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Act backer: We all dislike Maori

The biggest donor to the Act Party says he gave the money to Don Brash and John Banks so they could stop special treatment for Maori who were either in jail or on welfare.

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Act backer: We all dislike Maori

The biggest donor to the Act Party says he gave the money to Don Brash and John Banks so they could stop special treatment for Maori who were either in jail or on welfare.

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Most 'NZers' dislike Maori: Act backer

The Act Party's largest financial backer in the last election says that most New Zealanders "don't like Maori".

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Louis Crimp | Kiwiblog

Oh dear, where do I start...

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Will Smith Slaps Reporter

Will Smith slapped a reporter across the face after the man tried to kiss him on the lips.

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Family of five face long winter in caravan

A yellow bucket beneath a tarpaulin serves as the family toilet at night. Warm water lugged 50 metres across the camping ground is used to bathe the baby.

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Review: Shihad: Beautiful Machine

You should see this film. It's the best music documentary that will ever come out of New Zealand...

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Facebook falls flat in public debut

After all the hype, Facebook's first day as a public company ended where it began.

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Facebook stock climbs in public debut

Facebook updated its status to "public company" yesterday, when it began trading on the Stock Market for the first time.

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Hiker survives heart attacks - national

Denis Gadd couldn't have picked a more beautiful place to die than the remote slopes of Mt Ngauruhoe.

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Facebook users let secrets out

What you post, comment on and say on Facebook reveals more about your self-esteem than you perhaps realise, psychologists say.

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Matt Greenop: Forget the feud, let's just get it sorted

What is it with grumpy cyclists? In last Saturday's Driven , I noted that it was a bit dangerous to let schoolkids hone their competitive cycling ambitions on main roads during rush

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Filipino Christians protest Gaga shows

Scores of Christian youths in the Philippines chanted "Stop the Lady Gaga concerts" at a rally yesterday.

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'Positive Progress' In Inquiry Into Journalist's...

Police are making "positive progress" in their inquiry into what happened to respected journalist Derek Leonard Round in the hours leading up to his death.

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Man charged for party stabbing

A Hamilton man has been charged for stabbing a man in the back at a party.

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Religious ignorance NZ's 'Achilles heel'

A professor who has spent many years studying links between terrorism and religion says ignorance toward religion is New Zealand's greatest weakness in the face of terrorist threats.

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Tainui leader urges Talley's to end strife

"There seems to be little recognition of the Maori blood, sweat and tears" that made Affco into a successful business.

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Christchurch Family To Face Winter In A Caravan

A yellow bucket beneath a tarpaulin serves as the family toilet at night. Warm water lugged 50 metres across the camping ground is used to bathe the baby.

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The consultancy blowout

The explosion in the cost of consultants and contractors over the last 5 years clearly shows that the National government have failed to live up their promise of a more efficient public service...

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National support slips further

Support for John Key's National Party has fallen 2.5 per cent in the latest Roy Morgan political poll, suggesting a Labour-Greens-NZ First alliance would have the best chance of governing

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A great own goal | Kiwiblog

A wonderful own goal at The Standard. Zetetic bloggedon Peter Dunne: He lashed out that those who pointed out hes voting for asset sales he never told his electorate he would support...

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Case of a well-connected millionaire

He was a high-rolling gambler with a mysterious fortune who lavished cash on political parties and boasted of his connections to MPs - the curious case of Chinese millionaire Yong Ming Yan, also known...

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Bankrupt Terry Serepisos snapped driving Jaguar

Bankrupt property tycoon Terry Serepisos has been cruising Wellington streets in a $35,000 Jaguar

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Bankrupt Terry Serepisos driving $35,000 Jaguar

Bankrupt property tycoon Terry Serepisos has been cruising Wellington streets in a $35,000 Jaguar.

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Firefighters scale Sky Tower for charity

Firefighters are aiming to crack the $1 million mark at this year's Sky Tower Stair Challenge.

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'Innocent man' in jail 20 years

An innocent man has spent almost 20 years in jail for one of New Zealand's most notorious cases of rape and murder, says a detective with expert knowledge of the crime.

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Amnesia scientist picks up his life 10 years on

The man who woke up in someone else's life after a cycling accident is still missing 10 years of his life, but Robbie Price is moving forward as best he can.

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Victims of the anti-social network

People constantly get into trouble on social media sites and if they're not getting into trouble they just might be becoming the next victim of nasty postings on the likes of Facebook

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Surgery helps Olivia enjoy the good life

Christchurch 5-year-old Olivia Wilson suffers from a rare lymphatic disease and has spent her life in and out of hospital.

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Largest protests yet in Syrian city of Aleppo

Syrian security forces fired tear gas and live ammunition to disperse thousands rallying yesterday in Aleppo.

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Presidential penis portrait riles SA's ANC

South Africa's ruling ANC threatened to take legal action against a Johannesburg gallery for displaying art which lampoons President Jacob Zuma and accuses the party of corruption.

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Kiwi women given defective implants

Silicone breast implants that sparked a global health scare were used in New Zealand patients, the Health Ministry says.

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Villagers accuse Kiwi of cat torture

A New Zealand man and his wife are fleeing a French island after a mob accused them of mutilating hundreds of cats or selling them for experiments.

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NZ On Air defends The GC - tv - entertainment

In response to public backlash against their use of taxpayer money, NZ On Air have released the proposal for The GC, billing it as an "8 x half-hour observational documentary".

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Facebook's Market Debut Modest - world - business

For a company that is dramatically upending business strategies and social relationships around the world, Facebook Inc made a surprisingly modest debut on the Nasdaq on Friday as a sky-high valuation...

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Facebook stock climbs in public debut

Facebook updated its status to "public company" yesterday, when it began trading on the Stock Market for the first time.

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NZ 'naive' towards religion - professor

Religion is New Zealand's greatest weaknessforterrorist threats, a professor says.

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We're putting our foot in it

We are heading for hell in a fossil-fuelled handcart, spinning towards implosion. Planet Earth is not able to keep pace with humanity's demands nor cope with its wasteful by-products

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Artists Farewell Government Life Building

The former Government Life building spent its final years as a secret studio for about a dozen Christchurch artists.

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Ex-cons could help put Christchurch right

Having former prisoners work on Christchurch's earthquake rebuild would help cut reoffending rates, the Corrections Department says.

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