'I fear he will come back'
The family of a Dunedin woman who had her head split open with an axe fears her attacker will finish what he started.
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Fatality in Stratford, arrest made
A homicide inquiry has been launched after a woman was found dead at a home in Taranaki last night.
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Swney's $3m ticket
Tax cheat Alex Swney arranged for the council-funded Heart of the City to pay him nearly $300k annually - despite his role as CEO of the business lobby group being only…
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Inquiry into council part in $1b centre
Auditor-General Lyn Provost has begun an inquiry into Auckland Council's involvement in a new town centre at Westgate, which is costing ratepayers about $200m.
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Low fares to help fill seats
Air fares as low as $1,365 return to Europe are on sale as airlines try to top up planes for the coming year.
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Desperate renters queue for houses
Auckland's booming property market is running out of student accommodation. At one inner-city property this week, up to 150 desperate renters queued up at an open home…
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Great whites set up in Kaipara
Eleven great white sharks have been spotted at a single site in the Kaipara Harbour - the largest concentration of the species yet seen in the upper North Island.
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Lack of cicadas cause for concern?
Gardeners will be happy but most who enjoy the seasonal sounds of the cicada's courtship call will have noticed a definite absence of the unmistakable "song".
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Key pressed over handling of Sabin affair
The PM is facing increasing questions about his handling of the Mike Sabin affair after the Northland MP's resignation a month after reports he was being investigated…
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I'll discuss backlash with foreign press
Author says she'll discuss "inflammatory, vicious and patronising things that have been broadcast and published in NZ this week" in future interviews with foreign media…
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Little General boosts Warriors' plan
Warriors legend Stacey Jones is one of the key figures behind the club's shot at the Dick Smith NRL Auckland Nines title this weekend.
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Inquiries into botched home operations
Two investigations are under way after botched home circumcisions resulted in 10 boys being taken to hospital - one of whom required surgical treatment.
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Te Puna pedestrian fatality: Man named
The man who died when he stepped in to the path of a truck on State Highway 2 at Te Puna yesterday has been named.
Witness sought following Te Puna road death
Fire destroys Paraparaumu house
A house fire has destroyed a property in Wellington over night.
Vial of blood spilled on plane
Mum and baby's deaths 'preventable'
Business
Oil slips below US$44 briefly
Oil prices closed higher after a volatile session that saw the New York price drop below US$44 a barrel for the first time…
NZ dollar slumps to 4-year low
The New Zealand dollar is headed for a 2.1 per cent weekly decline against the US dollar, having hit a four-year low after the Reserve Bank on Thursday removed its bias…
Second day of falls for NZ shares
New Zealand shares fell for a second day as the kiwi dollar's slide to a four-year low sapped overseas investor appetite for high-yielding stocks.
Share dip 'iPhone 6 effect'
Orion Health has blamed disappointing third quarter revenue, which sent the software developer's shares tumbling to a record low, on its own version of the "iPhone 6…
World
Yes, it's hot in the city and getting hotter
A weather database of cities across the world reveals "significant" increases in periods of extremely hot days and falls…
Data on track for super dry January
Watchdog warns over ignoring rights
Governments increasingly view human rights as "a luxury" they can ill afford, Human Rights Watch said yesterday.
Rich, famous ... and on trial
Gay marriage goes to US Supreme Court
Politics
John Armstrong: Bill's Big Experiment sounds fine in theory
What if the Govt toiled night and day for years to create a market for the right to house the poor and downtrodden, only…
Editorial: Greens must do more than hint at centre
Dr Norman will leave the leadership with his party in no worse position than he found it.
Brownlee bats for renewed Hagley Oval
Amid a brace of political resignations, Gerry Brownlee took a cricket bat to a Cabinet colleague today - to celebrate new-look Hagley Oval.
Loony tag gone thanks to him
Norman's major achievement was to drag Greens out of its Opposition mindset and prod it towards the mainstream.
Life & Style
What's on this weekend
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Ryan Gosling confuses NZ and Australia
Russell Crowe was presenting the AATCTA's best supporting actress via video from Los Angeles and Ryan Gosling appeared on…
Ryan Gosling's New Zealand 'confusion'
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Russel Norman resigns
Russel Norman resigns as co-leader of the Green Party so he can spend more time with his family.
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Cheryl Strayed: Walk from the wild side
Frances Morton talks to the woman whose heroic tale of beating life's problems took her from wilderness to red carpet.
Salem - tune in for the TV fantasy
Just as you were about to give up on witches, in come some scheming, dark, violent types to restore their good name, writes Rebecca Barry Hill.
Movie review: The Crucible
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Travel
Rotorua: A chance to spin your wheels
Donna McIntyre and family visit New Zealand's number one off-road cycling destination.
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Room check: Kinloch Lodge, Glenorchy
Shandelle Battersby checks into a remote Central Otago lodge that's worth the journey.
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Opinion
Mike Dillon: Watershed moment at Karaka
Loosely speaking Karaka's horse sales complex is about selling dreams. The dream is about to change slightly.
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Editorial: Let Catton live down ill-considered words
The lesson to be drawn from the controversial remarks of Eleanor Catton is perhaps that those who do their thinking on paper have more to lose when they open their mouth…
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Sport
Racing: Mare chance at Wyndham
A quick look at B D Windermere's form line and her recent rivals should fill punters with confidence going into the Southern…
Racing: Waikato Guineas shapes as rugged contest
Racing: Waikato Guineas rugged contest
Usually by this stage of the season a real star has emerged to stand above the others. That is no criticism of the current bunch - they are all very good.
