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![Tweaked Ford Focus RS coming to NZ](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=799)
Tweaked Ford Focus RS coming to NZ
Ford nuts rejoice - the stunning Focus RS will be here this year, in limited numbers.
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Ex-All Black loses battle with bank
A former All Black has lost another round in a legal battle with the SBS Bank over a million dollar debt on a Coromandel property development.
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Gorillaz announce New Zealand concert
Gorillaz will play a New Zealand show off the back of an Australian tour later this year.
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Women and high earners feel pinch
Women, middle-aged people and high-income households are under more financial stress than other New Zealanders, a survey has shown.
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Liquor licence infuriates residents
A new bottle store licence has angered residents of one of Auckland's poorest suburbs after it was 'sneaked through'.
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Bamiyan will be ready for 2014 handover - McCully
Murray McCully says Afghanistan's Bamiyan Province, where NZ troops have been since 2003, will be ready to stand on its own before Hamid Karzai's 2014 deadline.
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<i>John Armstrong:</i> Better to bury failure than risk defeat
Better an utter, total if humiliating backdown than a messy compromise that keeps the mining issue alive into election year.
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Scheme nets one rich investor
A scheme aimed at attracting wealthy migrants to invest in businesses and create jobs in NZ has resulted in just one approval.
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Chinese investors claim they are blocked from NZ
Wealthy Chinese investors say strict fund transfer policies are preventing them from becoming investor migrants in New Zealand.