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On a pool table at a Fox Glacier pub, a variety of drinks were arranged alongside the words "RIP Boys", as locals remembered… More

1. video Raw video: Nine dead in Fox Glacier plane crash (0:40)

Iran has sentenced a woman facing execution for adultery to 99 lashes for allowing an unveiled photo of herself to appear… More

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A disabled jet from a somewhat disabled political regime parked in disabled area. More

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Xavier Trouslleot-Rhodes fell from the second floor of his house in the Christchurch earthquake - but survived to tell the… Watch

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1. Authority upholds sackings for dangerous driving and cannabis

Updated Cabinet will today meet to get an early overview of the damage caused by the Canterbury earthquake, and John Key says the… More

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The Black Ferns have this morning secured their fourth successive IRB Women's Rugby World Cup beating England in a physical… More

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Reserve Bank Governor Alan Bollard says his darkest hour of the financial crisis was in October 2008, at the time the retail… More

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Apple had over a million users signed up to its musical… More

1. Apple refreshes entire iPod range

They say that in politics timing is everything. In… More

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You have kept up with your mortgage diligently during the past two years, maybe even paying off more than you have to. Or… More

1. Code contradictions

Yesterday's big jolt was the second to hit the Canterbury region in a week. While the first didn't demolish buildings… More

1. video Bill English on Sth Canterbury saga (3:10)

When Bill Milnes got fired from his retail job during the recession of the early 1990s he thought his world had come to… More

1. 'Smiling assassin' targets rich immigrants

Some Auckland council staff were offered, and accepted, the wrong job or the wrong salary in the new Supercity this week. Auckland… More

1. Supercity doesn't look gift horses in mouth

Japanese rider Shoya Tomizawa died from injuries sustained in a crash in the San Marino Moto2 grand prix on Sunday. More

Michael Houstoun had described his Friday evening recital as a bicentenary celebration of Schumann and Chopin, but the first… More

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Peru's attractions extend far beyond a mountain-top Inca ruin, writes Chris Reed. More

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Women's shoe retailer Kumfs is rebranding this month to engage a younger audience and increase overseas sales, its managing… More

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