‘All blacks out’ Human Rights Watch condemns ‘racist’ Greek police
Police Human Rights Watch has accused Greek police of racial profiling, arbitrary detention and physical and verbal abuse of immigrants in a scathing new report. All are in violation European Union...
View ArticleRain stops play in Australia-New Zealand match
BIRMINGHAM, United Kingdom (AFP) - New Zealand were 51 for two, needing a further 193 runs to reach their victory target of 244, when rain stopped play at 3.40pm local time (1440GMT) in their Champions...
View ArticleNew tax rules target overseas super payments to Kiwi residents
Inland Revenue is getting ready to clamp down on thousands of New Zealand residents who haven't been paying tax on withdrawals from their overseas superannuation schemes. The Taxation (Annual Rates,...
View ArticleJetstar cuts flights to Queenstown from capital
Jetstar chief for Australia and NZ Jetstar is backing off more from Queenstown, cutting services from Wellington in September as it tries to tap into the business market elsewhere on its network. The...
View ArticleColleges tough line on cannabis
Aleading Auckland secondary school has come down hard on a group of drug-taking students - they have been told to undergo random drug tests throughout the year, or leave. Last night, Mt Albert Grammar...
View ArticleFrenzy of bidding for million-dollar homes
It's late in the afternoon and dozens of people are packed into two auction rooms in downtown Auckland. The Barfoot & Thompson auction has brought in the young and old, couples, men in suits, young...
View ArticleIVF death rate spurs warning on strategy
Women facing IVF treatment are being urged to have only one embryo transfer at a time, after a report found the death rate for multiple births jumped in the six years to 2011. Doctors agree with the...
View ArticleBrown sticks with 1 million figure
Auckland Mayor Len Brown is sticking with a projected population growth figure of one million more Aucklanders to justify controversial plans for apartments in the suburbs and urban sprawl in the...
View ArticleCancer patient turns his attention to others in need
A young cancer patient who has just finished his treatment is already thinking of others. Selwyn College student Liam Fisher organised the New Zealand Blood Service to visit his school in Kohimarama...
View ArticlePublisher axes staff as distribution shifts to Oz
Jobs will be lost in New Zealand at book publishers HarperCollins and Pearson after the companies yesterday announced intentions to close some operations. An announcement was sent to HarperCollins NZ...
View ArticleAfter cheese and fencing bachelors face female test
After three days of gallivanting around the North Island and showing off their fencing, oratory, cheesemaking and bovine skills, it's hard to know who's leading to become Fieldays' latest rural...
View ArticleMallard bullying police - Tolley
The Labour Party has been accused of bullying after one of its MPs appeared to threaten a high-ranking police official's job. Police Minister Anne Tolley said Labour MP Trevor Mallard was attempting to...
View ArticleAll Blacks Hansen has to tick that third box
Almost 18 months into the job and Steve Hansen has nailed this selection business. He hasn't fired a dud yet. He hasn't incensed the nation with any obvious oversights, or been hampered, like some of...
View ArticleGreens accuse PM of spying plan
Green Party co-leader Russel Norman has accused Prime Minister John Key of conspiring to establish a surveillance state in New Zealand by encouraging American data-mining company Palantir to set up...
View ArticleFather relives Christmas tragedy
A horrific car accident killed Richard Todd's wife and left both his daughters injured - one so severely doctors warned him she may never recover. The drunk driver who caused the accident as the trio...
View ArticleBrothel owners escape penalties
A Chinese restaurant chef, who has been barred from re-entering New Zealand because she was found working part-time in an Auckland brothel, is crying foul at the lack of action taken against employers...
View ArticleAll Blacks Hansen puts faith in same starting XV
All Blacks coach Steve Hansen has put the heat on his starting XV to make significant improvements in the second test against France in Christchurch on Saturday. As expected, Hansen has resisted the...
View ArticleABs back fan over morons
Two former All Blacks have condemned three fans who yelled homophobic slurs at Saturday night's test match, while a gay-friendly rugby team has thanked the woman who confronted them. It comes as...
View ArticleAll Blacks McCaw sabbatical has side effects
The strangest thing Richie McCaw discovered during his break from the treadmill of almost never-ending rugby over more than a decade are the aches and pains he suffered from not training. Like a...
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