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Education Minister Hekia Parata. Photo / Mark Mitchell

Updated 60 min ago

Four Chch schools to close

Education Minister Hekia Parata has announced that four Christchurch schools will be closed to form a new super school.

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Police acted 'unlawfully'

A police roadblock in action in the Ruatoki Valley, near Whakatane, during the police raids. File photo / Alan Gibson

Police acted "unlawfully, unjustifiably and unreasonably" in establishing road blocks, and detaining and searching people during the Urewera raids six years ago, the…

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Updated 49 min ago

NZ zapped by lightning strikes

A lightning strike in Otara yesterday. Photo / Basileia Tapu

More than 1000 lightning strikes have been recorded across NZ today, and more are expected, as a band of thunderstorms moves in from the Tasman Sea.

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Teachers saved students in Oklahoma

Lily Raymond, 17, rushes to embrace her brother Ethan Raymond, 11, as a teacher escorts him away from Briarwood Elementary school. Photo / AP

"All the teachers started screaming into the room and saying, 'Get into the hallway! We don't want you to die!' and stuff like that," said sixth-grader Phaedra Dunn.

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Shot couple to be laid to rest together

Carmen and Ivan Maheno. Photo / Supplied

A Far North couple fatally shot at their home will be buried together but their families are yet to decide where.

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Craig blames hacker for offensive tweet

Conservative Party leader Colin Craig. Photo / Natalie Slade

Conservative Party leader Colin Craig says his Twitter account was hacked after an offensive tweet was posted on his feed.The tweet appeared on his page early this afternoon…

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Hamilton leads the way with 'living wage'

Workers in waste management, cleaning, catering, and security, were often paid just above the minimum wage. Photo / Thinkstock

Hamilton has become the first city council in New Zealand to approve paying all staff a 'living wage', and Auckland and Wellington are considering following suit, a…

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Tornado: Science behind the destruction

A home in Moore, Oklahoma sits severely damaged after Monday's massive tornado moved through the area. Photo / AP

Packing winds of up to 320km, the killer tornado that laid waste to Oklahoma on Monday grasped at the deadliest end of the Enhanced Fujita scale.

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Mystery painter's pedestrian crossing

Stirling Drive resident Line Low next to the 'pedestrian crossing' that popped up at Arnott Heights, Greymouth, yesterday. It has since been washed off by contractors. Photo / Greymouth Star

Arnott Heights residents hope to convince authorities to install a pedestrian crossing in the Greymouth suburb, but in the meantime one resident has painted their own…

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Kiwis lose confidence in info safety

The public believed their personal and credit card data was "significantly at risk". Photo / Thinkstock

Most New Zealanders have lost confidence that government departments, financial institutions and telecommunications companies can keep their private information safe…

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Murder accused found 'legally insane'

An Auckland man accused of killing his flatmate has been found to be "legally insane" at the time, according to a psychiatric report.

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7-year-old drives drunk grandfather

The man, who now has three drink-driving convictions, will be sentenced in July. Photo / File

An Auckland grandfather was two-and-a-half times over the legal alcohol limit when he let his 7-year-old grandson drive his car - a situation police say is becoming…

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Twitter and Kiwi athletes

Tweeting unites fans, players

Andrew Mulligan from The Crowd Goes Wild. Photo / Getty Images

It's 6.58 on an unremarkable Tuesday night in Mt Wellington, and influential sports jock Andrew Mulligan is about to go live on air.

Delete that! Twitter faux pas

Chad Johnson of the Bengals got in trouble for tweeting during a football game. Photo / AP

After publicly issuing media guidelines for players to follow on their coming tour of Australia, the Lions lost the plot with their official account.

Opinion

Build up, not out to become liveable city

Cities are meant to be vibrant places with lots happening, close to where we live, says Hosking. Photo / Supplied

Intensification of housing needs to be matched by intensification of amenities, writes Dr Jamie Hosking. It must be sensitive to heritage and design values,

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