Ban brought forward
Dairies, service stations and grocery stores will automatically be banned from selling synthetic cannabis and other legal highs from as early as July.
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UK-bound plane diverted, two arrested
Britain scrambled fighter jets to intercept a commercial airliner carrying more than 300 people, diverting it to an isolated runway and arresting two passengers.
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Hundreds of kids in CYF abuse review
CYF is reviewing the cases of more than 200 children thought to have been subjected to continued abuse and neglect despite repeated warnings.
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Three survive US-Canada bridge collapse
The major link between the US and Canadian sides of the Pacific Northwest region was severed after a bridge collapsed, dumping a handful of vehicles and people into…
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Sister dies on hearing of judge's death
The family of Supreme Court judge Sir Robert Chambers have suffered a second tragedy with the shock death of his sister.
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Treated sewage could cover city land
Treated sewage waste could be dumped on land 20m from property boundaries under the draft Auckland Council Unitary Plan.
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Heart sick
Hamish Carter is the latest in a series of elite endurance athletes to have encountered heart problems. Phil Taylor investigates whether training programmes are excessive…
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Students bear brunt of transport fares
Auckland Transport has been accused of targeting students with public transport fare rises that will also affect thousands of Hop and multi-trip ticket buyers.
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Kids play too safe
A misguided health and safety culture that is fuelling a culture of fear, is threatening to render children's play meaningless, says experts.
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Devoy keeps clear of Peters' China attack
New Race Relations Commissioner Dame Susan Devoy has refrained from joining critics of Winston Peters' latest attack on China's growing influence in NZ.
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Porn leading young to take risks: study
According to a major study, children are developing permissive attitudes to sex and viewing women as objects after being raised on a "diet of pornography".
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Home seekers take a hammering
Rising prices are pushing middle-income earners out of the housing market. Geoff Cumming goes in search of solutions
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$9m fraud family in dock
A Remuera businesswoman allegedly headed a $9.2 million mortgage fraud scheme that involved her siblings, friends and eleven Auckland properties.
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Opinion
John Roughan: Beware suburban rumblings
The little church basement, where the Campbells Bay Community Association holds thinly attended public meetings, was packed on Tuesday night.
Nicky Pellegrino: Change your attitude and keep weight off
Trying to lose weight and keep it off for good? You're doomed to failure, says Massey University's Dr Andrew Dickson.
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One dead in West Coast fire
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UK-bound plane diverted, two arrested
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Taleban attack central Kabul
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Three survive US-Canada bridge collapse
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Man shot in Auckland overnight
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Cricket: No balls bowled
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Daft Punk: The return of robot rock
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$16m budget for country's four flashest apartments
A group of Aucklanders are building what could be the country's most expensive set of boutique apartments for themselves…
Bach and back street among top awards
A firm of Auckland architects behind a building restoration which revitalised part of Queen St scooped the country's premier architectural award last night.
IRD refuses GST refunds for leaky buildings
The Inland Revenue is withholding GST refunds from body corporates with leaky buildings, even though it is pretty sure they are entitled to claim them.
SkyCity bets on Queenstown
While SkyCity this month got the nod for its controversial $402 million Auckland convention centre, a Queenstown expansion proceeds almost entirely outside the spotlight…
Business
ANZ chief just getting started
David Hisco is not one for talking much about himself. Scan the internet and you will find scant personal details about…
Mary Holm: Borrowing can be good - or horrid
Heavily geared property investments can return more than shares, but they can also go badly wrong
Drought takes toll on trade balance
Drought took its toll on the trade balance last month. Exports exceeded imports by $157 million, equivalent to 4 per cent of exports.
Diana Clement: Plastic surgery: clever ways to use a card
Credit cards are designed to part us with our money. Canny customers, however, can sometimes use these little plastic cards to their financial advantage.
Technology
Police create and fire 3D-printed guns
New South Wales police have created and fired two 3D-printed firearms, the state police commissioner Andrew Scipione revealed…
Software firm latest to signal NZX float
Optimizer HQ is the latest New Zealand technology company to signal its intention to list on the NZX.
Vodafone shows off next-gen mobile broadband
Hard on the heels of launching a 4G service in parts of New Zealand, Vodafone and its technology partner Nokia Siemens Networks this week demonstrated the future upgrade…
Snakk Media raises $6.5m in new funds
Snakk Media, the latest brainchild of Hyperfactory co-founder Derek Handley, has raised $6.5 million from an over-subscribed share purchase plan and private placement…
World
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Taleban attack central Kabul
In the latest militant strike on the Afghan capital, Taleban gunmen backed by a suicide car bomber attacked an international…
Further arrests after 'sickening' attack
The road to extremism
At the time, it seemed like just another ugly scuffle in a long line of clashes between the police and a rag-tag group of Islamist extremists.
Friends, family pay tribute to 'real character'
Killing is justifiable, says radical cleric
Sport
Updated 54 min ago
Cricket: No balls bowled
Constant rain has seen the opening day of the second test between New Zealand and England abandoned without a ball bowled…
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NRL: Bulldogs bounce back against Broncos
Canterbury bounced back from their last-start thrashing to Newcastle with a solid 24-14 NRL win over Brisbane at ANZ Stadium on Friday night.The Bulldogs had begun to…
Rugby: My Parents are Ugly
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Politics
John Armstrong: Public oblivious to clever accounting
You do not have to burrow too deeply into the annual Government accounts to uncover the untold story of last week's Budget…
No inquiry into Solid Energy collapse
Auditor General Lyn Provost says she will not carry out an inquiry into what led Solid Energy to the brink of collapse this year.
Peters: 'The SuperCity of sin'
New Zealand First Leader Winston Peters has again lashed out at growing Chinese influence, saying it is turning Auckland into "the Supercity of sin
Is the media dominating Parliament?
More and more candidates for Parliament are coming from a media background, leading to the 'celebritisation' of elections, writes Bryce Edwards.
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Book: The pitch that paid off
The story so farBorn in Hong Kong, Derek Handley moved to New Zealand as a teenager. After some youthful business ventures…
