Burning down the house
A man has admitted setting fire to a house he was building with his ex-partner, dousing it in kerosene and watching it burn as he drank wine on the lawn.
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Hero retiree saves mother and son
When Ian Waterson saw a mother and her child being swept out to sea he ran outside, jumped onto his 4WD farmbike and drove straight into the ocean.
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Mayor: Parking fines 'exorbitant'
The Dunedin City Council is to review parking arrangements at Forsyth Barr Stadium, after Wilson Parking's $65 fines were slammed as ''exorbitant and unreasonable'.
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Questions raised by Greens caucus meet
Green MPs are meeting at Parliament now in an emergency caucus meeting, with a media conference set for 11am.
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Thousands miss cut for university
A big drop in the number of students able to study at tertiary level has prompted calls for the NZQA to review new University Entrance (UE) requirements.
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String of North Island car crashes
A pedestrian has died near Tauranga, one man was found dead in his car near Palmerston North and four people were injured in a head-on collision in south Waikato.
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Pensioners feeling financial squeeze
Auckland's elderly, many on fixed incomes, are struggling to pay rates to meet the rising costs of the Super City.
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British MPs debate visa rules for Kiwis
British MPs have reopened the debate over UK visa rules, arguing they are unfairly favouring Europeans at the expense of those from NZ and Australia.
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Green light for quarry apartments
A new special housing area for up to 90 apartments is approved - but the tenants will potentially have to tolerate years of a quarry being filled up at their back door…
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No-shows at Roger Sutton's farewell
A number of people chose not to attend Canterbury recovery boss Roger Sutton's farewell bash yesterday.
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Warning of Cricket World Cup visa rort
Travellers with no intention of attending Cricket World Cup games are taking advantage of a transtasman arrangement allowing visa-free entry to NZ.
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The death of a puppy found inside a suitcase in a Milton cemetery is being treated as suspicious, a SPCA Otago inspector says.
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Wynyard Group, the security software firm, said 2014 annual revenue lagged its forecast as negotiations on a few key contracts…
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The Reserve Bank has explicitly acknowledged its next interest rate move could be either up or down, thereby giving the financial markets a green light to price in a…
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When revisiting the in and outs of David Cullen Bain's claim for taxpayer compensation, folk would do well to keep a clear head.
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A gunman who stormed into the headquarters of Dutch national broadcaster NOS demanding airtime claimed to be from a "hackers' collective".
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The National and Labour leaders' grandly titled annual "state of the nation" addresses were about as dynamic as dry rot…
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Prime Minister John Key said he hasn't spoken to under fire Northland MP Mike Sabin and wouldn't comment on reports of a police investigation into a complaint made against…
Pike River should become 'Great Walk'
The Government has ordered a feasibility study into a new 'great walk' from the Pike River Mine site and over the Paparoa Range.
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Andy Murray's four-set win over Tomas Berdych at the Australian Open on Thursday will be remembered more for the tension…
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