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Our $500m 'gift' to Hollywood
NZ taxpayers have spent more than half a billion dollars over the past decade subsidising Hollywood.
The Big Picture
Taxpayers have paid $500m-plus to subsidise big-budget movie makers. Is it money well spent, asks Karyn Scherer.
Error marks living drivers as deceased
NZTA cleared its registry of deceased licence holders, only to have 23 inform it they were still alive.
Kiribati refuses to take detainees
The small Pacific nation of Kiribati spurned a US$3 million offer to take 17 Chinese Muslim Guantanamo Bay detainees.
We're all friends here... really
Hillary Clinton is about to meet 61 statesmen, many of whom will be smarting from US remarks revealed by WikiLeaks.
Key itching for quick action on financial hub
John Key has slammed bureaucratic pin-pricking over the proposed NZ financial services hub as "absolute rubbish" and stepped in to put the project on the fast-track.
<i>Editorial</i>: Open the SOE stable and let the foals thrive
The Labour Party's finance spokesman, David Cunliffe, raised some eyebrows last Thursday
Richlisters up for Govt bailout
Taxpayers could be paying as much as $178 million to bail out a failed finance company owned by one of NZ's wealthiest families.
Brown orders inquiry into CCO name leaks
Mayor calls for probe after paper reports board appointments.
WikiLeaks reveals US snooping on NZ
Helen Clark is likely to be among top UN officials targeted by the US in an intelligence-gathering exercise.
Judge to lead Pike River mine tragedy inquiry named
The Royal Commission into the Pike River mine tragedy will be headed by High Court Judge Graham Panckhurst.
Tongan leader Akilisi Pohiva talks to the Herald
Akilisi Pohiva talks to Audrey Young about his priorities for Tonga.