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SCF: 'Smoke and mirrors'
A "culture of obfuscation"prevailed at South Canterbury Finance before its $1.6 billion Government bail-out, a court heard today.
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Missing plane: Vietnam suspends search
Vietnam has suspended its air search for missing flight MH370 and scaled back a sea search as it waited for Malaysia to clarify the potential new direction of the multi-national…
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Man guilty of using wife as sex slave
An Indian man in an arranged marriage has been found guilty of using his wife as a sex slave, during which he raped, beat and threatened to kill her.
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Star Trek star arrested in NZ
Hollywood actor Chris Pine was celebrating the end of filming with a star-studded cast at a Methven pub before being nabbed by a routine drink-driving operation.
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Missing flights: 10 aviation mysteries
People are asking how a Boeing 777 with 239 people on board can simply 'disappear' but it's not the first aviation mystery of its kind.
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'Batten down the hatches'
Severe weather from Tropical Cyclone Lusi could cause more trouble for Christchurch residents struggling with last week's storm clean-up, weather forecasters say.
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Abusive teacher supplied drugs to child
A South Waikato teacher has been sentenced to seven years in prison for sexually abusing to children and supplying drugs to one at a maori immersion school.
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Collins handled mea gulpa 'very poorly'
PM John Key says Justice Minister Judith Collins has handled the Oravida situation "very poorly", after she admitted having dinner with the company's chairman.
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Story behind mystery men
The two men who boarded flight MH370 with stolen passports were asylum seekers in search of a better life.
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Celebrities who have written kid's books
Rolling Stone guitarist Keith Richards is releasing a children's book, Gus and Me: The Story of My Granddad and My First Guitar in September, but he is not the first…
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Politics: Coalition transparency needed
The mystery of Flight 370
Missing plane: 'All passengers' profiled
All passengers on a missing Malaysia Airlines jet are to be profiled by police, as the CIA director made a rare public statement saying terrorism couldn't be ruled out…
Fly Malaysia Airlines? 'We're safe'
Herald reporter Lincoln Tan flew Malaysia Airways to KL, talking to crew about their missing colleagues and passengers about their concerns.
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Larry Ellison's dream ignores realities
Larry Ellison wants to take yachting's greatest spectacle around the world, creating a world series similar to that of the Formula 1 circuit in motor racing, writes…
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Some parents have become obsessed about giving their offspring the added edge, writes Peter Lyons. Choice of school often dominates dinner party conversations.
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Chopper trust take legal action against funding cut
Lawyers for the Auckland Rescue Helicopter Trust have formally begun legal action against a recommendation that would slash…
Rescue helicopter's $500,000 funding cut to go ahead
Kids aged 11 hooked on legal highs
Tauranga City Council has unanimously voted to develop a legal high policy after an impassioned plea from a drug counsellor who revealed local children as young as 11…
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$18.9m Bridgecorp settlement reached
Three convicted Bridgecorp directors have reached an $18.9 million settlement with the failed finance company's receivers…
Super Fund puts $50m into US clean energy firm
The New Zealand Superannuation Fund has pumped another US$50 million into an American clean energy company which helps provide power for Google, Walmart and Coca-Cola. The…
Hong Kong trade boss hunts for Kiwi producers
China's shifting emphasis on consumption could be a golden opportunity for New Zealand companies, says a visiting trade delegation.
NZ's biggest-ever fraud trial delayed
A throwaway comment at a law conference last week by the boss of the Serious Fraud Office has delayed the start of the South Canterbury Finance fraud trial.
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Man walks free after 26 years on death row
A man who spent nearly 26 years on death row in Louisiana has walked free of prison after having his conviction quashed.
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Ukraine rules out using force in Crimea
Ukraine will not attempt a military move to prevent the southern Crimean peninsula's breakaway, the country's acting president Oleksandr Turchynov says.
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Tech Universe: Wednesday 12 March
SOMETHING IN THE AIR: China's cities have a smog problem, but the Government is tackling it with drones that disperse fog…
Contract changed, Chorus' problems remain
Ultra-fast broadband contract changes don't address the fundamental problems Chorus is facing from wholesale broadband price cuts, say analysts.
Snowden: US sought NZ law loopholes
NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden says the United States' spy agency has helped find or create loopholes in New Zealand law to enable widespread spying.
UFB changes a 'mixed-bag' for users
Ultra-fast broadband contract changes announced today are a "mixed-bag" for users but good for Chorus, says advocacy group InternetNZ. Chorus and the Government body…
Politics
Banks seeks to get charges thrown out
ACT MP John Banks will apply to have charges over an alleged false electoral return against him thrown out because of a…
Budget warning for Brown
Auckland Mayor Len Brown has been told it will take a "slash and burn" exercise for his new 10-year budget to bring benefits for Aucklanders.
Flag's time has passed, says PM
New Zealanders will get a vote on a new national flag regardless of who is in the next government.
Jones stands firm on jibes at Greens
Labour MP Shane Jones says the Green Party is being thin-skinned over his attacks on their MPs.
Sport
Rugby: Rennie rings changes at Chiefs
Chiefs coach Dave Rennie has sprung a few selection surprises after his team's bye as he prepares to unlock a tight Stormers…
Rugby: Slade to start at No10 for Crusaders
Todd Blackadder has again re-shuffled his Crusaders backline, with Colin Slade the latest candidate for the No10 jersey to play the Rebels in Melbourne. Tom Taylor…
Kiwi Paralympians in the medal frame
New Zealand Paralympians Adam Hall and Corey Peters have put themselves into the medal frame after a disrupted day of skiing at the Sochi Games last night.
Rugby: Carter eyes club footy return
Dan Carter's last act as a rugby player was to hobble off Twickenham with yet another Achilles injury in his 100th test.
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Rugby: Brumbies hope to contain flying Folau
Stop the Waratahs' forward pack and you'll stifle try-scoring machine Israel Folau.
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Small Business: Productivity - Murray Sherwin
What is productivity, and why is it important in New Zealand small businesses? There are three main ways New Zealanders…
