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Bereft mum's warning

Asthma can become deadly so quickly

When Jane Temel watched her nine-year-old son die of asthma she had the option of getting "bitter or better".
Charlie Temel

Commuter train derails

12 min ago BREAKING NEWS: Train services on three lines have been suspended this morning after what is believed to be a train derailment.

Partygoers turn on police officer

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

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.

Buses cancelled for commuters

7:09am Wellington commuters face more headaches with 16 bus services cancelled today.

Duck disaster spells end for Baxter

Vanessa Baxter was unable to dodge the latest MasterChef bullet.

Mystery as China blocks NZ meat

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

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.

Trustees to receive $14.5m boost

Real estate summit boosts capital

Warwick Bennett

Featherston 'should go it alone'

Featherston should secede from the tyranny of its bigger Wairarapa neighbours and go it alone, one long-term resident believes.

Airlines warn of higher fares

Plane Airlines say they will have no choice but to pass higher air-traffic control fees on to passengers.

Upholsterer won't cut corners

A commitment to quality has been a double-edged sword for a 60-year-old family business in Hawke's Bay.

Real estate summit boosts capital

Investors attracted to shares

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.

$27m for housing needy not enough

Nick Smith Housing NZ could be forced to compete with charities for public money under new policies.

US-NZ forum stops being hush-hush

There was a warning from the crew aboard the Royal New Zealand Air Force 757 before it taxied into Washington's Andrews Air Force Base.

Baby, let me follow you down (to vote)

MP gets dressing down in House

Oil protest

Making a stand on the sand

Wellingtonians have joined forces with groups in 50 countries to protest against off-shore oil drilling.

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. Because there is a double benefit, both the student and the taxpayer are required to contribute to the cost.

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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