Recycling contaminated
Soiled nappies, food scraps common
Airport houses to go
About 700 houses around Wellington Airport are to be demolished or insulated against airport noise.
• Family matters to tenants ousted
City homes found for Terrace tenants
Most of the 131 tenants forced to vacate their crumbling Wellington block will stay in the city.
Principals criticise bigger classes
Wellington principals say increased class sizes will harm children's learning.
Smokefree proposal for Porirua
1 min ago Smoking in all of Wellington's parks, sports fields, beaches and outside dining areas could be banned.
Unwanted payrises forced on council
Councillors who refused $8600 in payrises may now donate them to charity.
Airport to remove homes in noise zone
Homeowners contaminate recycling efforts
Principals criticise move to bigger classes
Wellington-bound plane hits lightning storm
Hutt family's house burgled then set alight
Victoria Uni graduation parade cancelled
City homes found for most Terrace tenants
Smokefree proposal for Porirua
Smoking in all of Wellington's parks, sports fields, beaches and outside dining areas could be banned.
Wellington an 'affordable' city
The weak property market has made Wellington one of the most affordable cities to live in.
Recycling contaminated
Lightning stops plane
Super-city report has gaps: Wilde
A report urging councils to shun a future Wellington super-city contains gaps and inaccuracies, Greater Wellington regional council chairwoman Fran Wilde says.
Dunne attacks 'moral jihad' extremists
United Future's Peter Dunne has lashed out at the Conservative Party, branding it "seriously extreme and nutty".
NZ to close Swedish embassy
New Zealand is to close its embassy in Sweden, shifting focus from Europe to Asia.
Big classes: Business loves it
IT set to hold back preschool changes
ACT man 'not part of law review'
A private consultancy hired by the Labour Department to analyse worker protection says a former Treasury head and ACT party candidate wasn't involved.
Editorial: Don't send tourists home in coffins
This country's reputation as a tourist destination rests on hosting visitors who have a ball, not on their being dispatched home in coffins.
Tax hikes disguised as `reinvestment'
Not only will it be a "zero Budget", but also a way to raise more revenue, dressed up as "reinvestment" in key areas.
NZ can make a difference
Editorial: No sugar coating for drug charges
Older women shouldn't leap into dowdy
Older women don't need to dress as if they're still pretty young women, but should present in a way that doesn't merge with the wallpaper.
Xtra backlog remains
Telecom believes a problem that delayed the delivery of Xtra email has now been fixed by its provider Yahoo.
Caution over upswing
The Property Council New Zealand-IPD Commercial Property Index for the first quarter of 2012 has shown positive annual capital growth.
Bumpy road ahead
Half of homes watch Freeview
Radical plan for SME tax
The Institute of Chartered Accountants releases a ''radical'' paper on how to tax small businesses.
Asparagus risotto is good fare
A rich, warming dish just right for getting some use out of those tins of asparagus you have lying around.
A very French experience
Descending the steps into La Cloche we are immediately aware we are in a French enclave.
Loving the loaf: hot or cold
People watching at Mojo
Fine dining made Fair Trade
Fine dining with an ethical edge takes centre stage at a banquet on Saturday that's sourced from fair trade and local ingredients.
Rigoletto gets a makeover
Rigoletto is already one of the world's best-known and loved operas. So how do you up the ante for a new production? Tom Cardy talks to director Lindy Hume and baritone Warwick Fyfe, who's in the title role for NBR New Zealand Opera's presentation.
Singing their way to the top
A trio of budding prima donnas are in the running to win New Zealand's most prestigious opera singing competition, which would propel them into the limelight.
They're cancelled but still coming
MasterChefs tight-lipped
IRB offers RWC compensation
SANZAR has prised open the IRB's coffers in gaining NZ$20.8m in compensation for lost revenue during the next Rugby World Cup year.
Mixed reaction to rule changes
Mixed reaction from the Hurricanes' brains trust suggests the IRB can forget about gaining universal approval on proposed amendments to the laws of rugby.
Erakovic boosts Olympic chances
Parker to fight 'someone serious'
Hammett takes a gamble
Rolling the rotation dice has cost the Hurricanes once already this season, but coach Mark Hammett has faith in first five Tusi Pisi and Brad Shields.
Why did Taylor miss ABs?
Andre Taylor should look for his outsides, kick a bit longer and keep doing what he's doing on counter-attack, according to Grant Fox.
Tialata named in Barbarians
Former Canes player Neemia Tialata has been named in the in the Barbarians squad to face England, Ireland and Wales.
Canes, Reds to play
The Hurricanes and defending champion Queensland Reds will play an exhibition game in June.
All Blacks call-up for Canes trio
Brad Shields, Julian Savea and Beauden Barrett have been named in the All Blacks squad.
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