The New Zealand Herald

"The Labour Party I lead is about jobs, good jobs, skilled jobs, well-paid jobs." Andrew Little has delivered his first state of the nation speech.

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Author Eleanor Catton has criticised NZ as a country led by "neo-liberal, profit-obsessed, shallow, very money-hungry politicians who don't care about culture".

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"He wants to promote himself, make money out of it at the cost of the animals." The Lion Man's shift to South Africa has upset the conservation community there.

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Some weathermen in the US have offered sheepish apologies after massive preparation for a "historic" snowstorm wasn't necessary.

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Saudi Arabia beheaded two more of its citizens and a Pakistani, continuing the strictest punishment under new King Salman.

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Left bloodied and knocked out in their own home just before Xmas, Dennis and Eileen Phillips don't want "harsh treatment" of the teen accused of the attack.

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An online message purportedly from Isis warned that a Japanese hostage and Jordanian pilot the extremists hold have less than "24 hours left to live."

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Vinnie Woolston, a model from Raglan who says he was once "just a grom", is the new face of the Yves Saint Laurent men's scent La Nuit de l'Homme.

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In his first major speech of the year, John Key is expected to outline what his government will do with the supply of social housing stock.

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A scrub fire that spread across 330ha of the Southern Alps may have started in separate areas, police said yesterday as firefighters battled to bring the blaze under…

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"Facebook and Instagram are down. The hipster apocalypse has begun." Social media users left bereft as the tech giant blames a glitch for an hour-long blackout.

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