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Conman's ex convicted
The former wife of a dead conman has been convicted of forging a fake dog lease in an attempt to extort $15,000 from a voluntary animal shelter.
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$9m fraud: Family in dock
A Remuera businesswoman allegedly headed a $9.2 million mortgage fraud scheme that involved her siblings, friends and eleven Auckland properties.
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Hero of terror attack lived in Auckland
The heroic woman who confronted one of the terrorists in this week's savage attack in London had lived in New Zealand and her children call Auckland their hometown.
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Ban brought forward
Dairies, service stations and grocery stores will automatically be banned from selling synthetic cannabis and other legal highs from as early as July.
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NZ's four flashest apartments
A group of Aucklanders are building what could be the country's most expensive set of boutique apartments for themselves, worth about $4 million each.
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UK-bound plane diverted, two arrested
Britain scrambled fighter jets to intercept a commercial airliner carrying more than 300 people, diverting it to an isolated runway and arresting two passengers.
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Pellegrino: Attitude will keep weight off
Trying to lose weight and keep it off for good? You're doomed to failure, says Massey University's Dr Andrew Dickson.
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Bach and back street among top awards
A firm of Auckland architects behind a building restoration which revitalised part of Queen St scooped the country's premier architectural award last night.
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Hundreds of kids in CYF abuse review
CYF is reviewing the cases of more than 200 children thought to have been subjected to continued abuse and neglect despite repeated warnings.
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IRD refuses GST refunds for leaky buildings
The Inland Revenue is withholding GST refunds from body corporates with leaky buildings, even though it is pretty sure they are entitled to claim them.
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NRL: Challenging week for coach and players
Tough, challenging, difficult. Call it what you want, and a lot of people have used much more colourful language, but it has been a demanding week for the Warriors after…
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Heart sick
Hamish Carter is the latest in a series of elite endurance athletes to have encountered heart problems. Phil Taylor investigates whether training programmes are excessive…
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Sister dies on hearing of judge's death
The family of Supreme Court judge Sir Robert Chambers have suffered a second tragedy with the shock death of his sister.
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Opinion
Public oblivious to clever accounting
You do not have to burrow too deeply into the annual Government accounts to uncover the untold story of last week's Budget, writes John Armstrong.
18CommentsRoughan: Beware suburban rumblings
Planners who want to reshape the city to support public transport are swimming against the tide, writes John Roughan. It appears planners now agree.
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Woman trapped as car hits trees
A woman was trapped when the car she was in left the road and crashed into some trees in Hamilton this morning.
Treated sewage could cover city land
Treated sewage waste could be dumped on land 20m from property boundaries under the draft Auckland Council Unitary Plan.
Devoy keeps clear of Peters' China attack
New Race Relations Commissioner Dame Susan Devoy has refrained from joining critics of Winston Peters' latest attack on China's growing influence in NZ.
Taking a bite of the Big Apple
When New Zealand chef Matt Lambert opens his first restaurant in New York City next week, he will be giving diners a little taste of Henderson Creek.
Business
SkyCity bets on Queenstown
While SkyCity this month got the nod for its controversial $402 million Auckland convention centre, a Queenstown expansion…
ANZ chief just getting started
David Hisco is not one for talking much about himself. Scan the internet and you will find scant personal details about the man who has headed up New Zealand's largest…
Mary Holm: Borrowing can be good - or horrid
Heavily geared property investments can return more than shares, but they can also go badly wrong
Dressing for US success
The founders of Stolen Girlfriends Club say a supply agreement the local fashion label has secured in the United States has the potential to open a lot of doors for…
Technology
Police create and fire 3D-printed guns
New South Wales police have created and fired two 3D-printed firearms, the state police commissioner Andrew Scipione revealed…
Software firm latest to signal NZX float
Optimizer HQ is the latest New Zealand technology company to signal its intention to list on the NZX.
Vodafone shows off next-gen mobile broadband
Hard on the heels of launching a 4G service in parts of New Zealand, Vodafone and its technology partner Nokia Siemens Networks this week demonstrated the future upgrade…
Snakk Media raises $6.5m in new funds
Snakk Media, the latest brainchild of Hyperfactory co-founder Derek Handley, has raised $6.5 million from an over-subscribed share purchase plan and private placement…
World
Britain braces for copycat attacks
Britain is bracing for clashes with right-wing activists and possible copycat terror attacks by Islamic extremists after…
Two suspects in murder known to police
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Taleban attack central Kabul
In the latest militant strike on the Afghan capital, Taleban gunmen backed by a suicide car bomber attacked an international aid group's compound
Three survive US-Canada bridge collapse
Stockholm police brace for more unrest
Sport
Rugby: Blues must quickly snap out of mindset muddle
It seems rugby has been a long way from the programme for the Blues in a week when they need to recapture their Super 15…
Ali Williams announces retirement
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Tennis: Erakovic into WTA doubles final
Kiwi tennis pro Marina Erakovic is through to her second consecutive WTA doubles final after teaming with former world No1 Cara Black (Zimbabwe) at the US$235,000 Strasbourg…
Cricket: No balls bowled
NRL: Bulldogs bounce back against Broncos
Politics
No inquiry into Solid Energy collapse
Auditor General Lyn Provost says she will not carry out an inquiry into what led Solid Energy to the brink of collapse this…
Peters: 'The SuperCity of sin'
New Zealand First Leader Winston Peters has again lashed out at growing Chinese influence, saying it is turning Auckland into "the Supercity of sin
Is the media dominating Parliament?
More and more candidates for Parliament are coming from a media background, leading to the 'celebritisation' of elections, writes Bryce Edwards.
14CommentsHigh Commissioner's weekly rent $7500
New Zealand's new High Commissioner in London has been put up in high-end accommodation in Kensington costing $7500 a week.
Small Business
Book: The pitch that paid off
The story so farBorn in Hong Kong, Derek Handley moved to New Zealand as a teenager. After some youthful business ventures…
