nzherald headlines Officials criticised for releasing Prius crash data Computer data from a Toyota Prius that crashed in suburban New York City shows that at the time of the accident the throttle was open and the driver was not applying the brakes, US safety officials said today.The disclosure prompted... Expectant dads get sick and tired too Men believe they suffer the same symptoms of pregnancy as their partners, according to a new survey.Questionnaires filled out by 400 men and women from the Waikato reveal men reported food cravings, weight gain, constipation,... BMW's soft option BMW wants to grow its business. A high-riding compact soft-roader suits the Kiwi lifestyle, and X1 is deliberately priced to overlap the similarly focused mainstream. What's new Not the underpinnings, which are 3 Series Touring... YouTube founder warned of pirate clips SAN FRANCISCO - YouTube co-founder Steve Chen once warned a fellow co-founder to stop posting pirated videos on their website, according to court documents unsealed this week as part of a 3-year-old copyright lawsuit against the online... Toyota official: Prius in NY crash yielding data HARRISON, New York - Investigators from Toyota and the US government inspected a crashed 2005 Prius in a suburb of New York City on Wednesday to see if its event data recorder or wreckage could point to problems with the brakes... Stock takes : In the doldrums It's not often that a company is willing to admit things are worse than they appear but perhaps the XT mobile network saga has worn Telecom down.The embattled telco has made it clear that its share price did hit its lowest level... Snapping up luxury buys Luxury houses at the top end of the property market are selling fast, with renewed interest in multi-million-dollar homes.Figures from the Real Estate Institute show there were 166 such sales in central Auckland in January and... Destiny: A life and death responsibility "You would be expected to take a bullet to protect your pastor."That was the weight placed on Destiny Church members who worked as security guards for those preaching the controversial branch of faith.The church's inner workings... Firefighter who lied justifiably sacked - ERA A firefighter who didn't tell his employer about his history of treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder was justifiably sacked, the Employment Relations Authority says.Marc Lidiard was employed by the New Zealand Fire Service... Playboy store goes bust With his Playboy mansion and Bunnies on tap, Hugh Hefner must be the envy of millions of men around the world. But the chance to buy into his luxury lifestyle failed to arouse sustained interest in New Zealand and Auckland's much-hyped... | 
