The New Zealand Herald

The Manly Sea Eagles is investigating an alleged anti-social incident by prop Willie Mason on Saturday night during the NRL Auckland Nines.

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Prime Minister John Key says author's views shouldn't be given any more credence than those of the Mad Butcher or Richie McCaw.

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It would've paid new mothers their full salary for six months, but now Tony Abbott has had to pull his signature paid parental leave scheme off the table.

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Almost $9 million in parking and traffic fines has gone unpaid in Auckland in the past year, and the worst offender owes nearly $38k.

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How did John Key get away with honouring Prince Philip, but Tony Abbott hasn't? Political editor Audrey Young outlines her theories.

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Rain forecast for this week is unlikely to offset a soil-parching big dry that has put much of the country at serious fire risk and begun to hurt farmers in hot-spot…

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Local government bosses are looking at ways to address funding shortfalls and rethink the ways councils are funded.

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Japan says the death of journalist Kenji Goto is an 'atrocious act' as Isis threatens to kill a Jordanian pilot if a female prisoner isn't returned by Friday.

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Je suis hua, writes Deborah Hill Cone, as she asks: "weren't we all just gargling on about free speech in the wake of the Charlie Hebdo massacre?"

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Police won't reveal the nature of the injuries which killed a Stratford woman on Friday, as a man is due to appear in court charged with her murder.

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Emergency services say a small child who was trapped in a car that had hit a power pole south of Tauranga was taken to hospital, but later died.

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