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Police have charged a woman with murder after a 28-year-old woman was stabbed to death at a party in… More

1. Three knives found at scene of homicide

The man accused of assaulting his partner's baby son who died in hospital in Auckland this week appeared in Manukau District… More

1. Another week, another little one killed

The Serious Fraud Office has charged a Kapiti Coast accountant alleging fraud amounting to more than $2 million. Ian… More

A Tuhoe delegation that met United Nations special rapporteur James Anaya last week says it assured him the iwi would not… More

1. UN expert targets Maori disadvantage

A Bay of Plenty high school is defending its decision to give away condoms and safe sex advice in a… More

Police are trying to track down the mystery owner of a Roman glass bangle believed to be more than 2000 years old. The… More

A Tauranga bar has been named worst in the country for drunken customers having their last drink there before getting into… More

Police hunting the killer of Manawatu farmer Scott Guy are canvassing local farmers in the hope of uncovering information… More

1. photos Scott Guy's Labrador puppies (6 photos)

Allrounder James Franklin will play another season of domestic cricket for Wellington as he seeks to win back a place in… More

1. Cricket: Tendulkar rescues India

The mother of missing Auckland woman Carmen Thomas last night spoke of her grief, as police revealed… More

1. photos Missing woman: Carmen Thomas (9 photos)

A group of longboarders filmed riding dangerously on an Auckland expressway have reappeared breaking road rules on a busy… More

1. video Longboarders tackle the Bombay Hills (2:36)

Carmen Thomas' mother broke down after being asked if she was prepared for police to find her daughter dead. More

1. Missing Carmen's mother meets grandson after years apart

The killer of a 3 year-old boy continued to protest her innocence today as she began a life sentence for his murder. More

1. 'But I didn't do it,' toddler's killer sobs

Suspended MP Chris Carter is "unbalanced" and under pressure over international travel costs, says senior Labour MP Trevor… More

1. Carter: 'I guess in a way I wanted to get caught'

Chris Carter's attempt to destabilise Phil Goff's Labour leadership must rank as one of the most ineptly… More

1. video Chris Carter apologises for spending (2:17)

A Tauranga bar has been named worst in the country for customers having their last drink there before getting into trouble… More

The bolder the vision, the bolder must be the action to bring it to fruition. So it must be with the Government's ambition… More

1. Wage gap with Australia wider - report

For a central bank governor pushing up the benchmark interest rate, Alan Bollard was distinctly downbeat and dovish yesterday. The… More

1. Rate rise 'nail in the coffin' for house building sector

Credit growth slipped into negative territory last month, led by a continuing contraction in bank lending to the business… More

Labour MP Chris Carter says his view that Phil Goff can't win the next election and should be replaced… More

1. video Phil Goff talks tough on Carter (2:33)

In India, because of widespread illiteracy, political parties are identified by symbols on ballot papers to make it easy… More

1. Brian Rudman: More at stake in Cup than rugby

Teresa Scott, mother of missing woman Carmen Thomas, broke down during a press conference today. Watch

The daring longboarders take on Wellington roads after their escapades on the Bombay Hills expressway. Watch

Several items belonging to missing Auckland mother Carmen Thomas and her car are unaccounted for, say police. More

1. video Carmen Thomas CCTV footage (0:29)

CYF has been involved with the family of six-month-old Cezar Taylor, who died last night from non-accidental… More

1. Baby dies as police lay charges against mother's partner

The large number of Maori living in Australia face losing their native language in part because they assimilate so easily… More

A gang member who went on the run from police after a string of alleged assaults on his estranged partner was remanded in… More

Three Palmerston North men were arrested this morning and face a variety of charges after a four-month police and customs… More

Gisborne police have taken a backward step and may create a false sense of security by their decision to restrict the information… More

1. Collins moves on media block

Nine Defence Force staff will be deployed for eight months in Uruzgan province in Afghanistan, Defence… More

A Chinese businessman alleged to be behind ambitious plans to invest up to $1.5 billion in NZ's dairy industry has only… More

1. PM warns against Kiwis becoming 'tenants'

The State of Arizona has asked an appeals court to reverse a judge's order blocking new immigration laws. More

1. video Judge blocks parts of Arizona immigration law (0:44)

A lack of self awareness could be holding back your career, warns Jasbindar Singh. More

The hospital management of heart attack patients has been improving, but many experience delays and… More

1. Hospitals packed as flu hits

Someone left a note on Pearl's windscreen at St Lukes shopping mall and it wasn't pleasant. "I have had rheumatoid arthritis… More

1. Sideswipe: Sanitary kind of love

A panel of politicians has voted to remove the Galapagos Islands from the UN's list of World Heritage… More

Te Mahi Kai - the language of food - is the theme of this year's Maori Language Week. One man who knows that tasty lingo… More

1. Karawhiua - Give it a go: te reo tips for making bush kai modern

The Radio Network has made its peace with former ZM/FM… More

If the Warriors can limit the damage inflicted by… More

1. Warriors: Ropati, Locke ruled out

Last week 22 people were injured in two separate flights due to air turbulence. So what exactly is turbulence, how can… More

Local boards will control transport issues in their… More

1. Centre-right swells with Super City hopefuls

The Auckland Super City merger is a risky move, Prime… More

1. Key urges people to vote in local elections

Not even providers of some of the most basic city services are being offered leniency under Auckland's… More

1. Life of abuse in the bus lane