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GCSB cleared of illegal spying

Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security Paul Neazor has cleared the Government Communications Security Bureau of illegal spying on New Zealanders.

Henry takes shot at match officials

Blues assistant coach Sir Graham Henry has criticised the officiating of his side's loss to the Crusaders, suggesting that the television match official was "blind''…

Meat Mail scheme takes off

Two students who started selling boxes of meat to their Dunedin peers last year have trebled their client base, hired staff and are now eyeing markets further north.

NZ exodus across the Tasman slows

The number of New Zealanders quitting this country for a better life across the Tasman slowed to its smallest monthly pace in almost three years, as the local economic…

Twitter and Kiwi athletes

Sports stars make a #hashtag of it

Reporters Kris Shannon and Steven Holloway investigate how Twitter has changed the daily experiences of Kiwi athletes - for better and worse.

Opinion

Apartments need careful planning

The draft Auckland Unitary Plan proposes a fundamental change to the urban fabric of Auckland, writs Richard Burton. Multi-storey, high-density apartment buildings formerly…

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Want a gun? Go photocopy one

Not everybody in the world, exactly, but at least everybody with $8000 to buy a 3D printer on e-Bay, or access to one of the 3D printing shops, writes Gwynne Dyer.

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School warning over homeless man

A Tauranga school has warned parents to take care when dropping off their children after concerns were raised about a homeless man living in his car in the area.An email…

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Solid Energy future bleak - Key

Stricken state owned coal miner Solid Energy's future appears bleak according to a recently completed report on the company, Prime Minister John Key indicated yesterday.Key…

Claws are out in luxury CBD tower

Owners of apartments in Auckland's five-star Metropolis tower are pitted against one another in battles which have ranged from cat-keeping to who sits on the body corporate…

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New Melbourne Storm owners headed by Kiwi

Melbourne Storm's new owners - led by a New Zealand businessman - plan to make the NRL club break even financially by 2017 and also want to dramatically boost membership.New…

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When McCully met Kerry

Foreign minister Murray McCully has met US Secretary of State John Kerry in Washington and most of their meeting was spent discussing the Middle East.

Baby issue 'up to Speaker'

Prime Minister John Key does not believe Parliament's hours should be reduced to make it more "family friendly" after a Labour MP was sitting with her baby till midnight…

Key backs changes to carer's law

Prime Minister John Key has defended the urgent passing of controversial legislation which restricted who could be paid for caring for disabled family members.

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