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Parts of the South Island remain under a snowy blanket, as the MetService warns the weather will continue to worsen throughout the day.
A Rotorua man has pleaded guilty to kidnapping a woman, who was dragged almost 2km behind a car as she tried to escape.
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Sopranos star James Gandolfini has died suddenly in Italy of a suspected heart attack.
The disappearance of a Rawene woman after she left a marae with her partner is a mystery to police, but foul play has not been ruled out.
A company's decision to delete millions of Megaupload files has been described as the 'largest data massacre in the history of the internet".
A burglar who discovered a dead body hanging in a Hamilton house is unlikely to face charges for the break-in.
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The dollar has dropped on news the economy limped along in the first three months of the year, thanks largely to the North Island drought.
The results of crunch talks over who pays for what in Christchurch city centre's post-earthquake blueprint projects will remain secret until next week.
A top More FM boss is facing disciplinary action over a stunt in which two of the station's Breakfast Show hosts appeared to fail drug tests live on air.
"She shouldn't have put herself in that position." Serena Williams has had to apologise for criticising a 16-year-old rape victim in a high-profile US case.
The new soccer deal making every match in the English Premier League available online - live and on demand - is an absolute winner in my book, writes Chris Rattue.
The sex of Prince William and his wife Catherine's baby will remain a mystery until its expected arrival in mid-July.
If the market distortion is going to persist then those with the means should be buying multiple houses, they can't do anything but go up in value, writes Gareth Morgan…
What this story confronts us with is the destruction of the widely held idea that domestic violence is the dirty problem of the underclasses, writes Selina Trigg.
9CommentsThe Greens now seem willing to drop a policy if that policy is less than essential and risks handicapping centre-left efforts to defeat National, writes John Armstrong…
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As Mark Lundy's Privy Council hearing wraps up, his family reveal their anger at how police failed to disclose a document…
Heavy snow is now falling through central parts of the South Island and the snow level will continue to fall over the next 24 hours, with snow - possibly heavy - falling…
The two complaints, lodged on behalf of several Bay of Plenty groups and individuals, centre on an order by the Government for the ship's owners to remove the vessel…
The Auckland Council is getting into detail behind closed doors on the hot button subject of high-rise buildings.
Two men have been arrested in New York state and charged with what police say was a plot to irradiate opponents of Israel…
At least 16 people, including seven attackers, have been killed at a UN base in Mogadishu, Somalia.
New Zealand cannot afford to become a weak link in the chain of global efforts to crack down on money laundering and terrorism…
The New Zealand dollar traded sharply lower today, firstly in response to an upsurge in the US dollar and then to data showing growth was surprisingly weak over the…
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As over the previous five years, the Principal Global Investors/Create international asset management research report provides useful insight into the minds of the (mostly)…
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Every cloud has a silver lining, so the cliche goes, and for Enis Bacova it was a road accident, which nearly killed him, that led to the establishment of an internet…
New Zealand clean-tech firm LanzaTech and Virgin Atlantic have received an award for their partnership commercialising low-carbon aviation biofuels.The two firms took…
Scientists in Australia are using 3D printing to create monstrous bugs up to 50 times their original size. But doesn't Australia have enough creepy crawlies already?
Ben Smith's excellent form on the right wing for the All Blacks is the main reason why he will wear the No14 jersey again…
Finally, a quibble of sorts - the previously impeccable Steve Hansen has picked a side that surprises not for its boldness, but for its relative conservatism.
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Peter Dunne has hit out at the Electoral Commission after it refused to budge on its requirements for his party's reregistration…
Well-connected lobbyists Saunders Unsworth worked with Solid Energy, Treasury and Cabinet Ministers to thwart questions about the company's problems.
The Greens back down on their print money policy is good - but co-leader Russel Norman shouldn't expect to be finance minister in a Labour-led government.
Lianne Dalziel's looming resignation to contest the Christchurch mayoralty has sparked speculation Labour will stand list MP Clayton Cosgrove in the byelection for the…