WELLINGTON, April 11 (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)
$2b for capital's roads at risk: More than $2 billion of Government money could be lost if Wellington City Council fails to back the Transport Agency's roading plans.
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Labour MP leaves list to 'gaggle of gays': Labour has handed former president Andrew Little a certain seat in Parliament, and has given other union-backed candidates winnable slots in its party list for the November 26 election.
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Booming overseas demand for bonds: The Crown's finances are being kept afloat by strong overseas interest in government bonds, with a record $2.8 billion raised in March alone, despite the Christchurch quake in February.
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Fair winds for turbines if geothermal subsides: More than $300 million has been spent on wind farms in the past 18 months, and a dozen more projects - more than 200 megawatts of potential capacity - wait in the wings as turbine prices have fallen as much as 20 per cent in the past couple of years.
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HP-EDS shrinks after mega-merger: Hewlett-Packard's New Zealand revenues increased by only 51 per cent to $816.2 million following its assimilation of the local arm of information technology services giant EDS while its losses widened by $1.5m to $10.3m.
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NEW ZEALAND HERALD (www.nzherald.co.nz)
MP slams unionists, gays on list panel: Labour MP Damien O'Connor has hit out at his party organisation, saying its candidates list was drawn up by 'a gaggle of gays and self-serving unionists' who gave 'straight shooters' little chance of success.
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China's aid to Pacific tops $800m: China's secretive aid programme to Pacific nations over five years totals just over $800 million, according to the latest Lowy Institute report on assistance from the communist state.
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Meat exporters remain jittery: Lamb prices are hitting record highs but one farming leader says the key export sector is nervous about the sustainability of good returns.
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Equity tax differences remain real transtasman sticking point: The double taxation of transtasman equity investments remains a sore point as both countries progress the Single Economic Market agenda.
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Critic hits out at Telecom's high pay: Telecom executives are blaming everyone but themselves for the company's faltering financial position, says a shareholders group.
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Local ownership key to Shell chain's relaunch: The owner of Shell service stations is on track to relaunch the chain around the middle of the year with emphasis on its local ownership.
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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 2011. 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)
$2b for capital's roads at risk: More than $2 billion of Government money could be lost if Wellington City Council fails to back the Transport Agency's roading plans.
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Labour MP leaves list to 'gaggle of gays': Labour has handed former president Andrew Little a certain seat in Parliament, and has given other union-backed candidates winnable slots in its party list for the November 26 election.
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Booming overseas demand for bonds: The Crown's finances are being kept afloat by strong overseas interest in government bonds, with a record $2.8 billion raised in March alone, despite the Christchurch quake in February.
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Fair winds for turbines if geothermal subsides: More than $300 million has been spent on wind farms in the past 18 months, and a dozen more projects - more than 200 megawatts of potential capacity - wait in the wings as turbine prices have fallen as much as 20 per cent in the past couple of years.
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HP-EDS shrinks after mega-merger: Hewlett-Packard's New Zealand revenues increased by only 51 per cent to $816.2 million following its assimilation of the local arm of information technology services giant EDS while its losses widened by $1.5m to $10.3m.
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NEW ZEALAND HERALD (www.nzherald.co.nz)
MP slams unionists, gays on list panel: Labour MP Damien O'Connor has hit out at his party organisation, saying its candidates list was drawn up by 'a gaggle of gays and self-serving unionists' who gave 'straight shooters' little chance of success.
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China's aid to Pacific tops $800m: China's secretive aid programme to Pacific nations over five years totals just over $800 million, according to the latest Lowy Institute report on assistance from the communist state.
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Meat exporters remain jittery: Lamb prices are hitting record highs but one farming leader says the key export sector is nervous about the sustainability of good returns.
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Equity tax differences remain real transtasman sticking point: The double taxation of transtasman equity investments remains a sore point as both countries progress the Single Economic Market agenda.
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Critic hits out at Telecom's high pay: Telecom executives are blaming everyone but themselves for the company's faltering financial position, says a shareholders group.
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Local ownership key to Shell chain's relaunch: The owner of Shell service stations is on track to relaunch the chain around the middle of the year with emphasis on its local ownership.
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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 2011. 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.