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Labour selects Meka Whaitiri
Labour selects Meka Whaitiri

Updated The New Zealand Labour Party has selected Meka Whaitiri as their candidate for the Ikaroa-Rawhiti by-election at a hui in…

Freezing weather on the way

Temperatures are due to plummet in parts of the North Island and South Island with Southland and Otago told to brace for…

Man slashed in glass attack

A man's ear was torn in half and his face and neck were slashed when he was attacked with a glass at a pub early this morning…

Election between centre right and far left - Key

National is facing the "notoriously difficult" task of winning a third term against an Opposition increasingly dragged to…

Politics

Greens select Ikaroa-Rawhiti candidate Greens select Ikaroa-Rawhiti candidate

The Green Party have selected former Human Rights…

Govt eyes school board mergers Govt eyes school board mergers

The Government might look at merging the boards of…

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One dead in head-on crash
One dead in head-on crash

One motocross rider has died after colliding head-on at speed with another rider on a dark shingle road, after they had…

Tolley defers to PM on Urewera apology
Tolley defers to PM on Urewera apology

Police Minister Anne Tolley has apologised for unlawful road blocks and searches during the Urewera raids.

Perilous ridge-top rescue for trapped man
Perilous ridge-top rescue for trapped man

A worker who fell down a Bay of Plenty landslide site had to be rescued from a ridge 50m high above a highway amid atrocious…

Four arrests after armed robbery, pursuit
Four arrests after armed robbery, pursuit

Four people have been arrested after an armed robbery at a South Auckland pub last night. Police were called to the Whitehouse…

National

Kiwis wanting to leave their jobs

A new survey reveals that forty per cent of New Zealand workers are planning to leave their jobs in the next 12 months. The…

Georgie Pie fan forks out for first taste

A pie-lover has forked out more than $400 to be one of the first people in the country to taste a Georgie Pie, 15 years…

Light shines on renewable energy in the Pacific

A Canterbury researcher is investigating renewable energy options for Pacific island nations in a bid to cut reliance on…

Name released of Waikuku crash victim

Police have named the father who died when his vehicle crashed and rolled in Canterbury after it clipped another vehicle…

US Coastguard visit up to superpower: McCully
US Coastguard visit up to superpower: McCully

Foreign Minister Murray McCully says a reciprocal visit to NZ from a US Coastguard vessel will not be…

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…

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…

Scan more criminals, union says
Scan more criminals, union says

Corrections staff are calling for special scanning chairs in all prisons after doctors found a cellphone…

Arrest in dragging case

Updated A 26-year-old man has been arrested and charged with kidnapping after a woman was mutilated as she was dragged behind a…

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…

Secrecy rules under review

Secrecy rules protecting the names of errant teachers are headed for a shake-up in Parliament.

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…

New waka jumping law proposed
New waka jumping law proposed

National Party members are pushing for a new "waka-jumping" law to force rogue list MPs out of Parliament…

Meet the kids then into the bush

Kiwi kids got close to their national bird yesterday before the chicks were released as part of a history-making breeding…

Party host survives gun blasts

A man gunned down in his home was dumped at a hospital as carloads of rowdy partygoers - including his partner - fled the…

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…

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…

Rare visitor fatally shot
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…

Cost-cuts will take beach lifesaver jobs

Surf Life Saving Northern Region is cutting jobs to reduce costs.

Curative power of clowns prescribed

About 20 clowns have been accepted into New Zealand's first academic programme to become fully qualified medical comedians…

Scam Watch - May 26

The Department of Internal Affairs has only had one new email scam reported this week, from "Peter Stevenson".

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…

Consumer Watch: Leasing falls short
Consumer Watch: Leasing falls short

Guaranteed rent is not enough to tempt landlords to lease their properties to Housing New Zealand, an…

Loan costs to rise

Interest-rate rises are looming, with some senior bank experts even picking floating rates to be at 7 per cent by the end…

video Sideline Champs: Advice from the Phoenix

Leo Bertos, Ben Sigmund, Andrew Durante and other stars of the Phoenix football club get together with the kids at Hataitai…

video Raw: Auckland's king tide

Last night the king tide washed up over Tamaki Drive flooding at least one lane of traffic and prompting the call out of…

Investigation into alleged rape at mental health facility

Police have launched an investigation after a female patient at a secure mental health facility at Porirua said she was…

Desperate bid to douse fatal fire
Desperate bid to douse fatal fire

A neighbour with a garden hose was unable to douse a garage fire early this morning which killed a man. Three…

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Quizzes

Herald daily quiz: May 26 quiz Herald daily quiz: May 26

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Sideswipe

Driving you round the bend
Driving you round the bend

Women's body shapes have long been scrutinised and categorised - the apple, the bell, the cello - and now men can enjoy…

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Maori

Residents 'inwardly bitter' over officers' actions
Residents 'inwardly bitter' over officers' actions

Residents of the eastern Bay of Plenty say there is still an "inner bitterness" towards police after the way they were treated…

Audrey Young: Haka coaching goes down a treat in DC
Board adopts Whanau Ora
Waka return home
Who will head Maori TV?
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Weather Watch

Mixed weather for the country
video Mixed weather for the country

Weather analyst Philip Duncan lets us know what to expect in terms of weather this weekend which is shaping up to be a wet…

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Infographics

Interactive: NZ from space Interactive: NZ from space

Very few people will ever have the chance to see NZ…

Timeline: Gay rights in NZ Timeline: Gay rights in NZ

NZ is set become the 13th country in the world to…

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Property

Spotlight on film studios out west
Spotlight on film studios out west

The property and business comprising West Auckland's well-known film company Studio West in Glen Eden has been placed on…

NZ's four flashest apartments
Bach and back street among top awards
Home seekers take a hammering
Serene scene
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Super City

Vision of fear for city's heritage Vision of fear for city's heritage

Auckland's heritage character is under threat from…

Potential conflicts loom on road ahead Potential conflicts loom on road ahead

Whether it's walls of apartments on the ridges overlooking…

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