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<i>Brian Fallow</i>: Why the Budget will be a miserly affair
Anyone wondering why a belt-tightening Budget on May 20 is inevitable need look no further than the latest monthly Crown accounts.
Welfare review to consider unemployment insurance
The govt-appointed Welfare Working Group will consider unemployment insurance among options for reforming the social security system.
Now it's a tent for Queens Wharf
Planning has started for a giant tent to be erected on Queens Wharf for the Rugby World Cup on the site of one of two 98-year-old cargo sheds.
UK historian urges against transtasman 'suicide of NZ'
NZ should remain a sovereign nation to deny Australia "the kiwi and the juiciest spring lamb", says Simon Schama.
Prentice offers 'hardest test in years' - Shadbolt
Mayor Tim Shadbolt believes Invercargill voters would favour his political experience over the singing career of challenger Suzanne Prentice.
Prentice takes on Tim Shadbolt for mayoralty
Time-consuming and unproductive "distractions" involving Tim Shadbolt's council are behind Suzanne Prentice's bid to become Invercargill's new mayor.
Polish President's coffin arrives at palace
Thousands of Poles lined the streets of Warsaw as the coffin of President Lech Kaczynski was taken to the presidential palace after his death alongside at least 95 others in a plane crash in Russia.
Kiwis in Bangkok warned to steer clear of protests
Mfat has updated its travel advisory for Thailand in the wake of mounting political protests that have so far seen 18 people killed.
Poland mourns lost President, elite
Poland is confronting the worst political disaster since WWII after its president, his wife and dozens of top officials were killed in a plane crash.