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Police have defended a tourist driver who was punched in the face yesterday after being pulled over by another motorist, one of three tourist-driver incidents on the…
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Ko breaks course record
Lydia Ko has broken the course record at Clearwater today scoring an extraordinary 61 in the middle round of the NZ Open.
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Tributes to slain mother of five
A woman found dead in a Whangarei house with a 52-year-old man was a mother of five.
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Deaker: Dalton must go
Veteran broadcaster Murray Deaker writes that the country has had enough of the Team NZ boss.
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Star Trek star Leonard Nimoy dies
Leonard Nimoy, the actor who played Mr Spock in Star Trek, has died at the age of 83.
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NZ/Aus to share criminal history info
Australia is going to give New Zealand greater advance warning of when it is about to release and deport convicted New Zealand criminals at the end of their sentences…
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Collision tragic end to visitor's NZ dream
A Frenchman who moved to NZ to "make his dream come true" swerved to avoid hitting a portable toilet that had fallen from a truck before colliding head-on with another…
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'Gut-wrenching' loss tough on Blues
The Blues are becoming good at finding new and unusual ways to lose.
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Kiwi's unexplained death in Cairns
Australian police are trying to piece together the final hour of a Nelson man's life before he was found dead on the side of a Cairns street, just 100m from home.
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National Party donors stay secret
Analysis shows more than 80% of donations to National candidates were channelled through party headquarters in a loophole described as akin to legal "laundering".
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Fake grass making a comeback
Fake grass, once considered a bit tacky, is making a kitschy comeback - popping up in backyards, apartment patios, commercial buildings, bars, schools and even inside…
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Killer's X Factor role 'limited'
X Factor contestant and convicted killer Shae Brider's appearance on the television talent show will be limited, the show's makers have told the "traumatised" family…
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Surge in Kiwi listings on Airbnb
Kiwis are increasingly subletting their spare rooms, refurbished sheds and even the odd couch to strangers hoping to discover a new place.
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