The New Zealand Herald

The Reserve Bank governor Graeme Wheeler has raised the official cash rate as expected - leading the kiwi dollar to instantly take a tumble.

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The 20th Commonwealth Games in Glasgow has opened today in Scottish style - with bagpipes, kilt-clad singers and jokes about the weather.

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A US state tourism department has mistakenly used a photograph of Auckland's Tamaki Drive bike path to promote its scenic cycle paths.

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Outgoing National MP Claudette Hauiti admits using her parliamentary charge card to buy petrol for her personal car in a further breach of the rules on card use.

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A parking warden was admitted to hospital after being attacked on duty in Auckland - and the assault was so bad, it kept him in hospital for five nights.

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Is poverty for life? A Treasury report suggests not, writes Brian Fallow. Only 24 per cent of those at the bottom decile in 2002 were there seven years later.

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A plane attempting to land in stormy weather crashed on a small Taiwanese island overnight, killing 47 people and wrecking houses and cars on the ground.

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The Maori King's son needs to focus on redemption and becoming a contributing member of society, his aunt Labour MP Nanaia Mahuta says.

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A televised two-hour ceremony was held in the Netherlands as the first 40 coffins containing the remains of MH17 victims touched down.

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The once-luxurious Costa Concordia cruise liner is on her final voyage - being tugged from her island wreck site to a scrapyard grave.

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He's been labelled a 'national hero' for battling Sierra Leone's deadly Ebola outbreak. Now he's been infected with the disease that has no cure.

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Courts Minister Chester Borrows admits he is embarrassed after being fined $80 for speeding.

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