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Export wine focus turns to top table
A new Government-backed push into the US aims to build a super premium wine category for the billion-dollar export industry.
Leaky building crisis goes political
Speaker Lockwood Smith has confirmed the Beehive's roof is not watertight and there is no money available to fix it.
Detained NZer in Israel set to be deported
The Israeli Embassy in Wellington says Nicola Enchmarch is about to be deported from Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion Airport but her destination is unknown.
Detained Kiwi is safe, says mum
The mother of a New Zealand woman held by Israel was last night anxiously waiting news of her daughter.
NZ adds to chorus of outrage at raid deaths
New Zealand joined governments worldwide to condemn the deaths of at least nine people during a maritime raid by Israeli soldiers.
German President quits over troop row
Germany's conservative President Horst Koehler tendered his immediate resignation yesterday.
<i>Mike Reid:</i> Council 'flexibility' may mean privatisation by stealth
Mike Reid writes on council control of water services and options for the future.
Fiji's situation has 'worsened' - McCully
Members of the Pacific Islands Leaders Forum will travel to Fiji to see whether or not the situation has improved in the island nation.