Mast saves sunk yachtie
A veteran yachtsman spent two cold, wet hours perched on the mast of his heritage yacht after it hit rocks and sank in the middle of the night.
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Harbour Bridge shut after K'Rd shooting
Auckland's Harbour Bridge was briefly closed last night after a car being chased by police following an alleged K'Rd shooting crashed and a man fled on foot.
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Property magazine targets Chinese
A big marketing drive is on to draw more Chinese people to NZ real estate and the businesswoman behind it expects a huge upswing in investment.
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US: 40 years in jail an error - judges
'The wrong man is in prison.' With that judgement, a 70-year-old was released from prison for the murders of a mother and daughter, 40 years earlier.
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Rare surgery fixes toddler's jaw
Every morning, Angela Bhandari's surgeon used a special screwdriver to unscrew her jaw a little bit.
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Praise clashes with Saudi princesses' tale
Late Saudi King Abdullah was hailed as "a strong advocate for women" - so why are four of his daughters reportedly under house arrest?
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Australian interest 'tribute' to Nines
Australian cities could get to bid for the NRL Auckland Nines rugby league tournament when the contract comes up for renewal next year.
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Pollution doubles near motorways
People who live beside Auckland's Southern Motorway are subjected to air pollution at nearly double the level of those 130m further away, research shows.
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NZ's political leaders push their plans
Labour leader Andrew Little and Prime Minister John Key are gearing up for their state of the nation speeches on Wednesday.
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Future Auckland: How to get city moving
This week the Herald looks at what Auckland needs to make it an even better place to live. Today we focus on its transport woes, and how to solve them.
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Moment with dolphins wins pic prize
Just as Troy Huston was about to finish surfing for the day at Henderson Bay in the Far North, half-a-dozen bottlenose dolphins appeared and caught a wave with him.
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A young man is dead and another is in custody following a violent incident in Whangarei last night.
Machete-wielding robber still at large
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Police in Waitakere are investigating after The Warehouse in Henderson was held up at gunpoint early this morning.
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The Government's operating deficit was smaller than expected in the first five months of the financial year as a clampdown…
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A tumble of blue-chip stock shares on Saturday failed to erase another week of gains for Wall Street.
International students flocking back
International student numbers have bounced back after years of decline, driving the value of the country's fifth largest export industry to $2.85 billion, says a report…
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Hoping for an overseas holiday this year? A new car or an emergency fund? Growing the balance in your savings account is harder than it sounds.
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17,000 turn up to new German anti-Islamisation rally
Thousands of people joined a march by the German anti-Islamisation PEGIDA movement, the group's first rally since its leader…
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The trouble with juries and death penalty
Would you sentence someone to death or not? The process of finding "death qualified" jurors in the US is slowing two high profile mass killing cases.
Greece set to defy EU, IMF
Dead prosecutor's ex-wife wants new test
Politics
McCully to go to Jordan to discuss Syria, Isis
Foreign Minister Murray McCully is to travel to Jordan to discuss the crisis in Syria and the on-going threat of the Islamic…
Opinion: Cut it out, RMA spoilsports
The RMA Knights who say no have been a shadowy tribe until now and it's been hard to pin much damage to the economy on them, writes Bernard Hickey.
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A blue-green battle is looming over housing affordability and the reform of the Resource Management Act.
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Kiwis came to the fore during round two of the Toyota Racing Series in scorching heat at Teretonga Park over the weekend.
