say that their findings point to a "middle-of-the-road"