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Telecom split outline queried

<i>Duncan Gillies</i>: Ignore leaks Pentagon has got to be kidding

<i>Diana Clement</i>: Time for landlords to confront tax change

Tide of rage running against the Democrats

<i>Paul Thomas:</i> Enough of work, it's time to protest

Outsized influence of the rich waiting to deal to Obama in elections

<i>Cartoon</i>: The week that was, part 2

<i>Cartoon</i>: The week that was, part 1

Early childhood centres to raise fees - survey

NZ's film industry 'in peril' over risk of losing <i>The Hobbit</i>

Weta Workshop's boss Sir Richard Taylor last night said the New Zealand film industry was "at some level of peril".

<i>Cartoon</i>: The honeymoon's over...

<i>Gwynne Dyer:</i> Obama well-placed to win where it counts

Bollard: Options limited on kiwi

Fed must spend up to stop markets going into tailspin

Central bankers would like to be able to get back to business as usual.

Logging firms agree to spare Tasmania's native forests

Hobbit films in 'peril', says Weta chief

Two Hobbit films, expected to cost about $669m to make, are in danger of being moved away from NZ because of "the actions of a very limited few", says Weta Workshop's Sir Richard Taylor.

70,000 blank votes cast in local elections

Over 70,000 blank ballots were cast in NZ's local body elections earlier this month.

15,000 rally against workplace changes

At least 15,000 workers from Kaitaia to Bluff have attended stop work rallies this afternoon in protest against new employment laws.