Affair hotel hold-up
The use of hotel rooms by Mayor Len Brown is believed to be at the centre of a legal wrangle holding up the release of a report into any use of council funds during…
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Top cop grilled over Roast Busters
The Police Commissioner has been grilled by MPs over the handling of the Roast Busters rape allegations, conceding it should have been "sharper".
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NZ delegation pays respects to Mandela
"It was very sad. I took a moment." John Key and the NZ delegation have paid their respects to Nelson Mandela as he lay in state in Pretoria.
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Updated 48 min ago
Sign language interpreter a 'fake'
"It looks like he's signing gibberish". The sign language interpreter at Mandela's service draws worldwide flak for being a "fake".
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Anger at iPad baby bouncer
A new baby bouncer complete with iPad holder which has gone on sale is a sign of the drive to market digital products at younger children, an educational expert says…
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School honours lost student
A 17-year-old boy killed this week on a Hastings orchard was a bright, ambitious kid with it "all in front of him" just days after finishing his final year at high school…
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Door open for more paid parental leave
An extra 12 weeks of paid parental leave could be back on the cards after the Government appeared to reconsider its position.
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'Spidey' tackles Auckland high-rise
Free climber Alain Robert - who yesterday scaled the Metropolis in Auckland without safety ropes - says he feels glad he's "still alive" after every climb.
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AUT scholars take their talent global
Kelsen Findlay remembers the sense of awe he and classmates had at the start of their degree that one of their peers had scored an internship at Saatchi & Saatchi, Auckland…
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Web users caught up in ransom scam
Some NZ computer users have paid $500 ransom demands after finding their machines encrypted and a ransom note demanding cash.
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Cricket: Taylor strikes rich vein
Ross Taylor last night demurred at the suggestion he may be in the prime batting form of his life. In which case he's a tough taskmaster.
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Reserve Bank warning tipped
Expect the warning volume to be turned up this morning when Reserve Bank Governor Graeme Wheeler delivers his quarterly Monetary Policy Statement in Wellington at 9am. While…
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Opinion
Child poverty figure needs more clarity
Editorial: The Children's Commissioner has done well to raise independent funds for an annual report on child poverty, less well in publicising its first year's findings…
Politics: Who cares about poverty?
Is it any wonder that poverty tends to be put in the 'too hard' basket, asks politics lecturer Bryce Edwards.
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Google Glass up on Trade Me
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Spiderman scales Auckland tower (+vid)
Legendary free climber Alain Robert - the French Spiderman - has scaled one of Auckland's most distinctive buildings, the Metropolis.
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Goal to cut reoffending getting through to inmates
The Government's ambitious goal of reducing reoffending by 25 per cent is so ingrained in the Corrections system that prisoners are repeating it back to officials.
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Taxpayers pay for Harawira's trip
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