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![Bleach attackers still being sought](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=803)
Bleach attackers still being sought
No one has yet been arrested for throwing bleach into a regional council worker's face in a vicious highway attack in the Far North in June.
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Farmers break silence
"There will be a reckoning, but now is not the time." Federated Farmers breaks its silence on the infant formula contamination scare.
![100% Pure 'festering sore' - China media](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=803)
100% Pure 'festering sore' - China media
Leaky homes, free market devotion and a 'festering sore' of a tourism campaign - New Zealand is coming under fire in the state-sanctioned Chinese media.
![Home detention for party drug importer](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=803)
Home detention for party drug importer
A woman who imported more than 2kg of party drugs from the UK has been sentenced to 12 months' home detention.
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Hotchin to bear any mansion shortfall
Mark Hotchin must bear any shortfall on the sale of a luxury Auckland mansion once others with claims on the property are paid out, the Chief High Court judge says.
!['Ferocious gander' spooks meter reader](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=803)
'Ferocious gander' spooks meter reader
A power company employee refused to enter a property to read the meter because he feared being attacked by the homeowner's "ferocious gander".
![Mackenzie Country: Drinking in the views](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=803)
Mackenzie Country: Drinking in the views
Mirages are not just seen in the desert, as Justine Tyerman discovers.
![Kiwi slumps on Fonterra botulism scare](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=803)
Kiwi slumps on Fonterra botulism scare
The NZ dollar has dropped a cent and a half in reaction to Fonterra's announcement.
![Mt Hutt: Yin, yang and pizza on the slopes](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=803)
Mt Hutt: Yin, yang and pizza on the slopes
Barney McDonald revels in a powder-perfect Mt Hutt day.
![Strong magnitude 4.9 jolt near Seddon](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=803)
Strong magnitude 4.9 jolt near Seddon
A series of aftershocks have rumbled across central New Zealand this morning, sparked by a strong magnitude 4.9 jolt near Seddon, Marlborough shortly before 1am.
![Peter Lyons: Kiwi battlers losing power in economic apartheid](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=803)
Peter Lyons: Kiwi battlers losing power in economic apartheid
When politicians talk about making the labour market more flexible, it means ensuring that the demand and supply of labour determines the wage rate. writes Peter Lyons.
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Strong earthquakes jolt country
A shallow 4.2 magnitude earthquake has been detected near East Cape, after a strong aftershock near Wellington this morning.
![Otago: A glow from old golden days](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=803)
Otago: A glow from old golden days
Josie Dale visits Macetown to recapture the atmosphere of the goldrush days.
![New Zealand: Soak it up](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=803)
New Zealand: Soak it up
The upside of living on the rim of fire is we have more than 100 natural hot springs in New Zealand, "gifts from the earth", so they say.
![Guilty plea over daughter's death](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=803)
Guilty plea over daughter's death
A New Zealand woman accused of beating her daughter to death with a vacuum cleaner pole has pleaded guilty to manslaughter in a Queensland court.
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Ketamine treatment not 'experimental'
A psychiatrist who treated patients with the drug ketamine for depression was not carrying out research or experimental treatment, it's been found.
![Leonard Cohen to play NZ](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=803)
Leonard Cohen to play NZ
Leonard Cohen has announced a full New Zealand tour in December, taking in the country's three major cities.
![Kiwi climbers lost on K2](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=803)
Kiwi climbers lost on K2
New Zealand mountain climber Marty Schmidt and his son, Denali, are missing on the world’s second highest mountain, K2, following an avalanche.
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GP 'crossed boundaries' - Commissioner
A GP who visited a patient at work, pulling his trousers down and asking her to perform a sex act on him, crossed boundaries, the Health and Disability Commissioner says.