Owen Glenn signals end to Warriors legal fight
Businessman wants to transfer his half share of the Warriors to a charitable trust for the benefit of the rugby league community.
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Sabin resigns 'due to personal issues'
Northland MP and chairman of the law and order select committee Mike Sabin says he is resigning "due to personal issues that were best dealt with outside Parliament"…
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Masked couple may face charges
Two masked people frightening passers-by around Auckland this week may face charges.
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Turei: It's a vote of confidence in me
Russel Norman's resignation as Green Party co-leader hailed by Metiria Turei as a vote of confidence in her leadership, the caucus and the party.
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Catton's father takes on Plunket
Author's father blasts Sean Plunket for branding her an "ungrateful hua" as Catton herself tweets written interviews are nearly always edited.
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Air NZ revives $29 Night Rider flights
From February 20 the airline will run Night Rider services between Auckland, Nelson and Christchurch for a month.
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Mother, son recovering after rescue
A mother and her son who were swept out to sea at a Hawkes Bay beach have been discharged from hospital and are back home recovering.
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Get real, Len, look at trams
Auckland mayor is struggling to put together a budget that will accommodate his magnificent obsession, the $2.5 billion underground City Rail Link, Brain Rudman writes…
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Man torches house, drinks while it burns
A man has admitted setting fire to a house he was building with his ex-partner, dousing it in kerosene and watching it burn as he drank wine on the lawn.
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Mayor: Parking fines 'exorbitant'
Dunedin City Council is to review parking arrangements at Forsyth Barr Stadium, after Wilson Parking's $65 fines were slammed as ''exorbitant and unreasonable".
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Thousands miss cut for university
A big drop in the number of students able to study at tertiary level has prompted calls for the NZQA to review new University Entrance (UE) requirements.
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String of North Island car crashes
A pedestrian has died near Tauranga, one man was found dead in his car near Palmerston North and four people were injured in a head-on collision in south Waikato.
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A prominent New Zealander has been charged with serious offences, but a blanket suppression order means details of the case…
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Experienced tramper died after taking a dangerous coastal route in Kahurangi National Park, coroner finds.
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Chinese interests have bought two Auckland islands linked to the mainland in a $41.5 million deal and they are now planning…
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Dairy commodity prices have fallen below sustainable levels in the medium term but lower supply is expected to underpin a modest recovery in the second half of this…
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A gunman who stormed into the headquarters of Dutch national broadcaster NOS demanding airtime claimed to be from a "hackers' collective".
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Russel Norman resigns
Russel Norman resigns as co-leader of the Green Party so he can spend more time with his family.
Toby Manhire: Look at the state we're in
The National and Labour leaders' grandly titled annual "state of the nation" addresses were about as dynamic as dry rot, writes Toby Manhire.
25CommentsEditorial: Key wins, not Abbott
Tony Abbott can now join the long list of politicians wondering how John Key gets away in political life with so much that causes strife for lesser mortals.
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While many businesspeople are cheering on National's plan for wide-ranging Resource Management Act reform, others are urging caution.
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Ryan Gosling's Kiwi 'confusion'
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On the eve of the second men's semi final, we explain why Novak Djokovic deserves to be the overwhelming favourite as well…
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Warriors and Kiwis captain Simon Mannering is confident he will be right to start round one of the NRL despite being ruled out of the Nines because of a few "little…
