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Fight for son's body parts

The parents of Zachary Gravatt, who died of meningococcal disease, have revealed a fresh agony they faced in putting their 22-year-old medical-student son to rest.

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Key slammed for spying inaction

Prime Minister John Key is under fire for failing to halt the GCSB's surveillance of New Zealanders when he was first told of potential legal problems with that work…

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Thomas: It's a blatant cover up

Police have defended a senior cop's praise of the late officer who planted a shell case at the Crewe murder scene, and insist the comments have no bearing on a review…

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700 confess low pay to IRD

The Inland Revenue Department has been flooded by a last-minute rush of confessions from people who paid themselves artificially low salaries to avoid the top personal…

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South Korea, Japan on full alert

South Korea has raised its military watch alert to "vital threat" and Japan is on full alert ahead of an expected North Korean missile launch, as United Nations chief…

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Netball on the attack

No sanction but league has warning

Irene van Dyk won't face any penalties for her outburst as league officials look to draw a line under the debate that has seen netball's image take a battering.

Time to clarify rule interpretations

The furore that has erupted after Irene van Dyk's claims of Aussie brutality indicates it is time for netball bosses to take a stance on overt physicality in the game…

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Deep-sea law change debated

A controversial law change which would limit protest near deep-sea oil and gas operations has been debated for the first time in a heated Parliamentary session.Opposition…

Kapa haka group gets revved up

A group of Auckland schoolchildren will be thrust into the global spotlight when their kapa haka performance is beamed to more than 130 countries on Sunday.The 40 Pukekohe…

Following steps of grandfather

When film executive Victoria Spackman touched down in Beijing yesterday on John Key's trade mission to China, she was following in her grandfather's footsteps.The late…

Business

Auckland economy growing

Auckland's economy grew by 2.8 per cent last year, ahead of its 10-year average and powered by finance, professional services…

Kiwi angels see US meet as heaven sent

More than 20 Kiwi start-up investors are hoping to forge links with their counterparts from around the world at a major angel investment meeting in the United States…

First retail spend drop in 6 months

Retail spending charged to electronic cards fell in March for the first time in six months, but statisticians say that could reflect an early Easter.Retail transactions…

Kiwi riding high on Japan news

The New Zealand dollar pressed on to reach another post-float high on its Trade Weighted Index yesterday, due mostly to ongoing weakness in the yen as the Bank of Japan…

Technology

New spam attack investigated

Telecom has launched an urgent investigation into another spam attack on some Yahoo!Xtra customers.The suspicious emails appeared to be from one of the user's contacts…

More spam hits Yahoo!Xtra customers

Yahoo!Xtra email users have once again been hit by a spam attack.Telecom spokeswoman Lucy Jackson said reports of suspicious emails containing just a link to a website…

Tech Universe: Wednesday 10 April

FRIED WASTE: Fry up the fish and chips. But then what do you do with the used oil? It seems many in London tip it down the drain. The city spends £1 million (NZ$1.8…

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'They shouted to come out and be killed'

In the scorched rubble and twisted corrugated iron, a woman with wilted jasmine flowers in her hair was trying to locate what was left of her life.Ma Khin Aye lost her…

Anti-trafficking groups get boost

Sex workers are more likely to call in to a hotline for victims of human trafficking on a Wednesday, and a Google-backed initiative could help to explain why.The internet…

Sport

Future sports stars celebrated

Sydney Roosters rising star Roger Tuivasa-Sheck is only 19 and already giving back to his community.The teen, who made his NRL debut for the Roosters last season, plans…

Politics

Carter Holt Oz unit's losses grow

Carter Holt Harvey, the forest products firm owned by billionaire Graeme Hart, has worn a A$264 million ($325 million) charge on its Australian building supplies group…

GCSB: PM denies misleading public

John Key has denied misleading the public by not telling Parliament of potentially illegal spying by the GCSB two months after he was told of the issue.

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