New Zealand Herald

A New Zealander who "froze" to death in inland Queensland yesterday chose the "coldest day of the year" to sleep outside, locals say.

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A Rotorua man who kidnapped his girlfriend then dragged her behind a car for almost 2km told police he put her in the car boot "to show her that he loved her".

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Police have carried out a blitz on truancy in Whangarei, where nearly a third of students at some schools are absent at any given time.

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James Gandolfini, whose portrayal of a brutal, emotionally delicate crime boss in HBO's The Sopranos was the centre of one of TV's greatest drama series, has died in…

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A man who robbed Christchurch teenager Hayden Miles just hours before he was brutally murdered and dismembered has escaped jail today.

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The Mana Party wants to build 10,000 state houses a year. Mana's Ikaroa-Rawhiti candidate Te Hamua Nikora announced the party's housing policy today in Pomare, in the…

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The disappearance of a Rawene woman after she left a marae with her partner is a mystery to police, but foul play has not been ruled out.

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The group responsible for phasing out battery chicken cages within a decade has bowed to industry pressure and proposed extending the timetable.

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New Zealand Post says it will axe 80 to 100 corporate roles at the state-owned company's Wellington and Auckland offices by July.

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A company's decision to delete millions of Megaupload files has been described as the 'largest data massacre in the history of the internet".

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A burglar who discovered a dead body hanging in a Hamilton house is unlikely to face charges for the break-in.

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Offers of help have been flooding in for the Foster family who had all their firewood stolen while spending what is likely to be their last holiday together.

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