Call for urgent action on jails
Lack of staff and space spurs fears for safety
By EMILY WATT - The Dominion Post | 05:00AM
Up to four more prisons will be needed in the next eight years and there are concerns public safety may be at risk unless more prison staff can be found, Corrections has told the Government.
Axe hangs over envoy as Fiji row escalates
By TRACY WATKINS, KIM RUSCOE - The Dominion Post | 05:00AM
Talks between New Zealand and Fiji have failed to defuse tensions as the threat of expulsion continues to hang over acting high commissioner Caroline McDonald.
Kiwi being held in China
By ANNA CHALMERS, KAY BLUNDELL - The Dominion Post | 05:00AM
A New Zealander whose father was brutally murdered 25 years ago and whose brother was a victim of a vicious home invasion has been detained in China.
Boss faces charge after break-up bash turns sour
By MARTIN VAN BEYNEN - The Press | 05:00AM
A prominent Christchurch employer says he will vigorously defend a charge of disorderly behaviour resulting from a Christmas party that turned sour.
Welfare schemes 'struggling'
By BEN FAWKES - The Dominion Post | 05:00AM
Obesity, poverty and drug abuse are gobbling up billions of dollars in state funding as "short-sighted" welfare programmes struggle to deal with society's most deprived people, the new Government has been told.
$18m state housing bill for new Govt tenants
Zimbabwe commander wounded in shooting
Reuters
The head of Zimbabwe's air force, a close ally of President Robert Mugabe, was shot and wounded in an assassination attempt at the weekend.
Somali president names new prime minister
Cup organisers jittery over park delay
By COLIN ESPINER - The Press | 05:00AM
Rugby World Cup organisers want the Government to use its powers under the Resource Management Act to fast-track the redevelopment of Eden Park.
No let-up for all-rounder Harris at 39
Possible Air NZ fines 'no cause for alarm'
By ROELAND VAN DEN BERGH - The Dominion Post | 05:00AM
Air New Zealand shareholders are "not losing any sleep" over the Commerce Commission's decision to prosecute it and 12 other airlines for price-fixing in the air freight market.
Ramsay broke my heart - Sydney's 'Miss X'
AAP | 05:00AM
A Sydney woman says Gordon Ramsay broke her heart after they slept together while the British celebrity chef was visiting Australia.
Ramsay denies meeting Aussie girl 'Miss X'
Sydney's 'Miss X' claims Ramsay affair
Robbie's girl: It's me or Take That
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- No sex please, we're online
- Speaker stumbles, anoints Goff as PM
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- Slow driving lands top jockey in court
- Mum stole paper round money, punched girl
- Boy kicked unconscious in park
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Gordon Ramsay 'broke my heart'
A Sydney woman says Gordon Ramsay broke her heart after they slept together while the British celebrity chef was visiting Australia.
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Cup organisers jittery over park delay
Rugby World Cup organisers want the Government to use its powers under the Resource Management Act to fast-track the redevelopment of Eden Park.
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