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NZ won't increase troops to Afghanistan - McCully
A US warning the Afghanistan war could be lost unless more soldiers are sent in won't persuade the NZ Government to send more troops, our Foreign Minister says.

Afghan war on Key's summit list
Afghanistan will be on the agenda when Prime Minister John Key meets United Nations and Nato leaders in New York this week.

Greenpeace moves palm kernel protest to port
Greenpeace is trying to keep up pressure on Fonterra to limit its use of palm kernel feed with a public rally outside the Ports of Tauranga.

Outlandish, outrageous fashion show hits town
Japan's outlandish, and sometimes outrageous, fashion will go on show in Auckland this week.

Police: All 14 protesters removed from ship
Farmers have described Greenpeace's occupation of an inbound cargo vessel as 'economic treason.'

Meat-flavoured chocs hit with men
A NZ chocolatier claims men "can't get enough" of her new salami-tinged choclates.

Second activist arrested from animal feed cargo ship
Police make second arrest while expressing serious safety concerns for activists aboard a cargo ship off the Tauranga coast.