WELLINGTON, April 19 (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)
Blasts stoke fears for world sport: Bomb blasts at an Indian cricket ground have reignited safety fears among Kiwi sporting officials.
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Big-scale rivals put heat on NZ farmers: Relevant offers New Zealand agriculture has as little as five years before large-scale intensive farming in South America, western China and central Asia erodes its cost advantage in producing bulk commodities, according to accountant KPMG.
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2degrees attacks 6 cent calling: 2degrees says it may talk to its lawyers after Vodafone launched an add-on to its pre
pay service that lets customers call other Vodafone mobiles and any landlines for up to 200 minutes for a flat $12 a month.
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Food, petrol price hike tipped to push inflation up: Inflation data is tipped to reveal an overall rise in prices in the March quarter, but economists are at odds over the fate of interest rates.
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NEW ZEALAND HERALD (www.nzherald.co.nz)
Free trip home for Air NZ passengers who can't wait: Air New Zealand has started flying stranded passengers home from Los Angeles and Hong Kong if they are unwilling or unable to wait at the stopovers for volcanic ash to clear over Europe.
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Exporters begin to count cost of air chaos: Export New Zealand will today start counting the cost to local businesses of the huge disruption to flights into and out of Europe.
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NZ$16m better off on emissions tally: The latest official estimates have shaved nearly two million tonnes off New Zealand's projected net emissions of greenhouse gases over the 2008 to 2012 period.
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Diplock: Regulation too weak for funds hub: Regulation in New Zealand is not good enough for the country to become a super-hub for the fund management industry, says Securities Commission chairman Jane Diplock.
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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)
Blasts stoke fears for world sport: Bomb blasts at an Indian cricket ground have reignited safety fears among Kiwi sporting officials.
- - - -
Big-scale rivals put heat on NZ farmers: Relevant offers New Zealand agriculture has as little as five years before large-scale intensive farming in South America, western China and central Asia erodes its cost advantage in producing bulk commodities, according to accountant KPMG.
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2degrees attacks 6 cent calling: 2degrees says it may talk to its lawyers after Vodafone launched an add-on to its pre
pay service that lets customers call other Vodafone mobiles and any landlines for up to 200 minutes for a flat $12 a month.
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Food, petrol price hike tipped to push inflation up: Inflation data is tipped to reveal an overall rise in prices in the March quarter, but economists are at odds over the fate of interest rates.
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NEW ZEALAND HERALD (www.nzherald.co.nz)
Free trip home for Air NZ passengers who can't wait: Air New Zealand has started flying stranded passengers home from Los Angeles and Hong Kong if they are unwilling or unable to wait at the stopovers for volcanic ash to clear over Europe.
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Exporters begin to count cost of air chaos: Export New Zealand will today start counting the cost to local businesses of the huge disruption to flights into and out of Europe.
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NZ$16m better off on emissions tally: The latest official estimates have shaved nearly two million tonnes off New Zealand's projected net emissions of greenhouse gases over the 2008 to 2012 period.
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Diplock: Regulation too weak for funds hub: Regulation in New Zealand is not good enough for the country to become a super-hub for the fund management industry, says Securities Commission chairman Jane Diplock.
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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.