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Looming prison tower offends community
A $218 million prison development towering over Auckland's Southern Motorway has horrified residents, principals and community leaders.
$15,000 demand outrages Bennett
Paula Bennett has attacked the integrity of a solo mother who is asking for $15,000 to settle a privacy complaint against the minister.
Rich-poor gap basically same after Budget, English claims
Bill English says his Budget will leave the gap between rich and poor "about the same".
<i>Tapu Misa:</i> Inequality bound to hurt us all in the end
Tapu Misa writes that the growing divide between rich and poor makes solidarity and a sense of community more difficult.
Anti-whaling activist treated like 'psychopathic killer'
Anti-whaling activist Pete Bethune, imprisoned in Japan, believes he will be found guilty and fears a lengthy jail sentence.
Sibling rivalry in bid for top UK politics job
When two brothers come to inhabit the same high-profile worlds - in politics, sport, media or music - it is hard not to wonder how they stay neutral.
Govt puts up $104m for leaky-school repairs, checks
The number of known leaking schools is now 145, double the estimate in September last year. The worst will benefit from $82 million allocated in the Budget for remedial work in the next year.