Hero retiree saves mum
When Ian Waterson saw a mother and her child being swept out to sea he knew he had to act fast - so he ran outside, jumped onto his 4WD farmbike and drove straight into…
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Safety upgrade urged after train fatal
There are calls for improvements at the rail crossing in Morningside, Auckland after a man was hit by a train last night.
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Thousands miss cut for university
A big drop in the number of students able to study at tertiary level has prompted calls for the New Zealand Qualifications Authority to review new University Entrance…
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Warning of Cricket World Cup visa rort
Travellers with no intention of attending Cricket World Cup games are taking advantage of a transtasman arrangement allowing visa-free entry to New Zealand for the event…
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Most NZ rivers too dirty for a swim
Two-thirds of more than 160 monitored river swimming spots in New Zealand have been deemed unsafe for a dip.
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Li, Moala back in action after court
Two Blues players who recently appeared in court - one waiting for sentencing on assault charges - took to the field in a pre-season game last night.
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Swney faces Serious Fraud Office inquiry
The Auckland businessman facing jail for evading taxes of nearly $1.8 million could face further charges.
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NZ's healthy box office bucks trend
The New Zealand movie box office for 2014 bucked international trends by increasing its annual gross and breaking its previous yearly record.
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Pensioners feeling financial squeeze
Auckland's elderly, many on fixed incomes, are struggling to pay rates to meet the rising costs of the Super City.
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Johnson soaring on star status
Shaun Johnson has nothing to worry about. With poster-boy looks to go with the rarest of sporting talents, the 24-year-old has the rugby league world at his feet.
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McDonald's going upmarket?
Are the days of cheap cheeseburgers and Happy Meals over? It appears McDonald's is going upmarket - trialling table service and customised gourmet burgers.
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Many no-shows at Roger Sutton's farewell
A number of people chose not to attend Canterbury recovery boss Roger Sutton's farewell bash yesterday.
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Quizzes
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National
Future Auckland: Recreation and leisure
In the final part of our Future Auckland series, we aim to stimulate debate.
Innovative concept may give hope to Parkinson's sufferers
Green light for quarry apartments
A new special housing area for up to 90 apartments is approved - but the tenants will potentially have to tolerate years of a quarry being filled up at their back door…
Two seriously injured in SH1 collision
Woman lucky to be alive after trying to save son
Business
Reserve Bank opens door to cutting rate
The Reserve Bank has explicitly acknowledged its next interest rate move could be either up or down, thereby giving the…
Dollar down, hotel room charges up
The falling New Zealand dollar will boost tourism and could enable hotel operators to increase prices.
Trade imbalance widens
New Zealand's trade accounts were in the red for the sixth month in a row in December, imports exceeding exports by $159 million or 3.6 per cent.
Briscoe eyes loyalty programme
Briscoe Group, which operates the Briscoes, Rebel Sports, and Living & Giving stores, may introduce a customer loyalty programme to stoke growth in online sales.
World
Profit soars at Boeing
Boeing's fourth-quarter profit rose 19 per cent as demand for commercial jets trumped weakness in its defence business.
Airbus to raise price of planes by 3.27 per cent
'Thorn Birds' author, Colleen McCullough, dies
Colleen McCullough, the internationally acclaimed Australian author, has died, the Sydney Morning Herald reports.
Isis release new audio of Japanese hostage
Raul Castro demands Guantanamo's return
Politics
The Insider: Too much dry
While many businesspeople are cheering on National's plan for wide-ranging Resource Management Act reform, others are urging…
PM still to address Northland MP Mike Sabin
Prime Minister John Key said he hasn't spoken to under fire Northland MP Mike Sabin and wouldn't comment on reports of a police investigation into a complaint made against…
Pike River should become 'Great Walk'
The Government has ordered a feasibility study into a new 'great walk' from the Pike River Mine site and over the Paparoa Range.
Opinion: 'Market' swept under the rug
It is difficult to erase the suspicion that the social housing policy is motivated by ideology as much as anything else, writes John Armstrong.
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Boost in Parkinson's battle
An innovative concept which would override the damaging brain patterns of Parkinson's disease could give new hope to sufferers…
New drug rids former soldier of melanoma
'Oh God, I need a translator'
Supermodel Heidi Klum cracks joke about Kiwi accent as she gets intimate with NZ and unveils her lingerie line.
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Why do people hoard animals?
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Heidi Klum 'drop your trousers'
The supermodel, who is visiting New Zealand for the first time, unveiled her new lingerie collection at Auckland's SkyCity…
'All women are beautiful' - Heidi Klum
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Supermodel Heidi Klum launches lingerie
Heidi Klum treated around 150 VIP guests to an exclusive runway show of her new range. The supermodel is visiting New Zealand for the first time and is excited to see…
Raw: Man killed by train in Auckland
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Album review: The Waterboys, Modern Blues Kobalt
Chief Waterboy Mike Scott said after his last album - musical settings of poems by W.B. Yeats - that he wanted to return…
Album review: Mark Ronson, Uptown Special
Jude Law's ex to give birth to his fifth child
Jude Law is expecting a girl with his ex-partner.
Swift 'dead' after Madonna praise
Spacey skipped SAGs to help Arab actors
Travel
Tokyo: Some like it hot
In the midst of one of the world's greatest metropolises, Sarah MacDonald goes on a quest for the ultimate urban sanctuary…
Japan: Konnichiwa, Tokyo
Visiting Sir Ed's Welsh watering hole
Peter de Graaf follows in the steps of Everest's conqueror, visiting Sir Edmund Hillary's local pub in Wales.
TranzAlpine track: A tale of two countries
Hastings: Sampling the bounty of the Bay
Opinion
Opinion: Why parents pick weird names
Calling your daughter Nutella? I'll merrily agree to that, says Rachel Halliwell.
Is this the cutest kid on the internet?
Dita De Boni: Key rocks on with trickle-down groupies
Those at Davos, seemingly representing the interests of the very wealthy, like to think they are working to make the world a better place - as long as they are not inconvenienced…
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62CommentsSport
Cricket: Sri Lanka salvage pride as NZ fail to fire
Sri Lanka have kept the intrigue alive for the unofficial eighth match of their one-day international series to take place…
Cricket: Shadows over Aussie camp
Tennis: Williams, Sharapova set up finals clash
Serena Williams weathered a barrage of big serves and heavy groundstrokes early and needed nine match points before beating Madison Keys 7-6 (5), 6-2 to set up an Australian…
