Canterbury earthquakes: Aftershocks sweep through

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Earthquakes have rocked the south island overnight with nearly 200 aftershocks felt in the last 12 hours. A magnitude 5/7 aftershocks at 6:30pm on Tuesday caused chimneys to collapse and sent people out onto the streets of Waikari north of Canterbury. Hurunui district council says it know of at least five houses that have badly damaged by the aftershocks. The road is an important emergency access route that allowed farmers the New Zealand defence force (NZDF) and essential; services to make their way to the coastal town on Tuesday. How ever it has now been closed while geotechnica and structural assessments are undertaken. An update on the road condition is expected by mid day

Duco confirm Joseph Parker vs Andy Ruiz fight for Auckland

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Promoters Duco have confirmed that the Joseph Parker vs Andy Ruiz Jr bout will take place at vector in Auckland on December 10. The fight for the vacant WBO heavyweight tittle will remain on New Zealand soil after Duco managed to secure the requisite financial backing following Auckland City councils denial of their bid for public funding last week. The denial lead to speculation the contest would be relocated to California with Ruiz's promoter Bob Arum giving Duco a seven day deadline to find the supposed shortfall  several hundreds of thousands of dollars which was ultimately provided by a joint sponsorship between the TAB, Sky TV, Burger King and farming product manufacturer Gallagher.

Floating head makeup - best Halloween costume ever?

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For this years Halloween artist Alisha octigan skipped the celebrity themed costumes and took things into her own hands by creating a terrifying effect depicting her severed head floating above her neck. Using paint from her local supply store in Norway- along with a great deal of skin- octigan designed the ghoulish look herself and shared images of the result online. She used red paint to create the cut off effect to about halfway up her neck and then covered the rest of the space up her chin with black. Her freaky photos have had tens of thousands of likes and retweets on twitter and Instagram with countless commenters asking how it was possible.

IPCA called in over police checkpoint targeting pro-euthanasia group

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The independent police conduct Authority (IPCA) has been called in over a breath-testing checkpoint set up near a meeting in lower Hutt promoting euthanasia. Acting wellington District commander inspector Paul Basham said in a statement he was aware of concerns around the legal basis for the checkpoint. IT is appropriate that we notify this matter to the IPCA for it's consideration said Cmmr insp Basham. Police are responsible for enforcing New Zealand's laws and currently suicide or encouraging and helping someone to commit suicide is illegal in New Zealand He said. Suicide is legal in New Zealand though assisted suicide and euthanasia are not.

Rooney wins world shooting title

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New Zealand shooter Natalie Rooney has won her first ever world title. Rooney the Olympic silver medalist has won the woman's trap title at the ISSF world cup final in Rome. Rooney finished the semi final in the lead with 13 hits out of 15 targets and moved into the gold medal match along with the title defender, San Marino's Alessandra Perilli. During the medal match , the two Athletes scored 9 clays out of 15 each. To break the tie they entered a shoot off which lasted right to the 10th target then when Perilli missed a fatal clay, placing herself in second with 9+9 hits and leaving the gold medal to Rooney who sealed the victory with 9+10 Targets.

Breakers win first game of the season

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The New Zealand Breakers have started the season perfectly wining against  Melbourne United with a good score 76-71. The game was close for the three quarters with both teams having turns taking the lead. However in the final quarter the Breakers shot the ball extremely well to score 28 points. Shooting quard Corey Webster nailed 11 points which included a treble of three-pointers while wing man Tom Abercrombie drained 14 points in the final 10 minutes

Close Typhoon hits Tokyo

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A typhoon bringing heavy rain and wind gust of up to 180 km/h has hit Japans Capital and that's Tokyo. At least two people have died and 29 have been very injured  in the storm. The typhoon has hit Tokyo at midday on Monday. Many airlines have cancelled their flights across Japan. 400 flights have been cancelled so far.