Call for urgent action on jails
Lack of staff and space spurs fears for safety
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.
Judge rules man stole bach
The Dominion Post | 05:00AM
A Wellington businessman has been found guilty of selling a bach that was not his.
Kiwi being held in China
ANNA CHALMERS and 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.
$18m state housing bill for new Government tenants
MARTIN KAY - The Dominion Post | 05:00AM
They have got the chauffeur-driven limos, and now a select group of ministers is settling into some of New Zealand's plushest state houses, worth a collective $18 million.
Hospitals faulted over 3 deaths
RUTH HILL - The Dominion Post | 05:00AM
Three deaths including that of a baby and two other cases in which a man nearly died and a teenager was left permanently disabled were caused by overcrowded, under-staffed emergency departments, Health and Disability Commissioner Ron Paterson says.
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
Axe hangs over envoy as Fiji row escalates
TRACY WATKINS and 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.
Power price rise backdown 'unlikely'
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.
Snowball home for Christmas
NATHAN BEAUMONT - The Dominion Post | 05:00AM
When Kelsi Reynolds lost her beloved cat Snowball, she never expected to find him gazing back at her from the pages of a newspaper, complete with a new name and on the hunt for another home.
Fight on over wind farm
TANYA KATTERNS - The Dominion Post | 05:00AM
A $500 million wind farm development near Dannevirke is opposed by many locals but is being backed by submissions received from as far as Britain.
Quake anniversary brings jitters
Judge rules man stole bach
The Dominion Post | 05:00AM
A Wellington businessman has been found guilty of selling a bach that was not his.
Reserve lookout plans abandoned
- 2008: Olympic glory and the loss of a legend
- Car rear-ended in Ngauranga Gorge
- Speaker stumbles, anoints Goff as PM
- Kiwi on Thai drugs charges
- Girl, 12, sends 300 sex photos
- Weathering the storms of 2008
- Three dead, two suffer due to short-staffing
- Terrier's terrifying tale
- Police patrolling to protect registered parties
- Barrel forced off road
TEXT MESSAGE JUNKIE: Hannah Brooke, right, finances her 6000-text-a-month habit with pocket money. Pictured texting with her is Alex Davidson, 17.
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Good clean fun a welcome change
This was my first time seeing Irish comedian Jimeoin live. Previous encounters (his films, The Craic from 1999 and 2005's The Extra as well as numerous television appearances) have left the corners of my mouth pointing down – but it is always different seeing a comic in performance. And Jimeoin definitely has something when you see him treading the boards.
Coldplay confirm one-off NZ show
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Santa 'exploits space-time continuum'
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Another Kennedy waits in the wings
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