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Wife's role in crimes revealed
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Telecom unveils Lightbox line-up
Telecom - soon to become Spark - has revealed more shows that will be available on its new Lightbox subscription video service, launching toward the end of August.
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Caseload: What will happen to Banks?
John Banks is to be sentenced tomorrow after being earlier found guilty of electoral fraud in relation to his last mayoral bid. What is likely to happen to him?
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Sex pest GP fights to keep name secret
A GP who visited a female patient at her work, pulled down his pants and asked for oral sex is fighting to keep his name suppressed.
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Teen guilty of homeless man's murder
A teenager accused of beating a homeless man to death in an Auckland alley has been found guilty of murder.
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Groser orders protected fish for dinner
A plate of protected Antarctic toothfish and controversial dish foie gras were on the table at a lavish taxpayer-funded dinner hosted by Trade Minister Tim Groser.
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Wharf sculpture: How should it look?
The public are being denied images of a $1.5m state house sculpture on Queens Wharf. What do you think it should look like? Send in your ideas here.
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Warmer, windier winter weather
The last month of winter could be more like spring, with warmer, windier weather, forecasters say.
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Unjustifiable dismissal case backfires
Taking an unjustifiable dismissal case to the ERA has backfired for an former IBM employee who has been ordered to pay his former employer $4000.
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Whyte lobs resignation call at Devoy
Act's leader says Race Relations Commissioner Dame Susan Devoy should quit over her criticism of his racial equality comments.
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Glasgow ... you ought to go
Ten reasons to visit Glasgow, the number one UK destination "on the rise" by TripAdvisor, and the third best destination in the UK, in the 2013 Travellers' Choice Destinations…
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