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Alex Swney pleads guilty
The former boss of Auckland's Heart of the City organisation has this morning pleaded guilty to tax evasion of nearly $2 million.
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Plunket: Catton 'ungrateful', 'traitor'
He said what? RadioLive host Sean Plunket has called author Eleanor Catton as an 'ungrateful hua' over her comments...but that's not what many people heard.
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Alan Duff: Why Eleanor Catton was right
Alan Duff has sprung to the defence of Eleanor Catton, "especially the country claiming her individual effort. Like any novelist, she did it all on her own."
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Outrage at call for Waitangi burqa ban
A Ngapuhi hapu leader wants the burka banned from this year's Waitangi Day celebrations - something that's angered both Maori and Muslim communities.
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Eleven mins late, 'ridiculous' $65 fine
A woman has reacted to what she has described as an ''unbelievable'' and ''extraordinary'' $65 parking fine she received at a Dunedin car park.
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New Saudi King resumes beheadings
Saudi Arabia beheaded two more of its citizens and a Pakistani, continuing the strictest punishment under new King Salman.
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'Bashed' golfer: I never lied to anyone
Australian golfer Robert Allenby has stood by his story of being robbed, bashed and abducted in Hawaii, claiming he never lied to anyone.
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Key's six state of the nation speeches
Audrey Young takes a look at previous state of the nation speeches, and whether he's delivered on the policy promises made in them.
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Opinion: 'Lickspittles to dictators' club?
The things you have to do to keep on side with your oil merchant, writes Brian Rudman. Wouldn't a card and pohutukawa blossoms been enough for the Saudi king?
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85yo's stunning survival after cliff fall
An 85-year-old pensioner who fell 30m from his clifftop property on to rocks had to wriggle out of his pants to reach his cellphone to raise the alarm.
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Claws out over Lion Man's new park
"He wants to promote himself, make money out of it at the cost of the animals." The Lion Man's shift to South Africa has upset the conservation community there.
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Five new Earth-sized planets found
Hopes of finding water-based life in our galaxy took a leap forward after five Earth-sized planets were found around a distant star.
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