WELLINGTON, July 5 (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)
Free trade talks top of agenda: Prime Minister John Key meets the Korean president today in a bid to rescue stalled free trade talks that he says could be a NZ$195 million boon.
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Mystery of body in alley: Piercing screams were heard coming from a central Wellington alley hours before a mystery teenager's body was discovered there, locals say.
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PM's faith in ETS 'too optimistic': Prime Minister John Key is being 'far too optimistic' by relying on technology to solve New Zealand's climate woes, a Wellington academic says.
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Growth outlook 'pretty insipid': The economic recovery is 'pretty insipid', despite a big fall in unemployment, with growth forecasts trimmed back to just 3 per cent in the year to March 2011, according to Infometrics.
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Wholesale 'will survive Telecom split': Matt Crockett, speaking on his final day as chief executive of Telecom Wholesale, has played down suggestions that Telecom might pull out of wholesaling if it is split into two businesses and has called for fairer treatment of the telco.
NEW ZEALAND HERALD (www.nzherald.co.nz)
Parental law set to stop teen drinkers: The Government is considering making it unlawful for adults to give alcohol to young people without their parents' consent.
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Lobbyists urge action on shop prices: An influential lobby group has supported looking into setting up a supermarket code of conduct to ensure food suppliers are treated fairly, after a survey found mark-ups of up to 500 per cent on fresh produce.
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Crafar farms: Near the end of the road: State-owned Landcorp Farming will meet today to decide whether to bid for 16 farms from the Crafar empire being sold by receivers.
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Fed-up public open to change: New ETS charges and images of the Gulf of Mexico oil rig catastrophe are giving impetus to the fledgling bio-fuels sector.
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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)
Free trade talks top of agenda: Prime Minister John Key meets the Korean president today in a bid to rescue stalled free trade talks that he says could be a NZ$195 million boon.
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Mystery of body in alley: Piercing screams were heard coming from a central Wellington alley hours before a mystery teenager's body was discovered there, locals say.
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PM's faith in ETS 'too optimistic': Prime Minister John Key is being 'far too optimistic' by relying on technology to solve New Zealand's climate woes, a Wellington academic says.
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Growth outlook 'pretty insipid': The economic recovery is 'pretty insipid', despite a big fall in unemployment, with growth forecasts trimmed back to just 3 per cent in the year to March 2011, according to Infometrics.
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Wholesale 'will survive Telecom split': Matt Crockett, speaking on his final day as chief executive of Telecom Wholesale, has played down suggestions that Telecom might pull out of wholesaling if it is split into two businesses and has called for fairer treatment of the telco.
NEW ZEALAND HERALD (www.nzherald.co.nz)
Parental law set to stop teen drinkers: The Government is considering making it unlawful for adults to give alcohol to young people without their parents' consent.
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Lobbyists urge action on shop prices: An influential lobby group has supported looking into setting up a supermarket code of conduct to ensure food suppliers are treated fairly, after a survey found mark-ups of up to 500 per cent on fresh produce.
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Crafar farms: Near the end of the road: State-owned Landcorp Farming will meet today to decide whether to bid for 16 farms from the Crafar empire being sold by receivers.
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Fed-up public open to change: New ETS charges and images of the Gulf of Mexico oil rig catastrophe are giving impetus to the fledgling bio-fuels sector.
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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.