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No sign of missing fisherman
Police are searching for a second man who is presumed drowned after a floundering expedition went tragically wrong.

School issues first national standards-based reports
Some of NZ's first national standards-based student reports have been issued by a Hamilton school amid concerns from its principal.

Pair guilty of disabled woman's manslaughter
The caregivers of an intellectually disabled woman have been found guilty of manslaughter by a High Court jury today, after seven hours of deliberations.

Teacher crushed in wheelie bin tried to share taxi
The NZ teacher crushed after crawling into an east Sussex wheelie bin following a night out earlier tried to share a taxi with two women he met at a pub, an inquest into his death hears.

<i>Sri Mahkota</i>, Remuera
Malaysian food has been a favourite of mine since hitchhiking through there in my early twenties.

Slain liquor store owner's widow shocked at only one murder verdict
The wife of a slain south Auckland liquor store owner is stunned five men charged with murder have been found not guilty of both murder and manslaughter.

One guilty of liquor store owner's murder
Anitilea Chan Kee (above right) is convicted of murdering liquor store owner Navtej Singh but friends are shocked by not guilty verdicts against five others.

Liquor store death jury retires for night
The jury has retired to decide whether seven people are guilty of various charges in connection with the 2008 shooting of Navtej Singh.

'I just didn't know it could happen so fast'
The grieving parents of a young boy who died following an unexpectedly severe asthma attack have spoken publicly to warn other parents about the disease.

Attempted abduction of two schoolgirls
There has been an attempted abduction of two young girls from Hill Park school in Manurewa, in south Auckland, this morning.

Egyptian beetroot dip
Whiz five cooked, peeled beetroot in a blender with a 200ml pot of Clevedon Valley Buffalo Yoghurt...