WELLINGTON, March 29 (Reuters) - Following are some of the lead stories from New Zealand metropolitan newspapers on Monday.
Stories may be taken from either the paper or Internet editions of the papers.
Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.
DOMINION POST(www.stuff.co.nz)
Concern at 'extreme' website: High-profile supporters are backing away from an animal rights website amid concerns about extreme content and calls for vigilante justice.
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Call by UN body to scrap Tasers rejected: The Government is rejecting a call from the United Nations human rights committee to strip police of Tasers.
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$1b from milking the cloud: Federated Farmers may become the steward of a vast amount of data gathered from farms by cloud-based software applications, ensuring it can be combined to drive productivity improvements that one industry expert believes could be worth $1.1 billion annually to the dairy sector alone.
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Investors only have appetite for good deals: A 'modest pipeline' of new sharemarket listings will follow scented candlemakers Ecoya this year, but investors will be wary, experts say.
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Golden possibility for state coal miner: State coal miner Solid Energy could get an extra slice of the action if highly sensitive conservation land is opened to gold, silver and other prospecting.
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New Zealand and Australian governments seek datacentre savings: Officials are investigating whether the Government could save money consolidating information technology infrastructure after the Australian Government forecast it could slice A$1 billion off its datacentre costs by centralising procurement.
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NEW ZEALAND HERALD (www.nzherald.co.nz)
I'm not going - defiant mayor digs in: A defiant North Shore Mayor, Andrew Williams, has denied he has a drinking problem and says he will not resign after allegedly urinating in public and driving home after drinking at a local restaurant.
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Geneva Finance vote 'a no-brainer': Geneva Finance stakeholders would be 'mad' not to vote in favour of a proposal which delays their capital repayments and allows the finance company to continue operating in moratorium, according to the Shareholders Association.
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Strategic investors given hope: Strategic Finance's 13,000 investors will get some of their money back, chairman Denis Thom predicts. But he can't say how much.
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Proposals for NZ financial superhub 'just pie in the sky': Proposals to make New Zealand a financial 'superhub' are 'just pie in the sky,' says a Kiwi who has spent nearly 30 years working in the international fund management industry.
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Nigerian President puts Telecom's bid for links on hold: A deal that would see Telecom with business links to Nigeria is on hold.Acting Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan has stalled the sale of state-owned telco company Nitel while a new Cabinet is formed.
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((Wellington newsroom tel +64 4 471 4234, fax +64 4 473 6212 wellington.newsroom@thomsonreuters.com)) Keywords: NEWZEALAND PRESS (If you have a query or comment on this story, send an email to news.feedback.asia@thomsonreuters.com) COPYRIGHT Copyright Thomson Reuters 2010. All rights reserved. The copying, republication or redistribution of Reuters News Content, including by framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Thomson Reuters.
Stories may be taken from either the paper or Internet editions of the papers.
Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.
DOMINION POST(www.stuff.co.nz)
Concern at 'extreme' website: High-profile supporters are backing away from an animal rights website amid concerns about extreme content and calls for vigilante justice.
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Call by UN body to scrap Tasers rejected: The Government is rejecting a call from the United Nations human rights committee to strip police of Tasers.
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$1b from milking the cloud: Federated Farmers may become the steward of a vast amount of data gathered from farms by cloud-based software applications, ensuring it can be combined to drive productivity improvements that one industry expert believes could be worth $1.1 billion annually to the dairy sector alone.
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Investors only have appetite for good deals: A 'modest pipeline' of new sharemarket listings will follow scented candlemakers Ecoya this year, but investors will be wary, experts say.
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Golden possibility for state coal miner: State coal miner Solid Energy could get an extra slice of the action if highly sensitive conservation land is opened to gold, silver and other prospecting.
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New Zealand and Australian governments seek datacentre savings: Officials are investigating whether the Government could save money consolidating information technology infrastructure after the Australian Government forecast it could slice A$1 billion off its datacentre costs by centralising procurement.
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NEW ZEALAND HERALD (www.nzherald.co.nz)
I'm not going - defiant mayor digs in: A defiant North Shore Mayor, Andrew Williams, has denied he has a drinking problem and says he will not resign after allegedly urinating in public and driving home after drinking at a local restaurant.
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Geneva Finance vote 'a no-brainer': Geneva Finance stakeholders would be 'mad' not to vote in favour of a proposal which delays their capital repayments and allows the finance company to continue operating in moratorium, according to the Shareholders Association.
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Strategic investors given hope: Strategic Finance's 13,000 investors will get some of their money back, chairman Denis Thom predicts. But he can't say how much.
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Proposals for NZ financial superhub 'just pie in the sky': Proposals to make New Zealand a financial 'superhub' are 'just pie in the sky,' says a Kiwi who has spent nearly 30 years working in the international fund management industry.
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Nigerian President puts Telecom's bid for links on hold: A deal that would see Telecom with business links to Nigeria is on hold.Acting Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan has stalled the sale of state-owned telco company Nitel while a new Cabinet is formed.
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((Wellington newsroom tel +64 4 471 4234, fax +64 4 473 6212 wellington.newsroom@thomsonreuters.com)) Keywords: NEWZEALAND PRESS (If you have a query or comment on this story, send an email to news.feedback.asia@thomsonreuters.com) COPYRIGHT Copyright Thomson Reuters 2010. All rights reserved. The copying, republication or redistribution of Reuters News Content, including by framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Thomson Reuters.