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Call for truck safety review

A coroner wants a review of safety regulations for heavy commercial vehicles after a mother was crushed to death by a truck with faulty brakes.

Battle over $1.3m lotto loot

By MICHAEL FOX - The Dominion Post

An estranged Wellington couple have gone to court to fight over their $1.3 million Lotto windfall.

Primary league tables now 'inevitable'

By JOHN HARTEVELT - The Dominion Post

Education Minister Anne Tolley Primary school league tables are back on the agenda, with Education Minister Anne Tolley now saying they are inevitable.

Young Nat may face expulsion

By ANDREA VANCE - The Dominion Post

The board of the National Party will be asked to consider expelling one of its young members.

Last of Carter's fashion stores closes

Dan Carter All Black Dan Carter's foray into fashion has run out of gas, leaving behind a $1 million mess.

Labour demands Carter quits

Chris Carter Labour is demanding Chris Carter resign.

China paid for trip

Labour's errant MP Chris Carter says the Chinese government paid for his controversial trip to China and Tibet which he didn't tell party leaders about.

An imperfect plan

Laws spends $5000 on council card

'Meet' the candidates online

A website designed to help boost the country's low voter turnout figures for local body elections has gone live.

Rescuers keep injured man warm

An injured Wellington tramper spent a night sheltering in a tent with rescuers in freezing conditions in the Tararua Range.

Commuters win cut in fare increases

A touch of Steel in the linguistic renaissance

Serepisos puts houses up for sale

millions of dollars worth of prime Wellington real estate has been put on the market by celebrity property developer Terry Serepisos.

Toddlers can go to jail with mum

Jail teen Toddlers will be living with their mums behind bars.

Delay not a factor in death - coroner

St John paramedics have been cleared of any fault relating to the drowning of a man in the Waikato River, a coroner's court has been told.

Hells Angels fight patch bylaw

Police fears grow in hunt for mother

iPhone launch less than 'magical'

Delays, low stock levels and poor communication have left prospective iPhone customers irate as hundreds queued – some for the second time in four hours – to buy the latest version of Apple's smartphone.

Henry labels ABs win 'scintillating'

Graham Henry Graham Henry made it clear he wouldn't want to be in Robbie Deans' shoes after the All Blacks thumped the Wallabies in the Bledisloe Cup opener last night.

Intense pressure mounting on Deans

It's as well Robbie Deans heads this week to the place he knows best, where he was once, not so long ago, the toast of the city.

ABs predict warm welcome for Deans

Stags score bonus-point win

All Blacks run to 49-28 win

The All Blacks put one hand on the Tri-Nations trophy and another on the Bledisloe Cup tonight.

Opshop back with new album

opshop Opshop is back with a brand new album, promising optimism and romance despite the title - Until The End of Time.

Ellen too nice for Amercian Idol

Ellen DeGeneres is leaving American Idol because she doesn’t like "hurting people's feelings".

Zac Efron didn't enjoy strip club

George Clooney, wedding host

Matt Damon on turning 40

Matt Damon isn't worried about turning 40, saying he has too much to look forward to.

'What kind of fool would do that?'

Kiwi adventurer Jeremy Burfoot doesn't mind when people call him an idiot for attempting to travel 32,000km from London to New Zealand by jetski.

Long-haul cat

Tim the cat was tracked down a year after he went missing, 1300km from home.

Vicar in immigration scam

Churchill dentures snapped up

Judge rules on low slung pants

Wearing saggy pants is not a crime, just foolish, a US judge has ruled.

Telecom sails off in $140m deals

telecom broadband Telecom's A$140 million of asset sales this week got a generally positive reception from investors as its shares touched the $2 mark for the first time since May.

Salmon success nightmare

New Zealand King Salmon is turning away about 25 tonnes of orders a week because it can't meet the demand, chief executive Grant Rosewarne says.

Maori development 'vital to NZ'

Light at end of the tunnel for landlords

Reaching for the skies

New Zealand flying schools hope to cash in on a pending global pilot training boom.

Vivid spectacle(s) of the Baby Kahu story

Good grief, is Miriama Smith ever out of work?

An inept smear campaign

There were hoots of laughter in some press gallery offices when disgraced MP Chris Carter claimed on TV that his bumbling attempt to destabilise Phil Goff's leadership with an anonymous letter writing campaign was how it's always done.

The end of a career

The casualties of war

Pork still off, and rotten tomatoes for stink show

In a perverse way, I was relieved to see that the pigs at Colin Kay's farm near Levin appear to be as badly treated as they were when Mike King blew the lid off the industry 15 months ago.

The Write Stuff

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The Dominion Post 5-Minute Quiz Book

The 5-Minute quiz, appearing daily in The Dominion Post, is one of the most participated activities in the paper.

Wellingtonian of the Year Awards 2010

Livewire explained

Readers' Rail Tour 2010

Join us for our 21st annual rail expedition as we journey West to East through the North Island.

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Lions hoping to get just rewards

Anyone caught walking at Lions training was sent for down and ups.

Chris Carter
Labour demands Carter quits

Labour is demanding Chris Carter resign.

Jail teen
Toddlers can go to jail with mum

Toddlers will be living with their mums behind bars.

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The end of a career

Chris Carter just does not get it.

Nevin puts baby watch on hold
Outstanding career comes to an end

The Wellington selectors have told Chris Nevin it is time to go.

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The casualties of war

The more informed voters are, the more likely it is they will make sound decisions.

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