Body found in river
Police have confirmed a body has been recovered from the Waikato River where searchers had been looking for missing Australian tennis coach Paul Arber.
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Reserve Bank OCR stays at 2.5pc
The Reserve Bank has left the official cash rate unchanged at 2.5 per cent. Interest rates are expected to increase early next year.
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Hobbit films' creators in new lawsuit
Warner Bros.' New Line Cinema is facing a new lawsuit from two men who say they're owed a share of the profits from the second and third 'Hobbit' films.
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'Runaway millionaire' to be released
So-called runaway millionaire Leo Gao- the man who stole $6.7m after a bank accidentally put $10m in his account - will have Christmas outside prison this year.
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NZ delegation pays respects to Mandela
"It was very sad. I took a moment." John Key and the NZ delegation have paid their respects to Nelson Mandela as he lay in state in Pretoria.
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Serendipitous superstar sit-down
On a sombre day when he viewed Nelson Mandela's body lying in state, Dr Pita Sharples also had an encounter with two superstars.
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Len Brown affair: Hotel hold-up
The use of hotel rooms by Mayor Len Brown is believed to be at the centre of a legal wrangle holding up the release of a report into any use of council funds during…
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Investigation into 'fake' interpreter
"There was no meaning in what he used his hands for." An investigation is launched into whether a fake sign language interpreter worked his way into Mandela's service…
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Top cop grilled over Roast Busters
The Police Commissioner has been grilled by MPs over the handling of the Roast Busters rape allegations, conceding it should have been "sharper".
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Anger at iPad baby bouncer
A new baby bouncer complete with iPad holder which has gone on sale is a sign of the drive to market digital products at younger children, an educational expert says…
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School honours lost student
A 17-year-old boy killed this week on a Hastings orchard was a bright, ambitious kid with it "all in front of him" just days after finishing his final year at high school…
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Door open for more paid parental leave
An extra 12 weeks of paid parental leave could be back on the cards after the Government appeared to reconsider its position.
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Opinion
Claire Trevett's 2013 political awards
The parliamentary year ended yesterday, and so it is time for the school prizegiving, writes Claire Trevett. For the middle year of a second-term Government, it was…
Mystery surrounds trade deal talks
So should we look on the TPP with hope or dread? Impossible to say until we know what "it" is, writes Brian Fallow. It doesn't help that these meetings are conducted…
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National house prices up again
Property prices rose again in November, with some of the regions seeing a lift.
Vector loses Com Com challenge
An attempt Monopoly network Vector to overturn the way the Commerce Commission sets prices for its services has failed in almost all respects.
Fonterra takes knife to forecasts
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Govt report on Chorus due today
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UPHILL'S A BREEZE: Skiers and snowboarders like to slide down mountains, and often aren't excited by the need to use a chairlift…
Diner e-guide gets taste for NZ
Online restaurant guide Zomato is ramping up its growth in NZ as it goes head-to-head with more established competitors such as MenuMania, Localist and Yelp.
Firm targets egg-free zones
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UN app puts firm on map
The UN Handbook - which the Govt calls a "valuable reference guide that helps all states to navigate the UN system" - has been turned from a 400-page tome into a mobile…
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John Armstrong: Seasonal spirit ferments in House
Bah humbug! What would Scrooge have made of Green MP Denise Roche's solo rendition of O Come All Ye Faithful in Parliament…
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He may have appeared as a guest on a primetime TV chatshow, but Prime Minister John Key's still an unknown to some in the United States.
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Should Chris McKenzie retain co-leader Tariana Turia's Te Tai Hauauru seat, he will become the latest in an increasingly long line of those who have made the leap from…
Goal to cut reoffending getting through to inmates
The Government's ambitious goal of reducing reoffending by 25 per cent is so ingrained in the Corrections system that prisoners are repeating it back to officials.
Sport
Cricket: Taylor strikes rich vein
Ross Taylor last night demurred at the suggestion he may be in the prime batting form of his life. In which case he's a…
Cricket: Windies pay the price for sloppy fielding
You wonder what sort of card players the West Indies would be; yesterday they badly missed a trick and it haunted them throughout the day at the Basin Reserve.
Cricket: England need new plan to withstand Johnson's thunderbolts
There will be two centurions in Perth tomorrow with Alastair Cook and Michael Clarke playing their 100th test.
Boxing: Make-or-break career bout keeps Cameron on his toes
Shane Cameron's fight against Brian Minto could break his career.
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