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Motel death: Police ID men

Homicide investigators say they have identified men seen in video footage leaving an Auckland motel where Ihaia Gillman-Harris was attacked.

How not to transport a horse

Police in Northland are due to speak to the driver of a small truck seen carrying a horse on the back of its cab on the open road in Kaitaia.

Just who are the Mundys?

Mystery for coastal post shop after it receives letter containing a Christmas card and a family photo but addressed only to "granny".

National

Man killed in Boxing Day crash named

Police have released the name of a man who died in a head-on collision on Boxing Day. He was Kevin Francis Keane of Timaru. Mr Keane, 71, was driving a rental car…

Business

NZ duo's $670m Aussie buy-up

The extraordinary strength of the New Zealand dollar against the aussie wasn't the main reason why Infratil and the New Zealand Superannuation Fund decided to buy RetireAustralia…

World

Missing AirAsia plane: NZ sends help

New Zealand has sent a military aircraft to help in the search for missing AirAsia flight QZ8501. It comes after the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (Mfat) yesterday…

Politics

War ends but the battle goes on

The war is officially over, victory secured. And Afghanistan, once again, has been rebuilt. But for many, life in the restive provinces is much as it ever was.

Rocky times ahead as oil prices crash

The oil price decline of 2014 upended the geopolitical chessboard. Worth watching in 2015 will be who can recover and dominate play - Opec, Vladimir Putin or US shale…

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Sport: The good, bad & bizarre

Discounting a bronze medal at the World Club Champs, the pinnacle of achievement in New Zealand football is to be cited in the highly coveted Herald Annual Awards.

Sport

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