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May 26 2013, updated 4:28pm

Doctor Who

Doctor Who 'thunderingly racist'

Academics criticise Timelord for liking cricket and battling Daleks, not slavery.

'Killer' held 3yrs ago

4:28pm UK soldier killing: MI5 allegedly tried to recruit suspect after he was held in Kenya on terror charges.

Why was she in the boot?

Tokoroa incident Man arrested after woman dragged kilometre behind car. Police want to know how she came to be trapped.

New cancer blow for Angelina Jolie

3:21pm Star's aunt and the "unsung heroine" in her cancer fight slips into coma because of the disease.

Biker killed in head-on crash

Motocross rider dies after crashing at speed into another rider on a dark rural road.

Train crash collapses overpass

Watch: Seven hurt after cargo trains collide in the US and rail cars slam into bridge pillar.

Father dies in fire

Ben McBride, Renee Johnson and their daughters The girlfriend of a man who died in a fire says their children are all that is holding her together.

Adult bouncy castle injuries rise

No matter how many chardonnays you've had, keep off that bouncy castle you hired for the kids' birthday party.

Extinguishers not ready for fire

'Don't test party pills on animals'

Laurel Barr, of Upper Hutt, with her son Te Pō Atarau Cormack, who wants someone to perform as Maui for his fourth birthday

Boy's birthday wish

Request for boy's hero Maui to perform at his birthday party stumps parents.

London killing: 3 arrested

Machete attack Police use stun guns as they arrest three men in connection with savage killing of an off-duty soldier.

Anti-terror soldier's throat slashed

Attack on French soldier in Paris by "North African man" being treated as a "terrorist incident".

Crackdown on sports betting ads

Syrian opposition struggles for unity

Tiger attack

Keeper mauled by tiger 'broke rules'

Zoo owner says it's "inexplicable" why 24-year-old Sarah McClay entered the enclosure.

Winebox connection to SFO

SFO Unearthed documents link Serious Fraud Office acting chief executive Simon McArley to the 1990s Winebox affair.

Zespri had invoice warning

Zespri has admitted it was warned in 2008 that a dual invoicing system in China could lead to the arrest of its employees and cause NZ "reputation risk".

Manslaughter charge for tour owner

Kiwi and conman in takeover

Credit

Credit firms under fire over charges

A lawyer is challenging credit reporting bureaux to explain inconsistencies in their services.

Sell-buy conflict clearly stinks

elephant A big conflict of interest was exposed during the recent Mighty River Power share float, writes Tim Hunter.

Diversify beyond your business

Business owners must make investment decisions as carefully as everyone else, writes Martin Hawes.

Invest in what you know

Privacy flags on credit score cost

Super

Why NZ Super dumped Barrick Gold

Few investment managers appear to be following the example of the NZ Super Fund and selling shares in mines run by Barrick Gold.

School vets pupils' social media

social media A primary school took to monitoring pupils' social media sites after it became concerned about their online activity.

Hack sparks security review

The Waikato District Health Board has launched a review after its website was hacked this week.

S4 fastest-selling Android ever

Trek fantasy meets reality

Facebook

Whose friends are they really?

Facebook friends, LinkedIn connections and Twitter followers you accumulate in the course of your job may actually belong to your boss.

Based on a shoe story

Boot Rosemary McLeod's desert boots are made under the fashion radar in Dunedin by one of the few Kiwi shoemakers left.

On the mend in a doll hospital

Bridget Jones visits a 'hospital' where much-loved companions are returned to health.

Sounding off at kids

Best & worst: Amfar Gala

onesie

Rocking the onesie

Stuck behind a human tiger or a fluffy giraffe at the supermarket checkout? Behold the rise of the onesie.

The birds and the breeze

kidnappers Stephanie Holmes finds gourmet food, golf, gannets, peace and pampering, on a luxury getaway in Hawke's Bay.

A piste of the action

With the skiing and snowboarding season just around the corner, here's an update on what's happening at your favourite winter destinations.

Expat tales: Suzhou

Hot for a stopover

Cooks

Winter warmer in Raro

If you haven't already discovered it for yourself, here are 20 great reasons to visit the Cook Islands.

When beer and coconut collide

coconut Beer and coconut seem worlds apart in terms of flavour. But they are a combo that can work, writes Michael Donaldson.

Recipe: Chicken pot pies

A steaming chicken pie straight from the oven - does food get more comforting?

The power of three

Recipe: Stuffed baked pears

Germans tuneup Ferrari

Mansory Stallone based on the Ferrari F12 Berlinetta. Ferrari's F12 Berlinetta was not masculine enough for German tuner Mansory.

Friends with benefits

Honda and McLaren have previously swept the board together in GP racing, now they want to do it on the road as well.

NZ's finest supersports bike

Classiest hatch in the game

Shopping worth the money

shopping Nostalgic for New Zealand as it was? Get your fix here, Sarah Watt writes.

Best Fresh Prince reunion ever

There's no way Will Smith can escape the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air or its contagious theme song.

Cooking show has the X factor

Whatever happened to Yulia?

Polanksi

No to feminism, yes to cleavage

Oscar-winning director complains about equality at Cannes as wife wore eye-popping dress.

NZ needs nationalisation

electricity Why does nationalisation seem like a dirty word in our country? asks Roland Askew.

Abs team of best and bolters

Jamie Brundell's All Blacks team is a mix of experience, and those who just need a chance.

NZ a better life for our kids

A dominant starting XV

booze

Booze culture part of bigger problem

Any given Sunday we read about idiots who lost control boozing on Saturday night, writes Athol Kemp.

Roaches drop sweet tooth

German cockroach Hard to trap cockroaches change their taste, meaning sugar is no longer a good bait cover.

Scratching that terrible itch

Not all itches go away with a simple scratch. Roughly 15 per cent of people suffer relentless, long-term itching.

Why so white, then?

Fussing over fossils

Milking it in China

Milk New Zealand smarts are helping to grow Kiwi dairy farms in China, writes Simon Day.

Drought blamed for drop

The summer drought took a bite out of dairy and meat export volumes in April.

Apples blocked from Russia

Support grows for reforms

Ranger having second thoughts

Rene Ranger Rene Ranger's agent is exploring the possibility of a payout to allow the midfielder to remain in New Zealand.

Whitelock in doubt for France

Further blow to All Black second-row stocks with Sam Whitelock set to miss June tests.

Root puts England in charge

More AFL racism caught on camera

Sir John Kirwan

Kirwan tells Blues to 'grow up'

After the Blues worst performance of the season coach Sir John Kirwan has issued some blunt messages to his troops.

Mosese Fotuaika

Tragic tale of rising star

He was a promising Kiwi league player with a pregnant girlfriend, so why did he end it all at 20?

Crash

After the crash

Four men whose lives ended in a horror smash leave behind devastated families.

Milk

Milking it in China

New Zealand smarts are helping to grow Kiwi dairy farms in China, writes Simon Day.

Kids

Sounding off at kids

Noisy kids have recently earned some bad press. So should they really be seen and not heard?

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