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The man who Farmers ditched as their longstanding Santa in tomorrow's Auckland Christmas parade has said he is taking legal advice over a "big wrong" done to him.Neville Baker told the Herald on Sunday tonight it had been insinuated...

Sagar Shelar is still waiting to hear an explanation behind a police statement that they are treating the death of his pregnant wife Sonam as "not suspicious".Wellington Police issued a statement at 3.2pm yesterday saying that after...

The proposed re-entry of the Pike River Mine could happen as soon as February.Pike River Re-entry Minister Andrew Little announced earlier this month the proposed timeline of the planned re-entry to the mine's drift.In announcing...

COMMENT: I wonder how many lives might have been saved if serial drink-driver Gavin Hawthorn had been given help from the start for what looks from this distance like a very serious alcohol problem. Quite possibly four.He's got...

Brace yourself for some wet and wild weather today - with thunderstorms and heavy rain forecast for the upper North Island and eastern South Island.A deep low crawling in from the west is bending wet northeasterlies across the country....

COMMENT: When the Industrial Relations Act came into effect in this country in 1973, employers were unable to advertise for jobs by gender. For instance, a builder couldn't ask for a male hammer-hand. Fair enough. I'm sure there...

In a yarn for the ages, British animal rights activists have asked a Dorset village to change its name to Vegan Wool in order to "promote kindness to sheep".The Telegraph reported yesterday the village of Wool, population 5310,...

COMMENT: Labour's year of free university study is an expensive flop.The policy should never have been introduced. But, it has. The good news is there's still time to stop it getting even more expensive. The Government can — and...

Anna Osborne lost her husband in the Pike River disaster eight years ago. Today she writes an open letter to thank New Zealand for its support after the Government approved plans to re-enter the mine. It was different this year....

Pīpīwharauroa (Pipi) Wallace has twice been given the greatest gift of all this year – life.In January, aged just 4 weeks old, the wee tot became the smallest and youngest New Zealander to receive a life-saving liver...

An investigation has been launched by military police after a complaint by a woman who was cheated on by two intelligence specialists.Alexandra Kitto, 32, told the Herald on Sunday she complained to the NZ Defence Force because...

A block of greenstone inscribed "Auckland" has been dug from an English garden near where numerous Kiwi airmen were based for around two years during World War II.The find has prompted the question whether it belonged to a New Zealander...

Forced onto his knees at gunpoint in an alleyway in a carjacking, Terrance Wallace says he feared he was about to die."I said to God in that moment — if I survive this, that I know that there is more for me to do in life."That...

Auckland's annual Santa Parade has been postponed due to bad weather. Organisers confirmed that the parade will be delayed until next Sunday, December 2 due to severe weather warnings. The parade has not been cancelled since the...

One person is dead after a crash in Northland early this morning. Emergency services were called at 4.10am to attend the two-vehicle crash on State Highway 12 near Paparoa.A St Johns spokeswoman said a second person had been taken...

Power is currently out to part of central Rotorua after a car crashed into a transformer.A police spokeswoman said police were called to the scene near the intersection of Ann St and Malfroy Rd just after 10pm last night.There...

Residents of Auckland's wealthiest suburbs are having a "s***" fight with council officials and politicians over sewage spills on their beaches.In the country's most expensive suburb of Herne Bay, with an average house price of...

Flash flooding, slips and hazardous driving conditions are predicted in the North Island today as a powerful active front moves down the country, bringing heavy rains and possible thunderstorms.Rain is expected to continue through...

The Government is bringing together Kiwibuild and Housing New Zealand under one mega housing authority to drive urban development, with the power to override local councils.The Housing and Urban Development Authority (UDA) would...

The parents of an immobile 5-year-old girl who has grown up in Starship hospital's intensive care unit say they believe health officials are lining them up for a court battle to take away control of their daughter's care.They say...

Ditched Santa seeks legal advice after termination over comments: 'There's been a big wrong'

Sagar Shelar still waiting to hear from police

Hoped-for Pike River re-entry could be as early as February

Paul Little: System failed serial drink-driver

Heavy rain forecast for much of upper North Island and eastern South Island

Kerre McIvor: Santa without a cause

Wool they or won't they? PETA ask Dorset, UK, village Wool to change name to Vegan Wool

Heather du Plessis-Allan: Free university study is an expensive flop

Pike River widow Anna Osborne: 'You have restored our faith in NZ'

Brave toddler given gift of life twice this year

On Her Majesty's sneaky service - the spies who had multiple lovers and how they were found out

Block of greenstone inscribed 'Auckland' dug from near New Zealanders' WWII base in Britain

Zoning out: The boys who cut through school zone inequality

Santa Parade canned due to bad weather

One person dead, another serious in crash near Paparoa

Power out in Rotorua after car crashes into transformer

Residents of Auckland's two richest suburbs want sewage off their beaches

Flooding and slips likely as several days of heavy rain predicted across most of the country

Kiwibuild and Housing New Zealand combined into one housing and urban development authority

Parents brace for court fight with hospital over their daughter's medical care