Anguish after crash horror
The husband of a woman killed in a four-car crash begged her to wake up and get off the road as their young son screamed in agony
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The 50 coolest Kiwis ever
America has Elvis and Marilyn. Britain has Kate and baby George. Australia has... mainly people they stole from us. So who are the coolest New Zealanders of this and…
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Kiwi gifts Fiji cancer sufferer dream
A Fijiian cancer sufferer and her family will spend a week at a luxury holiday resort thanks to the generosity of a Kiwi family that was forced to cancel their own dream…
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Fears over inmates' court food
Female inmates will be cooking food and serving staff at New Zealand's busiest court in a plan being worked on by justice and prison bosses.
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Storm wreaks havoc through south
The worst of the miserable weather that caused havoc through parts of the country is over but some will be spending the long weekend cleaning up the mess.
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Uni cheats: hundreds punished
Students buying assignments, forging signatures, and using phones in exams were among more than 540 cases of cheating dealt with by universities last year.
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Marshall ditches fern logo
Former All Black Justin Marshall has backed down on using a silver fern in the logo of his new business venture after "discussions" with the New Zealand Rugby Union.
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Migrant vote an untapped poll winner
The migrant vote could "swing the political ballot" as the number of overseas-born New Zealanders reach over a million, a diversity expert says.
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Note to self: stop drinking
You're in a bar having a few drinks - and then you get a text message from yourself saying it's time to go home.
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Heart op should be for all, says first patient
A Taranaki farmer who became the first Kiwi to undergo a revolutionary heart procedure has joined a push for it to be made publicly available.
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Rugby: Blues season on the rocks
A 39-20 defeat at the hands of the Hurricanes in Wellington last night was a frustrating blow to the Blues who have dropped five from eight this year.
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Backtrack on Epsom boundary
Snobbery and a false rumour that a boundary change would take some homes out of the Auckland Grammar zone and affect property values are believed to be factors in the…
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Opinion
Wynne Gray: Mealamu substitute a constant dilemma
So Kevvy returned to the Super 15 field last night. Nothing against the champion Blues hooker but I only believed it when I saw it. He's had so many false starts in…
Oravida affair rocks MP's confidence
The reluctance of her fellow National MPs to come to her aid no doubt in part reflects their annoyance that she was so silly, so unwise, writes John Armstrong.
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PlayStation partners with Kiwi school
Kiwi students will soon have the chance to develop their own games using the Sony PlayStation platform.
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Yahoo's recently fired chief operating officer, Henrique de Castro, left the Internet company with a severance package of $58 million even though he lasted just 15 months…
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Super Rugby's break for the June tests comes at an opportune time for Blues first-five Simon Hickey.
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George Whitelock's absence from the Crusaders' match-day squad to play the Chiefs tonight is a reflection of their desire to try something different against a franchise…
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Amid the euphoria of winning the Six Nations, Ireland coach Joe Schmidt felt frustrated. Long after Ireland squeezed past France in a nerve-jangling duel in Paris…
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Netball: Bailey a short-term fix, insist Mystics
The Mystics insist recalled veteran Temepara Bailey is only a short-term fix to the side's midcourt mayhem, leaving a serious…
Wynne Gray: Dirty laundry gets another airing
Wonderful to have the Indian Premier League back among us for a seventh edition. And what's more it's not even in India in its early stages. Instead the first 20 games…
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Top seed Hsu Jen Hao carried on his relentless run through the New Zealand Open field to progress to today's men's singles final at North Shore Events Centre.
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You shouldn't stick your hand in a pit bull's mouth and you shouldn't back a New Zealand sprinter to beat the Australians. The first of those clearly makes sense and…
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