Paralympic New Zealand announce two-member squad for Lyon
May 29- Paralympics New Zealand (PNZ) have confirmed javelin throwers Rory McSweeney and 18-year-old Paralympian Holly Robinson as their athletics squad for the 2013 International Paralympic Committee...
View ArticleTears and rage after school closure news
Andrew Smith hoisted daughter Serenity into the air after the school bell yesterday, a mural of her young, smiling face painted on a playground wall behind her. It's the same Phillipstown School...
View ArticleSpecial report Turning back from Oz dream
Special report: Slowing exodus to Australia New Zealanders are beginning to realise the Australian dream is not so perfect and the grass may in fact be starting to become greener over here. The number...
View ArticleHarawira will seek talks with the Maori Party
Mana leader Hone Harawira will seek talks with the Maori Party about his Feed the Kids bill after the Maori Party co-leader Tariana Turia suggested her party would pull its support because the...
View ArticleTattooed applicant goes right off Air NZ
Claire Nathan, the woman who was barred by Air New Zealand from working as an air hostess because of a ta moko on her forearm, says she no longer wants to work for the airline. In a yet-to-be-screened...
View ArticleLoans bonanza as mortgage rates hit record low
Lenders are offering home-owners the lowest short-term bank mortgage rates in New Zealand history as they compete to lure customers before an expected rise next year. Westpac, BNZ and ANZ have all...
View ArticleAsk Phoebe Clothing bin operators accept all donations
Q. Recently you sorted the problem of getting rid of scraps of fabric. I have a similar question - how to recycle old clothes - clean but no longer wearable. We used to be able to put them into the...
View ArticleKiwi money worries ease survey
Confidence in the economy appears to be returning as home owners become more relaxed about living on credit, a mortgage broker says. The comment follows a Dun and Bradstreet Consumer Financial Stress...
View ArticleLegally dead - how the law makes its decision
In most cases, a person must have been missing for seven years before they can be declared legally dead, which is a decision a High Court judge makes after examining all the evidence relating to the...
View ArticleControversy stays away as newest MP takes her place in House
New National MP Claudette Hauiti gives every indication she has had a crash course in how not to be controversial. Given that she is replacing Aaron Gilmore, who went out in a blaze of controversy,...
View ArticleImportant to find right loan mix
Shandelle Battersby has just re-negotiated her mortgage, continuing to fix most of it and float the rest. The 36-year-old bought her first home, a two-bedroom duplex in Onehunga, at a mortgagee auction...
View ArticleIts blackmail solo parent joins debate
Tony Hunt says daughter Jazcinta (right) is being unfairly excluded from her school ball. Photo /Sarah Ivey A secondary school is sticking to its decision to ban non-donation paying students from its...
View ArticleQuake city providing the gold that Australia doesnt have
Eng Chuan Tang sees a future in rebuilding Christchurch. Photo / Martin Hunter Canterbury handyman Eng Chuan Tang thought of making Australia his permanent home after hearing stories about its endless...
View ArticleMissing woman to be declared dead at coroners inquest today
Kaye Stewart. Photo / Supplied A woman who disappeared in the Rimutakas eight years ago will be officially declared dead at a coroner's inquest today. Former All Blacks physiotherapist Kaye Stewart,...
View ArticleFailed finance director tells court he cant afford a lawyer
Paul Forsyth. Photo / APN A director of a failed finance company who is accused of misleading investors says he cannot afford a lawyer and will probably have to represent himself at trial after a High...
View ArticleCare on night of fire faulted
Lynette Chapman died in a house fire in Pukekohe which was started by a troubled teenage girl who knew Ms Chapman was at home. Photo / Supplied Care for a troubled teenager fell below expected...
View ArticleFamily desperate for answers to 8-year mystery
Kaye Stewart vanished after going for a walk in bush in 2005 and now an inquest is likely to declare her dead. But her husband is still waiting for answers and says he feels he's running out of ...
View ArticleTwelve Questions Penny Hulse
Auckland's Deputy Mayor, Penny Hulse, has been the public face of the controversial Unitary Plan, informal feedback for which closes tomorrow. The tattooed grandmother talks about what hurts, and says...
View ArticlePM needs to ask hard questions
Peter Dunne. Photo / NZPA John Key must directly ask Peter Dunne if he leaked the Kitteridge report on the GCSB, Labour leader David Shearer said after inconsistencies last night emerged in what the...
View ArticleFather trying to save son charged over ramming teens
Source: ONE News A Canterbury father accused of intentionally ramming two boy racers with his four-wheel-drive as they stood on a rural road says he was only trying to "nudge them" to save his son. The...
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