Updated 27 min ago
Pilots now key suspects
The pilots of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 are the key suspects in the jet's disappearance and investigators are looking into whether the motive was political.
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Leading Headlines
Closing the gaps: The ethnic job divide
New Zealand is still wasting its "demographic dividend" of young Maori and Pacific people reaching working age.
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Charlotte's blissful trip before spiral
Charlotte Dawson said in the New Year, "2014 is going to be productive and I'm determined to lay the foundations for my future." Two months later, she was dead.
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Updated 32 min ago
Star Trek star's drink-drive case today
A media frenzy is expected when Hollywood star Chris Pine's drink-drive case is called in Ashburton District Court today.
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Widow: More care on roads needed
Motorcyclist Ross Blair is not just another name in the death notices. He was a farmer with a loving wife and four children.
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Updated 1 min ago
Crimeans vote to split from Ukraine
Crimeans voted overwhelmingly in favour of joining former political master Russia as tensions soared in the east of the splintered ex-Soviet nation.
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Updated 36 min ago
Justin Timberlake to play NZ show
Justin Timberlake is coming to New Zealand - and his Sunday night show means dedicated pop fans are going to face a rough Monday morning at work.
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Ex-All Black in court over bankruptcy
A failed property developer and former All Black has been charged with running businesses while bankrupt.
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Kirwan blasts officials after loss
Blues coach John Kirwan is looking for answers from referees' boss Lyndon Bray after getting what he feels is a rough deal from match officials for the third game in…
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Bedside vigil for injured jockey
The father of a promising young jockey, who was in an induced coma after falling on her head during a race, is confident his daughter will recover.
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Brown's ex-lover slams net bullies
The woman who had an affair with Auckland Mayor Len Brown has spoken in support of cyber-bullying laws and that she was being stalked on social media.
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Drink-drive loophole slams shut
Government will introduce a "one-strike" policy for suspected drink-drivers who evade prosecution because medical staff cannot extract a blood sample.
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Opinion
Scrapping funding body a woeful idea
Auckland Mayor Len Brown was right to act to end a costly court case involving the Auckland rescue helicopter trust and the regional amenities funding body.
Paul Little: We're just not BFFs any more
We were just the width of a wobble board away from becoming a state of Australia at the time of that country's federation in 1901.
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News
Enigma of MH370
9/11-type hijack probed
Jet could be off Perth coast
Editor's Picks
Kiwi hopes for taste of Mars
The power(ade) of love?
Photo
Photos: Culinary cartography
Teen's close call with Lusi
Concert review: Womad
Cartoon
Picking the perfect design
Sideswipe
Landslide kiwi
Quizzes
Herald daily quiz: March 17
Video pick
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Live at WOMAD: Day 2
National
Struggling mum has high hopes
Yvonne Costar is used to seeing Maori families around her battling on struggle street.
Closing the gaps: The great ethnic job divide
New marine reserve for South Island
Conservation Minister Nick Smith is confident of opening a record number of marine reserves by the end of the year.
Closing gaps favour young
Charity out to close book on poverty
Business
Updated 4 min ago
$29 million bill for listing Genesis
Genesis Energy could end up being the most costly sale in the Government's partial privatisation programme as a proportion…
Fletcher calling in overseas grunt
New Zealand's largest construction company will bring some of the world's biggest builders here for the $4 billion-plus new public private partnership contracts it wants…
Small business: Chance sets game duo on their way
Amanda Milne and Julia Schiller are the founders of SchilMil Games, an Auckland business that designs, publishes and distributes board and card games.
Asian enthusiasm for natural health products boosts NZ industry
Asian consumers increasingly viewing health supplements as "an investment rather than an expense" are driving growth in New Zealand's natural products industry.
World
West eyes sanctions to punish Russia
Russian President Vladimir Putin's Crimean gamble will face its biggest test tonight, when the EU and US ready sanctions…
Rugby: Russia v Crimea ends in draw
Video
State results taste nation's mood
With a sweeping Liberal victory in Tasmania and another hanging in the balance in South Australia, Prime Minister Tony Abbott faces two more major tests.
Venice to vote on independence
Flight 370: Pilots probed
Technology
Planet X's existence debunked
It was an elusive planet that for 200 years appeared to explain Uranus's wobbly orbit. And there was the sister sun theorised…
Curve will catch plenty of TV fans
It has been hyped for the past year and now the latest television technology - set to turn any suburban living room into a mini Imax theatre - is available in New Zealand…
All eyes on first China domestic bond default
China is about to face its own Bear Stearns moment, when the market started to seriously reassess subprime debt risk after the US lender was bailed out in 2008.
The web we want
Labour leader David Cunliffe failed to get any traction in local media this week with his promise of a digital bill of rights it's hard to compete with looming bad weather…
Politics
Key will woo China's mums - and leaders
When Prime Minister John Key heads off to China tonight, it will be as much about talking to China's mothers as talking…
School plan will 'widen the gap'
The Labour Party says Education Minister Hekia Parata's consideration of performance funding in schools could lead to the most radical shakeup of education in a generation…
Brown: 'We're not just racking up debt'
Auckland Council debt, which was $4 billion three years ago, has now reached $6.5b, but the Mayor says there is a good balance between the super city's debts and assets…
NZ dismisses Crimea referendum
New Zealand will not recognise the result of today's referendum on the status of Crimea, Foreign Minister Murray McCully says.
Sport
Rugby: More changes tempting for Blues coach
Ma'a Nonu and Jerome Kaino are poised to restart their Blues careers against the Cheetahs at Eden Park on Saturday.
Updated 42 min ago
Soccer: Liverpool crush United, Arsenal beat Spurs
Liverpool underlined its new-found superiority over Manchester United with a humbling 3-0 victory over its great rival today, virtually ending the beleaguered champions'…
Rugby: Joseph hints at changes after deflating defeat
There is going to be plenty of self-examination in the Highlanders camp this week.
Motorsport: Ricciardo stripped of second
Australian Daniel Ricciardo is blameless in a fuel debacle that cost the Australian second place at the Melbourne grand prix, race officials say. His team, Red Bull…
Rugby
All Blacks: Georgia to play All Blacks
Georgia are looking forward to the biggest match in their rugby history after qualifying for a World Cup match against the…
Small Business
Italians grab coffee firm
New Zealand coffee machine supplier Espressoworkz has been sold to an Italian beverage giant.
