Kidnap victim mutilated
A contractor driving a tractor bravely positioned his machine in the middle of State Highway 1 to protect a critically-injured young woman, left mutilated after being…
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Leading Headlines
Shock find in killer's cell
One of New Zealand's most notorious killers, William Bell, has been caught with a prison officer's stab-resistant vest in his maximum security jail cell.
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Copycat fears as soldier knifed in Paris
Investigators are trying to find out if there is any link between a recent stabbing attack on a French soldier in Paris and the bloody killing of a British soldier by…
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Rare visitor fatally shot
A pelican - one of only 20 believed to be in the country - has been found shot dead on the banks of the Waikato River.
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Weta's foreign imports worry unions
Foreign workers are being targeted for more than 500 visual-effects jobs for the production of the next mega-movie in The Hobbit series.Wellington-based special-effects…
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Same singer, same choir, new gender
Griffin Nichol used to be a woman who sang soprano in the New Zealand Youth Choir. Now, he's back in the choir as a man with a powerful tenor voice.
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Root ton puts England in control
The standing ovation said much for the hope England batsman Joe Root generates in his home county of Yorkshire... and that was just for the half-century.
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Govt eyes school board mergers
The Government might look at merging the boards of small neighbouring schools that struggled to get enough suitable candidates for this week's nationwide board of trustee…
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Sport legend hit at son's game
Softball great Eddie Kohlhase was punched on the sideline of an Auckland schools rugby match last weekend, the latest in a line of shameful incidents officials are trying…
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Smoking used to 'reward' patients
Patients in closed mental health wards at Waitemata District Health Board are allowed out for cigarettes as a reward for good behaviour, a patient alleges.
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Watson and Hotchin go after $7m
Eric Watson and Mark Hotchin are seeking $7 million plus costs from a man who criticised them after the collapse of Hanover Finance.
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New waka jumping law proposed
National Party members are pushing for a new "waka-jumping" law to force rogue list MPs out of Parliament.
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Roman Polanski: Birth control 'masculinising' women
Roman Polanski has called the leveling of the sexes is "idiotic" and lamented that "offering flowers to a lady" has become "indecent."
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Opinion
Matt McCarten: By-election's big shadow
Matt McCarten says the Ikaroa-Rawhiti byelection is shaping up to be a great pointer to what could happen at next year's general election.
5CommentsRodney Hide: That's not right, Nanaia
Rodney Hide is not sure if MP Nanaia Mahuta is the ideal flag-bearer for Kiwi mums struggling to manage babies in the modern-day workplace.
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Day in photos - May 25
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X Factor songbird's pop past
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Quizzes
Herald daily quiz: May 26
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National
Mum thanks rescuer
Latu Paasi wiped away tears as she watched the unveiling of her husband and son's headstone yesterday - the first anniversary…
Runway lights wrecked
A plane has smashed runway lights during a take-off described as "extremely abnormal" at Auckland International Airport.
Child cases surge
International child abduction cases spiked by nearly a quarter in the past year, when 130 children were illegally moved in or out of New Zealand. Most were Kiwi kids…
Sir Ed's diary tells of Mt Everest conquest
On this day 60 years ago, a strapping mountaineer from Auckland wrote in his diary: "George, Greg, Tenzing and I plus eight Sherpas (five to South Col and three Ridge…
Business
SkyCity bets on Queenstown
While SkyCity this month got the nod for its controversial $402 million Auckland convention centre, a Queenstown expansion…
ANZ chief just getting started
David Hisco is not one for talking much about himself. Scan the internet and you will find scant personal details about the man who has headed up New Zealand's largest…
Mary Holm: Borrowing can be good - or horrid
Heavily geared property investments can return more than shares, but they can also go badly wrong
IRD refuses GST refunds for leaky buildings
The Inland Revenue is withholding GST refunds from body corporates with leaky buildings, even though it is pretty sure they are entitled to claim them.
Technology
Police create and fire 3D-printed guns
New South Wales police have created and fired two 3D-printed firearms, the state police commissioner Andrew Scipione revealed…
Software firm latest to signal NZX float
Optimizer HQ is the latest New Zealand technology company to signal its intention to list on the NZX.
Vodafone shows off next-gen mobile broadband
Hard on the heels of launching a 4G service in parts of New Zealand, Vodafone and its technology partner Nokia Siemens Networks this week demonstrated the future upgrade…
Snakk Media raises $6.5m in new funds
Snakk Media, the latest brainchild of Hyperfactory co-founder Derek Handley, has raised $6.5 million from an over-subscribed share purchase plan and private placement…
World
British police arrest three more suspects
British police investigating the savage killing of an off-duty soldier in London have arrested three more suspects.Scotland…
Two suspects in murder known to police
Video
Soldier's last text to mum
The night before he died, Lee Rigby sent his mother, Lyn, a moving text message.
Pain lingers as toll rises
Man suspected of butchering British soldier an angry teen
Sport
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Soccer: Bayern Munich win Champions League
Arjen Robben scored in the 89th minute to give Bayern Munich a 2-1 win over German rival Borussia Dortmund in the Champions…
Soccer: Conflict deepens between rivals
Back trio impress despite the gloom
Wet-weather footy, real rugby where the age-old tenets of ball security, discipline, defence and territory held true.
Rugby: Injury-hit Chiefs may be champs
Rugby: Blues humbled by Brumbies
Politics
Bernard Hickey: Kids will pay for Key's choices
Bernard Hickey often wonders what his 11-year-old daughter will think of Prime Minister John Key when she looks back on…
13CommentsDamien Grant: China's hopes may be shanghaied
From the vantage point of a modern hotel in the heart of Beijing, it is tempting to admire the economic miracle around you and believe that this new world order is permanent…
ACC leads good economic news
The Accident Compensation Corporation's Earners and Work Accounts are now fully funded ACC Minister Judith Collins has told National Party members at their Northern…
John Armstrong: Public oblivious to clever accounting
You do not have to burrow too deeply into the annual Government accounts to uncover the untold story of last week's Budget, writes John Armstrong.
18CommentsSmall Business
Book: The pitch that paid off
The story so farBorn in Hong Kong, Derek Handley moved to New Zealand as a teenager. After some youthful business ventures…
