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Big response to broadband partner plan

Activists arrested after coal mine protest

Ratepayers begin paying Rugby World Cup levy

Some ratepayers have begun paying for the 2011 Rugby World Cup but a ratepayers group says the tourism and hospitality industry should pick up the tab.

Help on offer but compo unlikely

Past referenda organisers lend weight to march

Organisers of past referenda ignored by governments have lent their weight to Saturday's march over the anti-smacking referendum.

ECan review teams announced

Rising star of the right follows in Palin's steps

Pity when all that's left is sorrow

Once described as a 'Great Clunking Fist,' Brown now inspires sympathy.

<i>John Armstrong:</i> Obama's gamble on free trade pact

Govt showing interest in Maori-style social services

Bennett challenges 'whanau first' rule

<i>Audrey Young:</i> Request to Harawira a trigger for turmoil

<i>John Roughan:</i> Tearing down the Iron Curtain, again

<i>Fran O'Sullivan:</i> Obama misses opportunity to step into Apec breach

<i>Tracey Barnett:</i> Key can colour war beige, but Kiwi blood will still be red

Keeping it in the whanau

Crusade to save our children

<i>Editorial:</i> A point that de Bres ought to explain