Anger at 111 response
A woman is appalled it took three emergency calls to get help for an Auckland student writhing in pain at her inner-city campus.
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Live blog: Football World Cup final
Live updates of the FIFA World Cup final between Argentina and Germany at Estadio Maracana in Rio de Janeiro.
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Collins: Police error leak 'political'
Former Police Minister and Papakura MP Judith Collins was told there might be a problem with how police handled statistics.
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Inquiry after drug accused cleared
A police officer is being investigated for giving "incorrect" evidence under oath which led to a $1 million drug charge against a gang leader being dropped.
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Rio in lockdown ahead of Cup final
Police have launched tear gas and stun grenades to disperse 300 anti-World Cup protestors who tried to march toward the stadium hosting the Argentina-Germany final.
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Radio host's four-letter talkback rant
A late night talkback segment from radio host Mark Staufer that featured foul language has been pulled from RadioLive's website.
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No point in booze-free July: expert
Giving up alcohol for a month is pointless for people's health, says a leading liver expert.
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Climbers told Mt Blanc not a funpark
It was the Everest of its time, and some 25,000 people try to scale it every year. But the issue of climbing Europe's tallest mountain has come to an ugly head.
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Flood death: Mum 'screamed for 5 mins'
A 28-year-old mother swept to her death in a flood-swollen Bay of Islands river screamed for five minutes as she clung to a fence but the raging waters pulled her under…
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How city finances hit crisis point
Auckland Mayor Len Brown hailed his first 10-year budget in 2012 as the foundation block to transform Auckland once and for all.
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'Super Black' is the new black
Puritans, Goths, avant-garde artists, hell-raising poets and fashion icon Coco Chanel all saw something special in it.
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Car-free Quay St back on the agenda
A plan to change Quay St from a car-dominated road into a waterfront boulevard is back on the table with Auckland Council seeking expressions of interest from designers…
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Pure gold World Cup moments
Marcelo looked wide-eyed, stunned when he scored the first goal of the World Cup ... against his own team. Hardly the most auspicious of starts for Brazil.
