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German topless sledging causes stir

Plans to hold a topless tobogganing competition next month in the east German ski resort of Oberwiesenthal have caused a furore.

Dollar dips below US70c, hit by surprise unemployment stat

Today's unemployment figure has surprised many, with most - including the Reserve Bank, expecting a figure well under 7 per cent.

Wellsford coping after factory shutdown

Irwin Industrial Tools had been Wellsford's icon and biggest employer, but with the factory abandoned, the town is moving on.

Olympian to sell controversial brothel

Wage growth still slowing, as labour demand falls

Turia urges price rise to reduce tobacco use

Families with kids feel pinch hardest

An official survey has found that families with children are far more likely to be in hardship than any other New Zealanders.

Message at Parachute: family before moneymaking

Murder accused had link to woman at house - police

One of the men accused of Dean Browne's murder had a "loose connection" to the woman who lived at the address where his body was found.

Children pay for meltdown

Signs of family breakdown emerge in the wake of Iceland's financial crash.

Mercy killings undertaken by two mums, only one goes to jail

Both are loving mothers, who after years of devoted care to their disabled children felt they had no choice but to take the law into their own hands but while one was allowed to walk free from court yesterday the other will go to jail.

Should women settle for Mr Good Enough?

Is feminism to blame for the number of women who find themselves single? <I>The Independent</I>'s Liz Hoggard delves into the issue.

'Free hours' out of reach for many

Victim 'dragged down by his lifestyle'

When Dean Browne's former girlfriend heard he had been murdered and dumped in a New Plymouth garage, she knew his lifestyle had finally caught up with him.

Immigrants face school headache

Sex abuse victims set to miss out on state-funded counselling