New Zealand Herald

Auckland councillors have agreed to censure Mayor Len Brown after a five-hour meeting today to decide how to punish him over fallout from his sex scandal.

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John Key has accused Hone Harawira of taking a taxpayer-funded junket to South Africa after it appeared Mr Harawira did not attend Nelson Mandela's funeral.

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A US man married less than seven hours was killed along with a stranded motorist he stopped to help in the snow when they were struck by several vehicles.

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Searchers have found the body of the helicopter pilot whose aircraft crashed yesterday in steep terrain near the start of the Milford Track.

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The next three Avatar films will be made in New Zealand, the Prime Minister has announced at a press conference with the film's director James Cameron.

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A Greymouth family is in ruins following a road crash that claimed the lives of a mother and her teenage son.

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A man who repeatedly drove over and killed his neighbour after a dispute over a puppy has been sentenced to life imprisonment.

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There's been a battle over the weekend about how to interpret, sell, and spin the asset sales referendum results, writes Bryce Edwards.

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A neighbor has been arrested in the killing of a 9-year-old Ohio girl whose body was found in a rubbish bin near her home after a frantic search by authorities and residents…

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A teacher was censured for calling students slag, loser and prick, mocking their names and making derogatory comments about their ethnicities.

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The pretzel-bunned burger heralded by Time magazine as the "most important" of the year may be on its way to New Zealand.

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