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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.
<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.
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.
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.
Shotgun Taser under consideration
A shell containing a Taser barb fired from a shotgun is one of the alternative weapons police are considering using in their fight against crime.
Poker hopefuls head south
Fifteen lucky poker players are headed from Auckland to Queenstown this week for a chance to strike it rich.
Flatmate dispute sparks armed standoff
Loud explosions could be heard before police battered down the door of a Dunedin flat during an armed standoff today, a witness says.
Principal 'gutted' by boys' theft spree
The principal of an elite Australian Catholic college has suspended a group of boys allegedly involved in a $6000 theft spree in Queenstown.
NZ's most common family? Couples without children
Couples without children are expected to overtake two-parent families as the most common household formation by next year, according to Statistics NZ.
<i>Bernard Hickey</i>: Chilling levels of household debt finally dawns
NZers will look back on the winter of 2010 as the moment we finally realised the last decade of growth was a sham.
Teens survive horror van crash
A teenager who walked away from a horror smash that left 11 others in hospital says he woke on the road hearing his friends calling for help.