City boss facing jail term
After months of maintaining his innocence ex-Heart of the City boss Alex Swney phoned his parents to say he was going to plead guilty to nearly $1.8m in tax evasion.
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Parking fee stoush: Fines 'unlawful'
Lawyers say fines levied by a private car park provider aren't legal, after a Dunedin woman slammed a $65 fee for returning to her car 11mins late.
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Key has 'forgotten where he came from'
John Key grew up in a state house in Christchurch, and many residents of his old street say they're disappointed at his plans for state houses.
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OCR left unchanged at 3.5 per cent
Reserve Bank Governor Graeme Wheeler has left the official cash rate unchanged this morning at 3.5 per cent, and says that won't change for a while.
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Doctor details spy's 'dangerous' autopsy
The body of ex-KGB agent Alexander Litvinenko was so radioactive that his post-mortem was "one of the most dangerous" ever undertaken.
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Banks faces retrial over electoral return
Former Act Party leader John Banks will face a retrial for filing a false electoral return, Solicitor-General Mike Heron, QC, has confirmed.
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Neo-Nazis tricked into anti-racism march
When 500 German anti-Islamisation protestors in Germany were given free banners and stickers, they accepted. But activists had lured them into a trap.
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Len Brown joins house-hunting fray
Len Brown and his wife Shan Inglis have sold their big South Auckland home and are now getting first-hand knowledge of the city's pressure-cooker house market.
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Michelle Obama's Saudi controversy
Saudi officials deny they blurred out US First Lady Michelle Obama, but her decision not to wear a headscarf, and don blue, not black at the late King's funeral, is…
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Opinion: Do the decent thing by Bain
Mike Hosking on why he believes we owe David Bain: 'He was found guilty after being inside for 13 of the most potentially fruitful and productive years of his life'.
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Scorcher puts heat on fan supplies
Aucklanders desperate for a reprieve from the summer heat have shopped The Warehouse in Downtown Auckland out of fans.
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Art deco building to be a facade
The historic former headquarters of lingerie company Berlei, standing in the way of the $500 million-plus SkyCity International Convention Centre, will be gutted and…
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Herald daily quiz: January 29
National
'One of those people everybody liked'
The brother of a NZ-born woman found dead on a Thai island says he's been overwhelmed by people's generosity in helping…
Backpacker hostel fire: 'Brave witness' stopped gas explosion
Man attacked, robbed in central Wellington
Witnesses are being sought after a Wellington man suffered a suspected broken eye socket when he was robbed while walking home early this morning. The 23-year-old man…
Sam Judd: Carbon crop crisis
Hulme quick to back Catton
Business
Fallow: Reserve Bank does right thing
It is a relief the Reserve Bank has moved to a neutral stance in its statement this morning, saying it expects to keep the…
Farmers fear rough ride coming up
Farmers are "battening down the hatches" as they prepare for a low dairy payout this year and as a full-scale drought approaches South Canterbury and North Otago.
NZX, watchdog sign agreement
NZX chief executive Tim Bennett says a freshly inked agreement with the Financial Markets Authority will help the sharemarket operator deepen New Zealand's capital markets…
Cisco NZ unit lifts sales 4.3%
Cisco Systems New Zealand, the local unit of the global internet network group, lifted annual sales 4.3 per cent last year, and expects to be well placed this year as…
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Jetpack inventor dies
Justin Capra claimed to have beaten the Americans to make the world's first jetpack and went on to design dozens of vehicles…
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Murdoch rubbishes 'drunk tweeting' claim
When the Gawker website speculated media mogul Rupert Murdoch tweets while drunk, Murdoch hit back - with a tweet.
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John Armstrong: 'Market' swept under social housing rug
It is difficult to erase the suspicion that the policy is motivated by ideology as much as anything else, writes John Armstrong…
Dita De Boni: Key rocks on with trickle-down groupies
It's a meeting so prestigious, Prince Andrew himself is invited to attend.
Claire Trevett: Irish builders, burqas, tall poppies? Yep, still mad
Any hopes that this year will be less barking mad than last year on the political front are rapidly diminishing.
Labour's big ideas on small business
Labour leader Andrew Little's pledge to make small business a priority in the next two years has lifted the responsibility and workload for small business spokeswoman…
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It is not the end of the Barbie phenomenon, or, at any rate, of what Barbie stands for: An unattainable ideal of princess-like…
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In part four of the Herald series on how to make Auckland better, we look at the pros and cons of health-care in New Zealand's biggest city.
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Government's new social housing plan
Thousands of state houses to be sold and tenants moved on as the Government looks to private sector to deliver social housing. Prime Minister John Key has set out plans…
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Meet the new Kriss Kross
Remember Kriss Kross? Those two-hit wonders who wore all their clothes backwards and wanted to "warm it up" and "make you jump, jump" in 1992? Get ready to meet 2015's…
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Red carpet nerves for Jemaine Clement
Travel
Flight check: New York to Los Angeles on United
Winston Aldworth flies UA1507 across the USA.
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Donna McIntyre: Online bookings all about trust
It's buyer beware when booking over the internet, says Donna McIntyre, but travel agents can get it wrong, too.
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Opinion
Key's lost opportunity
State of the Nation speeches, so called, are really about the state of the government or the party in opposition at the…
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How Pirates killed Johnny Depp's career
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Heather Shotter: We cannot afford to delay centre
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McCullum likely to sit out today
New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum is expected to be rested from today's final one-day international against Sri Lanka…
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Four-time winner Novak Djokovic says he's ready for the fight as he squares off against Australian Open defending champion Stan Wawrinka in the semi-finals. Djokovic…
