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Plea for more NZ help in Afghanistan

Market little changed on RBNZ decision

Joyce joins list of MPs with convictions

Transport Minister Steven Joyce is the latest MP to admit having criminal convictions.

Super City candidates tweet their mayoral plans

The race to be the Auckland Super City's first leader is "tweeting" up as mayoral candidates deliver bite-sized campaign messages.

Ambulance officer kicked, bitten, spat on

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Gillard refuses to back former speaker

Prime Minister Julia Gillard has refused to back Labor's Harry Jenkins for the role of speaker in the new parliament.

Man drowned trying to avoid police, inquest told

A young man drowned in the Grey River in an attempt to avoid a drink-driving conviction, Coroner Richard McElrea has told an inquest.

Kaikoura road, rail to reopen at 4pm

Teachers: More strikes unless Govt talks to us

Stalled negotiations between teachers and the Ministry of Education may even see students told to stay at home.

Oh, snap! Man poses for photos after car set alight

2013 tipped as year for analogue TV to end

Hawkes Bay winery gets taste for China

Grave concerns for missing Waikato man

Thousands of teachers demand better pay

Striking teachers around the country took their protests to the street today.

Striking teachers converge on central Auckland

More than 2000 secondary teachers have marched down Auckland's Queen St to rally for better pay today.

Late home payments tipped

NZ athlete slain in street

A man has been arrested for the murder of a NZ athlete, stabbed to death in Hungary after the Triathlon World Championships.