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• 2 June: Former Olympic athlete Sir Murray Halberg is appointed to the Order of New Zealand, the country's highest honour.
• 22 May: Chris Kahui is found not guilty of the Chris and Cru Kahui murders.
• 22 May: The 2008 budget offers modest tax cuts and an increase in Working for Families payments.
• 5 May: The Government agrees to buy Toll NZ's rail and ferry operations for $665 million
• 4 May: Colin Murdoch, inventor of the tranquilliser gun and the disposable hypodermic syringe, dies.
• 30 April: Three peace activists breached security fences to enter the GCSB Waihopai base and deflate the kevlar covering over one of the radio dishes.
• 15 April: Six students and a teacher from Manukau City's Elim Christian College die in a canyoning trip on the Mangatepopo Stream in the Tongariro National Park.