Flight 370: Pilots probed
Someone with intimate knowledge of the Boeing 777's cockpit seized control of the plane and sent it off-course, and attention is now focused on the pilots.
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Flight 370: Three key pieces of evidence
There are three pieces of evidence that make it clear the missing Malaysia Airlines jet was taken over by someone who was knowledgeable about how the plane worked.
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Missing plane investigation, search shifts
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VideoSchool 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…
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Storm moves slowly over country
The worst of the weekend's bad weather is still to come for the Wellington, South Wairarapa and Marlborough Sounds regions.
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Victim unable to speak to police
Serious injuries have prevented the victim of a sex attack at a central Auckland cemetery from speaking to police.
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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…
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Bitten 9 times at daycare
The distraught parents of an infant who needed hospital treatment after being repeatedly bitten by a 2-year-old boy at a preschool.
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Unwary residents caught in trap
It's a sunny weekday morning and the lounge of Maygrove Village in Orewa is sparsely populated.
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Troubling start for Warriors continues
It usually takes a lot for a coach to admit their faith in their side is being tested but it's what the Warriors' poor start to the season has already done to Matt Elliott…
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Missing flight: Family hang on to hopes
The family of Kiwi Paul Weeks are hanging on to slim hopes he could still be alive after it was revealed Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 flew for more than seven hours…
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Cyclone Lusi hits NZ
Video: Aucklanders enjoy Cyclone Lusi
Former Cyclone Lusi proved to be more of a wind bag than a raging beast - to the delight of beach-bound thrillseekers. Some Aucklanders took to the beach yesterday as…
Photos: Cyclone Lusi - your pics
NZ Herald readers send in their best pics of the weather currently soaking New Zealand.
Opinion
Schools do their best
Everyone agrees: We need to talk about how we fund our schools. Ranking schools in 10 decile bands according to the relative deprivation of their neighbourhoods is a…
31CommentsFirst take: Costly ref decision hurts Blues
Refereeing injustice in South Africa. That theme incrusted New Zealand rugby visits for decades and the Blues will talk about an episode today which will sit alongside…
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National
Man with BB gun sparks armed police callout
A man allegedly brandishing a BB gun in Porirua this afternoon sparked an armed police callout in two separate Titahi Bay…
Intellectually disabled man missing
An intellectually disabled man who requires medication has been missing for two days after he failed to arrive at Auckland from Hamilton.
NZ dismisses Crimea referendum
Marine life better protected
Business
The power is in your hands
Most households could easily cut their power bills by 10 per cent by making small adjustments, energy conservation experts…
Vine with potential for growth
A Taupo restaurant and bar, owned and run by some of the town's hospitality stalwarts, is being sold as a going concern operating from leased premises in the centre…
Pink pushes up prices
Is it worth paying more for a razor just because it's pink?
Diana Clement: Like it before it's popular
A chance meeting with a Filipino woman buying a $6 pig's head at the Mad Butcher got me thinking about less-than-popular cuts such as pork belly.
World
UK father loses limbs to 'cold' that was flesh-eating bug
A fit 34-year-old British father had to have both legs and an arm amputated after what appeared to be a common cold turned…
Queen casts protocol aside to say the poor need help
Queen Elizabeth II was praised yesterday for speaking out on behalf of the world's poor. Royal experts said she was well within her rights to champion the underprivileged…
Rallies to save the lion
Stalemate over Crimea
Technology
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…
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…
A new way to make decisions
Some people are terrible at making decisions. I take forever to choose which ice cream I want at the dairy, and every day I um and ah over what to have for lunch. Making…
Politics
Peters: Limit foreign ownership of property
New Zealand First wants to limit foreign ownership of residential property, and ban foreign boats and crews from fishing…
Rodney Hide: Bold No3 grabs the spotlight
The news this week is that the Greens have an MP named Gareth Hughes. And that Labour's Shane Jones has been calling him names. And that Hughes has complained. Say…
31CommentsDeborah Mahuta-Coyle: Voters demand only honesty
When I was 8, I went to my friend Emma's birthday party. I was seated opposite her prim and proper grandmother, who leaned forward and asked me what I wanted to be when…
16CommentsSchool funding shakeup looms
The Government is looking to fund schools according to the progress their pupils make, the Education Minister has revealed.
Sport
Rugby: Bittersweet debut for Lowe
For a player who had just completed a dream debut, James Lowe cut a pretty glum figure following the Chiefs' win over the…
Peters 'blown away' after winning silver
Corey Peters was ''pretty blown away" after winning a Paralympic silver medal in Sochi, Russia yesterday.
Rugby: Blues leave it too late again
An incredible comeback from the Blues against the Lions in Johannesburg fell just short this morning, John Kirwan's men again leaving themselves too much to do after…
Georgia qualifies for World Cup match against All Blacks
Georgia are looking forward to the biggest match in their rugby history after qualifying for a World Cup match against the All Blacks. Georgia earned the right to play…
Rugby
Rugby: Repeated lapses cost Highlanders victory
There's an old rugby saying: "Players win matches; teams win championships". No one is suggesting either of these two will…
Small Business
'Nice person' awarded $36K over sacking
A company which sacked its general manager because he did not fit in with the company, even though he was a "nice person"…
