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<i>Deborah Coddington</i>: If we're caringly nosey more children may live
Mandatory reporting would have saved children like young James Whakaruru.
Games cover-up: Kiwi star was drunk, say witnesses
Witnesses say Daniel Bell was far more affected by alcohol than the "couple of beers" assessment Swimming NZ gave when they sent him home from the Commonwealth Games.
Rowing: Double gold for New Zealand
New Zealand have won back-to-back gold medals at the world rowing championships at Lake Karapiro near Cambridge today.
Ex-principal will fight money laundering, fraud charges
A former high-profile principal says he will defend dozens of charges against him that include money-laundering, false accounting and fraud.
World catches up with good life
Wilderland, an alternative community on the Coromandel Peninsula, has been ordered to evacuate and demolish all its dwellings.
<i>John Roughan</i>: Hidden danger in sacred sand
There would be plenty of mana in customary marine title without the power to exclude the public from sacred sand.
Grandfather of Kahui twins admits lying
The slain Kahui twins' grandfather today admitted lying to police to protect his son Chris, an inquest into the twins' deaths has heard.
Inquest: Cru Kahui not taken to hospital after breathing stopped
The Kahui twins' grandfather drove 50km to search for their mum when baby Cru stopped breathing, instead of taking him 4km to hospital, an inquest hears.
Auckland train lines reopen after fire
A trackside fire has shut down train services on Auckland's Southern and Eastern line between Otahuhu and Papakura.