New Zealand Herald

Brazilians are celebrating Germany's win in the World Cup final, relieved that their arch-rivals Argentina failed to win in Rio de Janeiro.

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'This is the fate of any prostitution' the inscription warned above a door. Inside the apartment block lay the bodies of 27 alleged prostitutes.

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A Tauranga man who whacked Merivale father Lance Scullin over the head with a piece of wooden fence paling the night before he died has been jailed for 12 months.

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A woman is appalled it took three emergency calls to get help for an Auckland student writhing in pain at her inner-city campus.

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Lives were put at risk from couch fires lit too close to houses in Dunedin's student quarter, Dunedin police and the Fire Service have warned.

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After a week of wild weather which battered the top of the North Island, it's time to grab the winter woollies and wrap up warm.

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House sales fell in June from a year earlier, led by properties of $400k or less, indicating the LVR restrictions are curbing demand at the cheaper end of the market…

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In less than two hours, the UK produces enough waste to fill the Royal Albert Hall. It is a statistic which so angers Douglas McMaster that he has set out to change…

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A late night talkback segment from radio host Mark Staufer that featured foul language has been pulled from RadioLive's website.

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A police officer is being investigated for giving "incorrect" evidence under oath which led to a $1 million drug charge against a gang leader being dropped.

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Giving up alcohol for a month is pointless for people's health, says a leading liver expert.

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Thick fog has blanketed Auckland city this morning, affecting domestic and international flights and making driving through the city a short-sighted experience.

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