01 SEP 2008 - Porirua Police have arrested a 35-year-old man following an investigation into alleged indecencies on three young boys.

30 Aug 2008 - North Shore Police say the condition is improving of the victim in Thursday night's attack at a Kebab takeaway in Glenfield. He is now out of a coma but expected to require lengthy recuperation.

29 August 2008 - Sixteen and a half thousand Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union members have rallied for stronger work rights this month following the final Work Rights Wage Drive rally at North Harbour Stadium today.

SHANGHAI, China, Aug. 28 /Xinhua-PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ --

The world's tallest building -- Shanghai World Financial Center opens to the media on August 28th, 2008.

29 August 2008 - The Maritime Union of New Zealand says a free trade deal signed with ASEAN nations including the military dictatorship of Myanmar is bad for workers.

29 August 2008 - Community consultation on the Christchurch City Council's innovative draft South-West Area Plan commences on Monday 1 September 2008.

29 AUGUST 2008 - TZ1 together with GreenAir Ltd, announce the first carbon credits to be publicly listed on TZ1's Registry (viewed on www.tz1market.com). The credits are Verified Emission Reductions (VERs) from New Zealand forest activities.

29 AUGUST 2008 - Abano Healthcare Group has today announced further acquisitions in its dental and audiology businesses extending the networks of both Bay Audiology and Lumino The Dentists in New Zealand.

29 August 2008 - The French Navy's Light Transport Ship Jacques Cartier arrived in Auckland on Friday 29 August in preparation for a refit program to be carried out by VT Fitzroy Ltd at Devonport Dockyard, Auckland.

North Shore Police are describing the unprovoked, vicious assault of a 39 year old Iranian national last night, as extreme violence.