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Kirsty Keating: Tips for getting tax right this year
The Christmas holiday break is a great time to take stock, regroup and think about the shape of your business for the year ahead. Tax risk management should form a part of those reflections.
The Christmas holiday break is a great time to take stock, regroup and think about the shape of your business for the year ahead. Tax risk management should form a part of those reflections.
A 9-year-old Papamoa girl who dragged a young boy from the surf has shrugged off her hero status and says she was just doing what she has been trained to do.
Ill-prepared families are dumping elderly relatives at hospitals before going on their holidays in a practice known as "granny dumping".
Health officials' delays in creating rules for the new legal high market are a bonanza for approved dealers of now-lawful drugs.
Indy was given to the SPCA after her previous owners moved from a country property to a small central home where there was not enough room for her to play.
The strange debate this year about whether Dan Carter should give way to Aaron Cruden in the All Blacks led Paul Lewis to compile a XV of those either pensioned off too early or who left the stage before time.
Herald on Sunday photographers Doug Sherring and Michael Craig documented moments of joy, grief and high drama in 2013. These are some of their favourite pictures from the year.
It was the Domestic Goddess who was on trial in the Isleworth Crown Court (and in the Court of Public Opinion), rather than her former personal assistants, writes Paul Thomas.
Wet weather, a serious crash and the post-Christmas rush combined to bring bumper-to-bumper congestion on long sections of highways.
Labour's David Cunliffe faces a conundrum - how to convince New Zealand voters it's time to break away from the "old economic orthodoxies" when the data shows the country is poised for a relative boom, writes Fran O'Sullivan.
These domestic shorthair tabby kittens are playful and loveable. They get along well so would love to be adopted together.
Lydia Ko says her arrangement with the coach who oversaw her rise from a five-year-old into a world-class golfer could not last, now she was living in the US.
In our final weather video for 2013 we bring you the latest forecast for Christmas Day across New Zealand, plus the prediction for the days following. There is some good news for farmers and those who need rain water – but holidaymakers may question the timing! We also take a look at a great photo from Toronto Canada, following freezing rain there earlier today. Plus – the Live Santa Tracker is back at WeatherWatch.co.nz!
Kiwi golfer Lydia Ko and her long-time coach Guy Wilson have split. Wilson has overseen Ko's rapid rise to the top of the women's game.
Let's use present momentum to develop sectors that have the potential to transform New Zealand's economy.
Residents of an inner-Auckland pensioner flat complex are shocked that their landlord Housing NZ is trying to interest developers in a real estate deal.
The Herald has walked the docks to catalogue the opulent visitors to the City of Sails.
The parents of an American teenager missing at sea on the stricken yacht Nina are vowing to stay Downunder until she is found alive.
Matt Cairns just wanted to go for a quick swim to cool off before he got married on a sunny Gisborne Saturday.
When Santa packs his sleigh in the next couple of days, it's fair to assume he won't be needing a lot of space for parcels for one Len Brown.
Where should Ross Taylor sit among New Zealand's finest test batsmen? Right up with the best, quite clearly.
'Tis the season of comfort and joy. But if your weekend is looking crazy, uncomfortable and joyless, here are our tips for de-stressing.
The week before Christmas is the busiest at Auckland Airport. We spend 24 hours at the entry gate, witnessing the drama.
Auditor-General Lyn Provost is the right person to take inquiries into Len Brown's relationship with the SkyCity hotels and casino operator to the obvious next stage.
The spotlight on Len Brown's transgressions has flushed out yet another culprit in the shape, ironically, of Cameron Brewer, one of the Mayor's chief critics.
Chris Philpott unveils his top 10 television shows for 2013.