http://3news.co.nz 3news.co.nz - a continuously updated news site with Video on Demand, Audio on Demand, a live stream of 3 News @ 6pm, local weather, TV listings & programme information, competitions, gig guide and more more more. en-NZ Copyright 2008 TV3 no_reply@3news.co.nz An 80-year-old woman has taken a skydive that nearly ended her bucket list. http://www.3news.co.nz/Granny-survives-loose-skydive-harness/tabid/417/articleID/255734/Default.aspx Sun, 27 May 2012 19:03:00 +1200 http://www.3news.co.nz/Granny-survives-loose-skydive-harness/tabid/417/articleID/255734/Default.aspx Emergency workers who needed to take an obese teenager from her home to a hospital in Wales had to break through a wall of the residence to get her out and into an ambulance, officials said Friday. http://www.3news.co.nz/Obese-UK-woman-cut-out-of-house/tabid/417/articleID/255671/Default.aspx Sat, 26 May 2012 15:13:00 +1200 http://www.3news.co.nz/Obese-UK-woman-cut-out-of-house/tabid/417/articleID/255671/Default.aspx An American website that helps so called “sugar daddies” find “sugar babies” has crossed the Atlantic to Britain. http://www.3news.co.nz/Sugar-daddies-website-heads-to-UK/tabid/417/articleID/255631/Default.aspx Fri, 25 May 2012 22:20:00 +1200 http://www.3news.co.nz/Sugar-daddies-website-heads-to-UK/tabid/417/articleID/255631/Default.aspx Sabrina the Persian tortoiseshell is recovering from an ordeal experienced by few pampered purebreds. http://www.3news.co.nz/SPCA-finds-pure-bred-stray-cat/tabid/423/articleID/255625/Default.aspx Fri, 25 May 2012 19:07:00 +1200 http://www.3news.co.nz/SPCA-finds-pure-bred-stray-cat/tabid/423/articleID/255625/Default.aspx An man stopped outside a bar with a small zebra and a parrot in his truck has been charged with drunken driving. http://www.3news.co.nz/Zebra-parrot-in-drunk-drivers-truck/tabid/417/articleID/255582/Default.aspx Fri, 25 May 2012 14:03:00 +1200 http://www.3news.co.nz/Zebra-parrot-in-drunk-drivers-truck/tabid/417/articleID/255582/Default.aspx Two Pennsylvania men mistook a woman's Bible carrying case for a purse when they tried to snatch it from her. http://www.3news.co.nz/Crooks-make-mistake-of-biblical-proportions/tabid/417/articleID/255559/Default.aspx Fri, 25 May 2012 11:32:00 +1200 http://www.3news.co.nz/Crooks-make-mistake-of-biblical-proportions/tabid/417/articleID/255559/Default.aspx The little girl thought she had lost her new bike forever when she tumbled off a rickety bridge 42 years ago. http://www.3news.co.nz/Woman-finds-bike-she-lost-in-1970/tabid/417/articleID/255538/Default.aspx Fri, 25 May 2012 09:41:00 +1200 http://www.3news.co.nz/Woman-finds-bike-she-lost-in-1970/tabid/417/articleID/255538/Default.aspx A roving group of cows crashed a small gathering in a Massachusetts town and bullied the guests for their beer. http://www.3news.co.nz/Cows-crash-party-drink-all-the-beer/tabid/417/articleID/255535/Default.aspx Fri, 25 May 2012 09:35:00 +1200 http://www.3news.co.nz/Cows-crash-party-drink-all-the-beer/tabid/417/articleID/255535/Default.aspx "I don't know how on earth I will ever top this," said wedding photographer Cate Eighmey. http://www.3news.co.nz/VIDEO-Wedding-goes-on-despite-tornado/tabid/417/articleID/255522/Default.aspx Fri, 25 May 2012 08:55:00 +1200 http://www.3news.co.nz/VIDEO-Wedding-goes-on-despite-tornado/tabid/417/articleID/255522/Default.aspx European researchers are planning to use new techniques to analyse DNA that could help crack the mystery of whether Bigfoot exists. http://www.3news.co.nz/Bigfoot-hair-samples-wanted-for-study/tabid/1160/articleID/255355/Default.aspx Thu, 24 May 2012 06:00:00 +1200 http://www.3news.co.nz/Bigfoot-hair-samples-wanted-for-study/tabid/1160/articleID/255355/Default.aspx The controversial sport of "footbrawl" which mixes AFL, rugby and martial arts is making a comeback in Australia. http://www.3news.co.nz/Footbrawl-coming-back-in-Australia/tabid/415/articleID/255346/Default.aspx Wed, 23 May 2012 23:23:00 +1200 http://www.3news.co.nz/Footbrawl-coming-back-in-Australia/tabid/415/articleID/255346/Default.aspx A Channel Islands auction house says it's selling a vial that allegedly contains blood residue from Ronald Reagan - a move denounced by the late US president's family and his foundation. http://www.3news.co.nz/Ronald-Reagans-blood-may-be-for-sale/tabid/417/articleID/255236/Default.aspx Wed, 23 May 2012 09:05:00 +1200 http://www.3news.co.nz/Ronald-Reagans-blood-may-be-for-sale/tabid/417/articleID/255236/Default.aspx Ghost expert says he thinks he knows who the spirit haunting a Dunedin hostel is. http://www.3news.co.nz/Dunedin-hostel-ghost-could-be-the-Grey-Lady/tabid/423/articleID/255199/Default.aspx Tue, 22 May 2012 22:25:00 +1200 http://www.3news.co.nz/Dunedin-hostel-ghost-could-be-the-Grey-Lady/tabid/423/articleID/255199/Default.aspx "Pink slime" was almost "pink paste" or "pink goo". http://www.3news.co.nz/The-making-of-the-term-pink-slime/tabid/417/articleID/255094/Default.aspx Tue, 22 May 2012 09:16:00 +1200 http://www.3news.co.nz/The-making-of-the-term-pink-slime/tabid/417/articleID/255094/Default.aspx A man's implanted heart defibrillator may have saved his life in an unexpected way - by stopping a knife. http://www.3news.co.nz/Mans-defibrillator-stops-knife-during-attack/tabid/417/articleID/255030/Default.aspx Mon, 21 May 2012 15:37:00 +1200 http://www.3news.co.nz/Mans-defibrillator-stops-knife-during-attack/tabid/417/articleID/255030/Default.aspx In southwest Idaho a man chose briefs over boxers to wear on his head as he held up a coffee shop and stole a safe. http://www.3news.co.nz/Man-wears-undies-on-head-during-burglary/tabid/417/articleID/255029/Default.aspx Mon, 21 May 2012 15:33:00 +1200 http://www.3news.co.nz/Man-wears-undies-on-head-during-burglary/tabid/417/articleID/255029/Default.aspx Norman the scooter dog has learned to ride a bicycle. http://www.3news.co.nz/Norman-the-bike-riding-dog/tabid/418/articleID/254865/Default.aspx Sat, 19 May 2012 20:39:00 +1200 http://www.3news.co.nz/Norman-the-bike-riding-dog/tabid/418/articleID/254865/Default.aspx Police say they are waiting for a man accused of stealing a diamond and swallowing it to produce the evidence. http://www.3news.co.nz/Free-food-for-diamond-thief-who-ate-the-evidence/tabid/417/articleID/254757/Default.aspx Fri, 18 May 2012 13:31:00 +1200 http://www.3news.co.nz/Free-food-for-diamond-thief-who-ate-the-evidence/tabid/417/articleID/254757/Default.aspx