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Airline calling next of kin
A Malaysia Airlines flight carrying 239 people bound for Beijing has lost contact with air traffic control after leaving Malaysia's capital Kuala Lumpur.
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Leading Headlines
Mayors' secret meeting
A rebel group of mayors is holding an exclusive meeting at a luxurious golf resort to organise a fight against new Super Cities.
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Freak accident at logging site kills boy
The family of a 7-year-old boy who died in a freak accident at a logging site in Otago on Friday have been left 'devastated' by his death, police say. Emergency services…
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Motat boss quits
The deputy board chairman at Motat has resigned and 20 volunteers have walked out as troubles grow deeper at the country's largest transport museum.
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Interview with Paul Henry
Even when Paul Henry sets off on an argument in which he gets the facts wildly wrong, he ends up being right. At least in his own mind, which is all that matters.
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Top coach caught drink-driving
Auckland's ITM Cup rugby coach Wayne Pivac has been banned from driving after he was caught drink-driving on Waitangi Day.
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Pistorius trial hears damaging testimony
In a day of potentially damaging testimony, a former girlfriend of Oscar Pistorius said at his murder trial that he once shot his gun out of a car sunroof.
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Schools quake fears
Work has begun on some of NZ's most historic school buildings as the Govt scrambles to work out by next month which are at high risk in an earthquake.
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Too many foreign students: Jones
Auckland Uni is at risk of slipping from a "storehouse of knowledge to a foreign warehouse" as it is increasingly catering for international students at the potential…
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Next frontier: 3D body parts?
It's been called the poor man's teleporter, based on the fictional Star Trek invention that beamed humans on to hostile planets and reassembled them, molecule by molecule…
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Walsh wins bronze at Indoor Champs
Young Kiwi thrower Tom Walsh has sensationally won bronze in the men's shotput at the World Indoor Athletics Championships.
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Power firms wag fingers as costs soar
Households will be socked with power bill increases of as much as 24% next month and power firms and network operators are blaming each other over who is responsible…
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Opinion
Putin 1, Western powers 0
Russia's President is deserving of respect - the kind you would show if you were in close proximity to a hissing cobra, writes John Armstrong.
Paul Thomas: Over heated and over here
It's the nature of satire and history that this decade's flight of fancy can be next decade's grim reality, writes Paul Thomas.
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Motorcyclist dies following Waikato crash
A motorcycle rider has died in a crash with a truck in Waikato today.
Scammer offered non-existent jobs
Hastings police are seeking a scam artist who has been making money out of convincing people looking to earn some money to hand over $50.
Craig: 'Raise standard of debate'
Missing man found safe and well
Business
Dairying goes indoors
In Canterbury, the cockies are only half joking when they say they're into hydroponics. For dairy farmers, once they have…
Icelandic startup storms gaming world
A small startup has taken the gaming world by storm, finding success with its QuizUp trivia app and spurning offers to abandon its Iceland headquarters for California's…
China steps closer to market
China's Government has pledged to promote sustainable growth by opening state-dominated industries to private investment and making banks more market-oriented.
Diana Clement: Pitfalls of credit card travel insurance
The chill winds of winter appeared this week. As the cold weather closes in, it's human nature to start thinking about booking holidays.
World
The Oscar show
Week one of Oscar Pistorius' court case has established the pattern: this will be a marathon, not a sprint of the kind Pistorius…
Pistorius trial: Neighbour thought athlete would kill himself
Cancer patients find relief with LSD
Scientists have carried out the first controlled medical experiment in 40 years with the hallucinogenic drug LSD which they used as part of a psychotherapy course to…
Crimea slipping away from Ukraine
Witness says Pistorius tried to help Steenkamp breathe
Technology
Global ho-hum greets hubbub over bitcoin's creator
Who is bitcoin's real creator? The bitcoin community is reacting to that burning question with a collective ho-hum. Developers…
Is scrolling the future?
What's the future big thing in social media? Social media editor Paul Harper finds a group of Kiwis who think they've found it.
Pat Pilcher: Sony announces the Z2
Sony's newest smartphone, The Z2, created bit of a stir at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, writes Pat Pilcher.
Mixed scorecard for NZ mobile prices
Popular plans cheaper than OECD average: regulator.
Politics
Parata: Girls doing well in education
More than 80 per cent of Kiwi girls left school with a qualification last year, provisional figures released today show.
Afghan's bid for asylum rejected
An Afghan who claimed he had been kidnapped and tortured by members of the Taliban after working as an interpreter for Kiwi troops has been denied asylum in New Zealand…
Updating sex ed a must
In an ideal world, parents would teach their children respectful attitudes to sex. In reality, that is not always happening.
Nat's candidate for Whangarei selected
Dr Shane Reti will be the National Party's candidate in the safe Whangarei electorate at this year's general election.
Sport
League: Palavi stirs up a lot of palaver
Matt Elliott thinks the Warriors should hire a private investigator to look into John Palavi's background.
Shades of Lomu in slick Li
Close your eyes and imagine a little. Take yourself back to the 1995 Rugby World Cup when a young Tongan thundered down the left wing for the All Blacks.
League: Jones' objective to get players to next level
Coaches are normally judged on success but, in the case of Stacey Jones, it will come down to how many of his under-20 players graduate to the Warriors' NRL squad.
Not the homecoming 'Canes wanted
If the Hurricanes weren't panicking after losing their opening two games of the Super Rugby season they might need to change that approach after dropping their third…
Rugby
Wynne Gray: Six Nations providing special interest
The atmosphere at most Six Nations tests is special while the rugby consistently battles to reach those standards. This…
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Small business: Mentoring - Aaron Calman and Yvonne Treen
Aaron Calman (known by his nickname, Lizard) is the owner of Dos Amigos, an Auckland-based Mexican restaurant.
