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Fiancee's past engulfs Kiwi-in-Oz

A New Zealand engineer has found himself at the centre of media attention in Australia after it emerged he is engaged to the former girlfriend of a jailed killer.

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Tornado smashes school

An elementary school in an Oklahoma City suburb has taken a direct hit from a 3.2-kilometre wide tornado as deadly storms continue to batter the region.

Commuters clog free spots

Residents of central Auckland fringe suburbs such as Mt Eden, Parnell and Orakei are getting riled at their streets becoming free parking lots for commuters.

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…

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.

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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.

'Technical issues' holding up meat

Chinese measures to curb sales of counterfeit meat may be a factor in millions of dollars of exported New Zealand meat being held up on Chinese wharves.

Business

Meridian tougher to sell

The Government will have to bump up the sweeteners to get enough mum and dad investors to buy into Meridian Energy, an analyst…

$6m to fix leaky high-rise

Each owner of leak-struck twin tower high-rise Hobson Gardens faces paying $50,000 to $75,000 to get their unit fixed after the collapse of Mainzeal Property & Construction…

Wall St hesitancy after new records

Wall Street touched fresh records earlier in the day before giving up gains as investors await clues from the US Federal Reserve on its plans for maintaining stimulus…

Technology

Breakers coach sets trend

Twitter in sport is generally seen as an athlete's game but one coach bucking that trend is Dean Vickerman.

Xero wins hi-tech top honours

Xero received the top honours at this year's Hi-Tech Awards, while another cloud software company Vend also won in two categories.NZX-listed accounting software…

Almost time for a new Xbox

It's almost time for a new Xbox.Eight years have passed since Microsoft unveiled the Xbox 360, double the amount of time between the original Xbox debut in 2001 and…

World

Mistrial claims in Arias case

The penalty phase of the Jodi Arias murder trial wrapped up for the day today after a series of legal arguments in which…

Twister on 'demolition tour'

Tornadoes ravaged parts of Oklahoma yesterday, reducing portions of a mobile home park to rubble and killing a 79-year-old man whose body was found out in the open.

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All Blacks mix work and play at Mount

The first of two All Black training camps in Mt Maunganui winds up today, but the 38-man squad will return next Sunday to prepare for next month's matches against France…

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TV broadcaster in bid to gain seat

TVNZ broadcaster Shane Taurima announced his bid for Labour's Ikaroa-Rawhiti byelection candidacy yesterday on Te Karere, the news programme he usually edits.

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