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Crafar owner's new buy-up
Chinese company Shanghai Pengxin confirmed it is aiming to buy a $70 million North Island farm, which would be second-largest foreign purchase of New Zealand land.
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John Banks: The fight is not over
John Banks says the battle to clear his name is far from over, claiming "compelling" new evidence will exonerate him.
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Powerful US spy tools were set for NZ
The most instrusive and powerful tools in the US electronic spying armoury were being lined up for installation in New Zealand last year, according to a document obtained…
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Pillar shock prompts apartment dispute
A new apartment buyer faces the possibility of a legal row with a developer after finding window and bed space blocked by pillars she claims were not on the plans.
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Offender 'skilled' at finding victims
Convicted sex offender Alan Rubick was highly manipulative and skilled at identifying young vulnerable boys, the High Court at Wanganui has been told.
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US preparing to receive Ebola patient
A hospital in the southern United States is preparing to receive an Ebola patient, with reports it could be one of two Americans stricken with the disease in Liberia…
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Jail over son's lethal methadone dose
A woman who gave her son a lethal dose of her methadone to cure a sore stomach been jailed for four years and 11 months.
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Hosking: Bias? No, I call it as I see it
Last time I wrote in this esteemed organ, I proffered an idea or two as to why Labour wasn't exactly breathing down National's neck, writes Mike Hosking.
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Gas leaks trigger explosions, 20 dead
'There was a heavy odour of gas and then I heard explosions.' Officials expect the death toll to rise from a massive fireball caused by a gas leak in Taiwan.
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$500m saved by scrapping rail station
Auckland Transport intends slicing half a billion off its underground rail loop by ditching its deepest station and keeping new trains off the ledger.
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Opinion: Why the Crusaders won't win
Give the Super Rugby trophy to the Waratahs now. Bookies in NZ are clinging to the notion that the Crusaders are on a roll, but Wynne Gray doubts that.
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Crewe murders: Profile of the killer
An elite police criminal profiler built a psychological model of the murderer who killed the Crewes - and ruled out the motive police said drove Arthur Allan Thomas…
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Christchurch council's $900m black hole
Christchurch City Council has revealed it faces a funding black hole of up to $900 million to help rebuild the earthquake-wrecked city. So does that mean asset sales?…
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