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<i>John Armstrong</i>: Whaling proposal no sell-out, it's realism

Ratepayers being cut out of loop

Health chief's exit linked to shake-up

Greek PM calls for crackdown on speculators

Abbott's scheme ruffles feathers

<i>Cartoon</i>: A late scratching in the Auckland Cup?

<i>Editorial</i>: Charity begins at home, with a hefty rebate

Nigerian slaughter shatters fragile balance

Jos has become an explosive fault line between the country's Muslim-dominated north and predominantly Christian south.

Brash denies Act approaches

City powerless on its biggest issue

The Government intends to give control of transport in the Super City to a largely unelected board.

<i>Len Brown:</i> I won't let assets be sold

Len Brown tells how he would handle the CCOs if elected to the top job.

<i>Cameron Brewer:</i> Town centre business needs access to the top

Cameron Brewer says Auckland businesses don't know who they will deal with in future.

Marae under attack from smoking, inquiry told

Maori told the parliamentary tobacco inquiry today that their marae were being undermined by tobacco smoking and associated early death.

Whaling solution would be put to public - McCully

Any deal with Japan to allow whaling would have to be very attractive to get New Zealand support, Foreign Minister Murray McCully says.

Palmer defends commercial whaling proposal

Key confirms public service mergers likely

Top Obama aide in war of words

Bid to put Reagan on $50 note