Storm heads south
The centre of ex-Cyclone Lusi is now pushing towards the South Island, bringing strengthening winds to some parts of the lower North Island and Upper South Island.
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Leading Headlines
Jet's gear disabled
The family of Kiwi Paul Weeks are hanging on to slim hopes he could still be alive.
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Search for jet expands amid signs it flew on
VideoWhite House: Plane search extends to Indian Ocean
VideoBitten 9 times at daycare
The distraught parents of an infant who needed hospital treatment after being repeatedly bitten by a 2-year-old boy at a preschool.
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Corey Peters wins silver
Corey Peters was ''pretty blown away" after winning a Paralympic silver medal in Sochi, Russia yesterday.
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Cold-case killer convicted with NZ help
A New Zealand forensic scientist helped provide the crucial breakthrough in a horrific Australian murder cold case.
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Inmate attacked
An inmate has been taken to hospital after a serious assault at a prison on Friday night.
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Russian forces move outside Crimea
Russian forces backed by helicopter gunships and armored vehicles took control of a village near the border with Crimea.
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House fire kills one, injures seven
A person is dead and seven injured following a caravan and house fire at Invercargill early today.
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Rugby: Blues leave it too late again
An incredible comeback from the Blues against the Lions in Johannesburg fell just short this morning, John Kirwan's men again leaving themselves too much to do after…
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Ex-league star facing charges
A former Kiwis rugby league star has been arrested for allegedly assaulting an ex-policewoman who resigned in a scandal.
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Unwary residents caught in trap
It's a sunny weekday morning and the lounge of Maygrove Village in Orewa is sparsely populated.
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Viewers find tampon ads filth
A TV ad showing a girl going online to ask where to insert a tampon has sparked outrage.
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Pt Chevalier Block buzz builds
The upmarket Auckland suburb of Pt Chevalier will be home to the next series of The Block NZ.
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Contracts on the line for many players
If the week-to-week motivation of the NRL is not enough, many key Warriors are also playing for their futures over the next few weeks.
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Opinion
Schools do their best
Everyone agrees: We need to talk about how we fund our schools. Ranking schools in 10 decile bands according to the relative deprivation of their neighbourhoods is a…
5CommentsFirst take: Costly ref decision hurts Blues
Refereeing injustice in South Africa. That theme incrusted New Zealand rugby visits for decades and the Blues will talk about an episode today which will sit alongside…
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Peters: Limit foreign ownership of property
New Zealand First wants to limit foreign ownership of residential property, and ban foreign boats and crews from fishing…
Two injured in motorcycle crash
A motorcyclist and a pillion passenger have been flown to hospital after hitting a road barrier in the Waikato today. State Highway 1 at Rangiriri has been partially…
Surfers rescue boaties in Westport
Two injured in truck collision
Business
The power is in your hands
Most households could easily cut their power bills by 10 per cent by making small adjustments, energy conservation experts…
Pink pushes up prices
Is it worth paying more for a razor just because it's pink?
Diana Clement: Like it before it's popular
A chance meeting with a Filipino woman buying a $6 pig's head at the Mad Butcher got me thinking about less-than-popular cuts such as pork belly.
Bernard Hickey: Reserve Bank needs all the mates it can get
There's nothing like an interest rate increase and the promise of many more to focus the mind.
World
Rallies to save the lion
Wildlife campaigners joined rallies around South Africa in an international push to protect the lion.
Rich-lister's shocking animal slaughter
Stalemate over Crimea
The United States and Russia have failed to resolve a Cold-War-style stand-off sparked by Moscow's military intervention in Crimea, as the clock ticks down to the region's…
Chicago River dyed green for St Patrick's Day
Jack Tame: Clever we may be, but how do we lose a whole plane?
Technology
Curve will catch plenty of TV fans
It has been hyped for the past year and now the latest television technology - set to turn any suburban living room into…
All eyes on first China domestic bond default
China is about to face its own Bear Stearns moment, when the market started to seriously reassess subprime debt risk after the US lender was bailed out in 2008.
The web we want
Labour leader David Cunliffe failed to get any traction in local media this week with his promise of a digital bill of rights it's hard to compete with looming bad weather…
A new way to make decisions
Some people are terrible at making decisions. I take forever to choose which ice cream I want at the dairy, and every day I um and ah over what to have for lunch. Making…
Politics
Rodney Hide: Bold No3 grabs the spotlight
The news this week is that the Greens have an MP named Gareth Hughes. And that Labour's Shane Jones has been calling him…
Deborah Mahuta-Coyle: Voters demand only honesty
When I was 8, I went to my friend Emma's birthday party. I was seated opposite her prim and proper grandmother, who leaned forward and asked me what I wanted to be when…
School funding shakeup looms
The Government is looking to fund schools according to the progress their pupils make, the Education Minister has revealed.
Kerre McIvor: Humility tough to digest
Judith Collins had to swallow a dead rat this week and apologise for not divulging every detail of her trip to China.
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Six Nations: Wales 51 Scotland 3
Wales cut loose after a first-half red card to Scotland fullback Stuart Hogg to cruise to a seven-try 51-3 win at Millennium…
Rugby: Ireland win Six Nations in thriller
Ireland held on grimly in a nail-biting finish to beat France 22-20 and win its first Six Nations since 2009, giving centre Brian O'Driscoll the perfect send off in…
NRL: Not enough intensity in Warriors pack
There have been many things said about the Warriors throughout history, some of them true and others less so.
Hugh McGahan: Warriors too inconsistent
Life gets that little bit harder for the Warriors after their performance at Eden Park yesterday.
Rugby
Rugby: Repeated lapses cost Highlanders victory
There's an old rugby saying: "Players win matches; teams win championships". No one is suggesting either of these two will…
Small Business
'Nice person' awarded $36K over sacking
A company which sacked its general manager because he did not fit in with the company, even though he was a "nice person"…
