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Flynn fights rare disorders

Young Flynn is unique in New Zealand

Jo Brodie is endlessly fighting against her motherly instincts to wrap her nearly 2-year-old son Flynn up in cotton wool.
Flynn Brodie

Car flees at 170kmh

9:51am A man is on the run after stealing $22,000 worth of chainsaws and fleeing from police in a car.

Wellington wakes up to frost

A frost hit the Wellington region this morning bringing temperatures down to below freezing.

Lights go out in crumbling building

The Terrace flats Only a small number of residents remain in the crumbling Housing New Zealand apartment block in central Wellington.

Voters blame Labour for debt

9:38am Voters are blaming Labour more than National for the country's current debt levels.
Comment: Govt's shrinking ambition

Sex slave denied justice

A serial rapist who kept one of his teenage victims as a sex slave is expected to walk free from court.

Four hurt in Upper Hutt crash

Police Four people were taken to hospital after two cars crashed in Upper Hutt this morning.

Killer used victim's car for hours

The killer of veteran journalist Derek Round drove around Whanganui for hours in his blue Jaguar after bashing him to death, police say.

217 film crews swarm Wellington

400 join SlutWalk march

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Model hopefuls wow organisers

Record numbers of hopeful models have tried to wow the judges to be part of the capital's largest fashion event.

Privacy breach complaints pile up

Privacy breach on 9000 ACC claims A victim of several ACC privacy breaches has an increasing pile of apologies.

Businesses pay to sit with PM

Businesses have been buying access to John Key through an Olympic fundraiser.

McCully tipped to stand down

Minorities shut out of public service

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Councils nudged on asset sales

Government signals local government should follow its lead and consider selling shares in publicly-owned assets.

Should school class sizes be increased?

Hekia Parata Ian Leckie Education Minister Hekia Parata and NZEI president Ian Leckie go head-to-head over the Government's changes to teacher-pupil ratios.

Editorial: Budget confirms shrinking ambition

On Thursday, Finance Minister Bill English will deliver the Key Government's fourth Budget. Already its shape is discernible from the pre-release of Budget-related information.

Who wants to see a rerun on television?

Children a gift that keeps giving

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Nanny state to the fore

Good news! After three years of being told they are a burden, our growing army of beneficiaries have a government concerned for their physical, mental and even reproductive well-being.

Timing critical for expansion

Charles Norwood The chief of GPS clock maker Tekron International and two colleagues are on their way to Barcelona today to market their wares.

Telecom says Xtra alert 'precautionary'

Telecom says it believes its Xtra email service returned to normal on Friday but it has retained a warning on its website "as a precaution".

Fonterra strikes back

Who wants to see a rerun on television?

Ben Masters

Boutique business hits big time

A Wairarapa company's quirky wallpaper prints are gracing the walls of Hollywood homes.

The Outsiders

Garry Forrester An American public servant living in Wellington has written a novel about a European public servant living in Wellington.

Model hopefuls wow organisers

Record numbers of hopeful models have tried to wow the judges to be part of the capital's largest fashion event.

Dynamic grains

Are manners dead?

Robyn Langlands

Miss a meal, help a charity

Food rescue charity Kaibosh is asking people to skip a meal out at a restaurant and donate the money they would have spent to its annual appeal.

'No-where for bands in Wellington'

Black Seeds The Hutt Valley could be replacing Wellington as the creative capital, Black Seeds guitarist Mike Fabulous says.

217 film crews swarm Wellington

Making an original short film in 48 hours takes ingenuity, creativity, the ability to operate while sleep deprived and a lot of good humour.

The GC an observational doco?

You should see this film

TV show Revenge

Soap opera off the scale

Emily Thorne's pretend beach house on twisted TV drama Revenge is no humble Kiwi bach.

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Hurricanes' defence hard to fix

Beauden Barrett Shifting Beauden Barrett to fullback and Andre Taylor to the wing won't fix the holes in the Hurricanes defence.

Saints book semis clash with Hawks

The Wellington Saints will play Hawke's Bay in their National Basketball League semifinal on Saturday.

Injured coach keeps Wairarapa on task

Wainui's defeat puts Porirua top-of-table

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Poneke facing relegation

A late Brandyn Laursen penalty enabled Hutt Old Boys Marist to beat Poneke 18-15 and cement their position at the top of the Swindale Shield standings.

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Canes crumble in second half

Lightning struck twice for the Hurricanes as they crashed to a damaging 37-25 loss to the Brumbies.

Victor Vito

Youth no excuse for Canes

Victor Vito says the Hurricanes need to stop hiding behind their youth and inexperience and learn to put opposing sides away.

Beauden Barrett

Trying to kick the habit

Percentages are often thrown out there as the true measure of a goalkicker's skill, but the devil is often in the detail.

Returned: Henry Speight, who has been in Canberra with the Brumbies this year, at training with Waikato in Hamilton this week.

Deceptive look to Brumbies

They look and talk like the Brumbies of old, but the Hurricanes are preparing for a challenge with a distinct South African flavour tonight.

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