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Big read: NZ's vanishing bank branches
As more people do online transactions, small towns must adapt to closures.
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Kiwi 'sheep-cat' goes global
The Kiwi cat that thinks it is a sheep has gone global.
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Live: India fight back
India are responding to early breakthroughs from the Black Caps in the second test in Kolkata.
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Craig grateful for 'amazing wife'
WATCH NZH Focus: Colin Craig spoke of putting the matter "back to the judge" after losing a defamation case to Jordan Williams.
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Sacked doctor gave morphine to partner
A doctor who prescribed controlled drugs to her partner while she was working at Whangarei Hospital - including morphine - was justifiably sacked, an employment tribunal…
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More than 200 aircraft struck by lasers
At least 200 aircraft have been hit by lasers in the last two years after a law criminalised public possession in an attempt to curb the issue.
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Wife beheads, cooks heads of Isis men
An Iraqi woman says she chops and cooks the heads of Islamic State fighters in retaliation for the deaths of her family. Wahida Mohamed Al-Jumaily, 39, who describes…
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Fight over dead Kiwi's sperm
The parents of a man whose fiancée won the rights to have his testes removed after he died say he wouldn't have wanted a child if he couldn't raise it.
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Big Dyls offers himself up for good cause
Big Dyls (Dylan Cossey) from The Block NZ is auctioning off a surf lesson, to raise money for a cause close to home.
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Surgery 'like putting Lego back together'
Whiskas the cat is expected to make a full recovery after a jaw reconstruction that was "like putting Lego back together".
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October weather may break records
Goodbye winter - weather analysts say October is set to bring with it possible record-breaking temperatures close to 30 degrees.
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Exorcisms on the rise in New Zealand
Exorcisms and spiritual deliverance are on the rise in New Zealand, even among those who aren't Christian, some deliverance ministers say.
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Miley Cyrus takes over Ellen's talk show
She also "gave her a bunch of Molly" and "kissed a girl" in order to become host.
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Star-gazing proves fatal for honeymooner
A decision to take in Wairarapa stars proved fatal for American tourist Douglas Dietz who was found dead in his rental car.
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Lucky toddler a million-dollar winner
Could this millionaire toddler be the luckiest kid in Christchurch?
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Duterte likens drug campaign to Hitler
Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte says he would like to "slaughter" millions of addicts just like Adolf Hitler "massacred" millions of Jewish people.
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After 10 hours of deliberations, the jury in the Colin Craig defamation case has returned.
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A surge in people falling victim to burglaries, robbery and assaults are behind an increase in reported crime in New Zealand over the past year.
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