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Peters pleads not guilty

A former rich-lister charged with misleading authorities and concealing property has pleaded not guilty.

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Passengers left trapped on tarmac

The China Southern flight's arrival in Auckland was delayed six hours. File photo / Natalie Slade

Were you on the delayed flight? Contact the Herald with your story here. Passengers on a fog-affected flight were stuck on board a plane for five hours as it waited…

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Brazilians celebrate German victory

German fans on Rio's Copacabana beach celebrate their team's victory. Photo / AP

Brazilians are celebrating Germany's win in the World Cup final, relieved that their arch-rivals Argentina failed to win in Rio de Janeiro.

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The deadly fate of prostitutes in Iraq

Iraqi women gather the morning after a car bomb explosion in Baghdad's eastern Ur neighborhood, Iraq. Photo / AP

'This is the fate of any prostitution' the inscription warned above a door. Inside the apartment block lay the bodies of 27 alleged prostitutes.

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CTV engineer 'failed in his duty'

Police and volunteers work to rescue people trapped in the collapsed CTV building. Photo / Geoff Sloan

Engineer David Harding re-registered with his professional body just five months after the CTV Building collapse, and failed to tell his assessors that he was behind…

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Jail for fence paling attack

A Tauranga man who whacked Merivale father Lance Scullin over the head with a piece of wooden fence paling the night before he died has been jailed for 12 months.

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111 callout: Anger at response

IT student Laurie Williams found the young Chinese woman writhing on a toilet floor. Photo / Sarah Ivey

A woman is appalled it took three emergency calls to get help for an Auckland student writhing in pain at her inner-city campus.

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'Kids are going to die down there'

A burnt mattress lies in Howe St in Dunedin yesterday afternoon. Photo / Peter McIntosh.

Lives were put at risk from couch fires lit too close to houses in Dunedin's student quarter, Dunedin police and the Fire Service have warned.

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Floods, winds...now for the snow

Tourists make the most of the snow on the lawn of the Chateau Tongariro, National Park. Photo / Ross Setford

After a week of wild weather which battered the top of the North Island, it's time to grab the winter woollies and wrap up warm.

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House sales, prices, fall in June

House sales fell in June from a year earlier, led by properties of $400k or less, indicating the LVR restrictions are curbing demand at the cheaper end of the market…

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First zero-waste restaurant to open in UK

Food waste collected from Auckland CBD businesses.
Photo / Michelle Hyslop

In less than two hours, the UK produces enough waste to fill the Royal Albert Hall. It is a statistic which so angers Douglas McMaster that he has set out to change…

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Radio host's four-letter talkback rant

Mark Staufer will continue in his role as breakfast presenter on The Sound.

A late night talkback segment from radio host Mark Staufer that featured foul language has been pulled from RadioLive's website.

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Inquiry after drug accused cleared

A police officer is being investigated for giving "incorrect" evidence under oath which led to a $1 million drug charge against a gang leader being dropped.