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Trains taken off tracks

All Ganz Mavags removed from service

A KiwiRail spokeswoman has confirmed that, as a result, all 26 of its Ganz Mavag units had been taken off the rails for a visual inspection.
Derailed train

Partygoers turn on cop

Alcohol 200x150 Four people were arrested after an alleged assault on a police officer attending a noisy party.

Phoenix confirm new coach

12:56pm BREAKING NEWS: Ernie Merrick is the new coach of the Wellington Phoenix.

Man denies waterfront assault

12 min ago A 27-year-old man rang police after he allegedly beat a man so badly his spleen ruptured.

New charges for incest accused

The father of a woman accused of murdering her baby faces rape and incest charges.

All action at Miramar Hobbit studio

Hobbit actors return to Wellington as filming resumes for the final two movies of the Sir Peter Jackson trilogy.

Expressway exits limit choices

People living at both ends of the McKays to Peka Peka section of the Kapiti expressway could face longer trips in some directions after it is built, which has some of them questioning the logic.

Mystery as China blocks NZ meat

The bill could skyrocket if tonnes of NZ meat continues to be blocked at China's borders.

Trustees to receive $14.5m boost

Real estate summit boosts capital

Honours for Vic alumni

Broadcaster John Campbell and All Black Conrad Smith are among the distinguished former students Victoria University will honour in July.

Liquor store chain sold

dollar Nationwide liquor store chain The Mill, launched in New Plymouth in 2004, has been sold to Independent Liquor.

Good times for service sector

The service sector is enjoying its best three-month spell since 2007, when the global financial crisis hit.

Fisher rules out Fidelity bid

Airlines warn of higher fares

Mark Forsyth

Tool to tune in to customers

A New Zealand company's world-first product can take you to 300 pubs and back in about 15 minutes.

Meat block not sinister - Key

Meat, steak Slow paperwork approving NZ meat plants is behind the Chinese meat block, John Key says.

NZ-US meet-up begins

This year's US-New Zealand partnership forum has moved out from its past shadow of secrecy and well and truly into the limelight.

US-NZ forum stops being hush-hush

Baby, let me follow you down (to vote)

John Key

Food in schools: Work needed first

Poor participation in food programmes at low-decile schools needs sorting before the Govt launches Food in Schools, PM says.

NZ's workplace toll a cause for national shame

Site of construction worker death in Napier Though our workplace safety record is three times as bad as Britain's and twice as bad as Australia's, it hardly rates a mention.

National redrawing lines on the battleground

There are two things about a Bill English speech that listeners could set their watch by.

Budget: Crescendo marks puny surplus

Budget: Stirring state house voters

Students

Editorial: Loan defaulters break 'social contract'

Education helps not just the students themselves, but also wider society. So the costs should be shared.

Impressive exhibition of talent

And Then It Moved The audience of And Then It Moved, NZ School of Dance Choreographic Season 2013, is taken on a journey both conceptually and physically.

TV review: New Zealand's Hottest Home Baker

Meet the best bakers in the country, New Zealand's Hottest Home Baker (Thursday, TV3) boasts, heralding the start of its fourth season. Really? I don't think so.

Review: They Might Be Giants

Kate Camp back in residence

Vanessa Baxter

Duck disaster spells end for Baxter

Vanessa Baxter was unable to dodge the latest MasterChef bullet.

A vintage year

Neill Sam Neill discusses grapes, great acting and facial hair with James Croot.

The genie of gin

From initial five-litre batches, Neil Catherall and his band of merry partners have turned Lighthouse Gin into an award-winning international brand, writes Bess Manson.

It's a matter of taste

Bright light pho-bia at Pho 68

Mike Tohill

Inspirational legacy behind collective shave

Beards and ponytails got the chop when Wellington cops put their mops on the line in the name of Child Cancer.

Barrett is keeping the faith

Beauden Barrett Beauden Barrett has rejected suggestions the Hurricanes are going backwards this season under coach Mark Hammett.

Martin injury may force change

A calf-muscle tweak suffered by an out-of-sorts Bruce Martin should force New Zealand's hand with pace attack.

Weather factor sorts the leaders

New coach for Phoenix today

Robyn Broughton

Pulse need more control

The Central Pulse players are fit, they train together enough and have the skill to succeed in the trans-Tasman Netball League.

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