Swney's $3m ticket
Tax cheat Alex Swney arranged for the council-funded Heart of the City to pay him nearly $300k annually - despite his role as CEO of the business lobby group being only…
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Inquiry into council part in $1b centre
Auditor-General Lyn Provost has begun an inquiry into Auckland Council's involvement in a new town centre at Westgate, which is costing ratepayers about $200m.
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Key pressed over handling of Sabin affair
The PM is facing increasing questions about his handling of the Mike Sabin affair after the Northland MP's resignation a month after reports he was being investigated…
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Low fares to help fill seats
Air fares as low as $1,365 return to Europe are on sale as airlines try to top up planes for the coming year.
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Desperate renters queue for houses
Auckland's booming property market is running out of student accommodation. At one inner-city property this week, up to 150 desperate renters queued up at an open home…
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I'll discuss backlash with foreign press
Author says she'll discuss "inflammatory, vicious and patronising things that have been broadcast and published in NZ this week" in future interviews with foreign media…
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Little General boosts Warriors' plan
Warriors legend Stacey Jones is one of the key figures behind the club's shot at the Dick Smith NRL Auckland Nines title this weekend.
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Inquiries into botched home operations
Two investigations are under way after botched home circumcisions resulted in 10 boys being taken to hospital - one of whom required surgical treatment.
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Lack of cicadas cause for concern?
Gardeners will be happy but most who enjoy the seasonal sounds of the cicada's courtship call will have noticed a definite absence of the unmistakable "song".
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Great whites set up in Kaipara
Eleven great white sharks have been spotted at a single site in the Kaipara Harbour - the largest concentration of the species yet seen in the upper North Island.
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Indian PM's wife waits for him to call
Promised to each other as children, India's PM left his wife shortly after their arranged marriage and kept it a secret for decades. But she still waits to be by his…
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Fuel prices likely at their lowest: AA
The falling petrol price has been a boon for the great Kiwi summer road trip but more big price drops look unlikely in the short term, says the AA.
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National
Mum and baby's deaths 'preventable'
The deaths of a young mother and her newborn son might have been prevented had the mother received the care of an obstetrician…
'I'm gonna die,' mum told partner
Plunket's 'hua' hard to define
The use of the word "hua" in an insult aimed at Kiwi author Eleanor Catton has caused an uproar.
Trams in Auckland: Back to the future?
Masked duo red-faced over prank
Business
Share dip 'iPhone 6 effect'
Orion Health has blamed disappointing third quarter revenue, which sent the software developer's shares tumbling to a record…
Brian Gaynor: Potential problems in NZX's high level of foreign investment
Goldman Sachs' latest NZX Ownership Survey shows overseas interest in the NZ sharemarket has remained static over the past 12 months.
Migrant inflow slows, but we're still gaining
The net inflow of migrants slowed in December, but it remains strong and economists say it is too soon to conclude it has peaked.
Number of tourists hit record 2.86m
The number of international visitors surged by 5 per cent to 2.86 million last year, putting the tourism industry on track to earn $41 billion a year in the next decade…
World
Rich, famous ... and on trial
Here's the cast: France's would-be president, with a craving for sex - lots of it, and of the unconventional kind. Shadowy…
Gay marriage goes to US Supreme Court
History may show the tipping point in the long struggle to make gay marriage legal throughout the United States came last November, when the US sixth circuit court of…
Islamic State of the nation
9 things we'll never know about MH370
Politics
John Armstrong: Bill's Big Experiment sounds fine in theory
What if the Govt toiled night and day for years to create a market for the right to house the poor and downtrodden, only…
Editorial: Greens must do more than hint at centre
Dr Norman will leave the leadership with his party in no worse position than he found it.
Brownlee bats for renewed Hagley Oval
Amid a brace of political resignations, Gerry Brownlee took a cricket bat to a Cabinet colleague today - to celebrate new-look Hagley Oval.
Loony tag gone thanks to him
Norman's major achievement was to drag Greens out of its Opposition mindset and prod it towards the mainstream.
Life & Style
Paul Cleave: Death becomes him
Christchurch crime writer Paul Cleave, whose books have sold more than half a million copies, has no qualms killing people…
Books: Many voices tangle up the big picture
Volunteering: Spirit of involvement
Mucking in at big event has its reward - fun. Sarah Ell chats to the city's (happy) volunteers.
Books: Many voices tangle up the big picture
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Video
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Ryan Gosling confuses NZ and Australia
Russell Crowe was presenting the AATCTA's best supporting actress via video from Los Angeles and Ryan Gosling appeared on…
Ryan Gosling's New Zealand 'confusion'
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Russel Norman resigns
Russel Norman resigns as co-leader of the Green Party so he can spend more time with his family.
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Concert review: Paul Simon and Sting
Paul Simon and Sting sound like a somewhat unlikely pairing. But more than 40 years on, their musical ideas seem to be easy…
Band brings touch of Jamaica to city
Movie review: The Crucible
Great drama speaks to any day in which it is performed. The second-most famous play by the great Arthur Miller deals with the witch trials in Salem, Massachusetts, in…
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Travel
Room check: Kinloch Lodge, Glenorchy
Shandelle Battersby checks into a remote Central Otago lodge that's worth the journey.
Kia ora: Glenorchy
Kia ora: Waihi
Community spirit, cool cafes and amazing walks add to the gold mining town's charm, finds Elisabeth Easther.
Tokyo: Some like it hot
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Opinion
Editorial: Let Catton live down ill-considered words
The lesson to be drawn from the controversial remarks of Eleanor Catton is perhaps that those who do their thinking on paper…
Kiwis have been generous to Catton, says Taxpayers' Union
Leave out seasoning and noodles are fine
Instant noodles are the bane of my life and a source of constant disagreement in the convenience food aisle of the supermarket with my daughter.
Opinion: School uniforms quite a stretch
Andrew Alderson: Black Caps must continue to back Guptill
Sport
Cricket: The final approach
Picture if you will - and it's hard at the moment - a rainy day at the bach. A 500-piece jigsaw is laid out on the kitchen…
Cricket: Sri Lanka salvage some pride as Black Caps fail to fire
League: Warriors prepared to chase Foran hard
Manly and Kiwis five-eighth Kieran Foran admits the prospect of joining the Warriors would be a big call but the club remain determined to move heaven and earth to sign…
