The power of black
From fashion to sport, film to tourism, Steve Kilgallon investigates how Brand Black got so big and why a colour came to define our national identity.Poverty plea angers investors
Former Bridgecorp director Rod Petricevic will tomorrow seek a permanent stay of criminal proceedings against him on the basis that he cannot receive a fair trial because he can't afford a lawyer.
Families of fishing crew face backlash
Poverty-stricken Indonesian families of 32 men refusing to crew a Lyttelton-based Korean fishing boat have been summoned to Jakarta tomorrow to face agents who hired the crew on slave wage rates.
Sparc to dig deeper
Government body Sparc is to investigate the New Zealand Academy of Sport following a major Sunday Star-Times expose.
Tornado strikes
A family has cheated death after a tornado tore a path of destruction through Waikanae, north of Wellington, at about 4pm yesterday.
Backup workers hit the red zone
British and American crews have been brought in to help demolish damaged buildings in Christchurch's battered CBD, but there are still not enough skilled workers or equipment to allow the deconstruction work to continue on weekends.
Scrabble jandal scandal
Scrabble will reconsider its controversial banning of the word "jandal".
Phone hacking could happen here
Ancient sea monster resurfaces
Dreams are free, life takes toll
When you think about your day job – the place you're most likely going to tomorrow – consider whether it's what you really wish you were doing with your life. How often do we get the chance to chuck it all in and follow a dream?
Man in the street
Bill Cunningham: New York, 84 mins PG, four stars
Fresh Transformer thrills
Kiwi audiences get a reel deal
One for Alasdair T
"Potiche" means trophy wife in French, and Catherine Deneuve plays the very best of them in this latest romp from director Francois Ozon (8 Women).
Demands for reform at academy
Sparc's boss will demand internal documents from elite support services contractor, the NZ Academy of Sport, in an attempt to fix the flawed supplement programme.
Kahui ideal fit for cup quest
Richard Kahui will no doubt have a few butterflies, as he wiles away the hours ahead of the All Blacks' squad announcement.
Depression casts shadow over O'Brien
Meninga out of the race for Warriors
A step too far for Crusaders
As the Crusaders gathered for their fairy-tale finish, that evil Will Genia came in and turned the Red and Blacks’ quest for immortality into a nightmare.
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Lenders: We can net the sharks
Mainstream lender will resist proposed new lending laws at next month's anti-loan shark summit in Auckland and will instead call for tougher enforcement of existing rules.
French raise a glass to Kiwi wines
A hotel and restaurant in France has found a serious problem with New Zealand wine – they can't get enough of it.
Serepisos sale of the century
Making money out of how you pay money
Women still shut out
New Zealand may have been the first country to give women the vote, but women appear to be excluded from the country's boardrooms.
Powers in waiting find their mojo
Theoretically, Labour has got its mojo back. Theoretically. The party caucus has, despite the numerous and considerable distractions, kept its work rate up and developed a decent plan.
The lone wolf in us all
Some find it at church. Others at a nightclub. Cheap thrills: satiation, gratification, validation. How blessed to belong.
A noteworthy concept
A lineup of the usual suspects
A tax for people in glass house
A capital gains tax is the end of the world. It will "crush everyday New Zealanders", says John Key. It will send New Zealand "screaming backwards" and force Kiwis to "flee" abroad. It will strangle little children in their beds (or something like that).
'I've got farming in my blood'
Bruce Wills, the new head of Federated Farmers, talks about a childhood spent taming the wilderness, and the price he paid for returning to the family land.
Scrabble bibles lift word score
Steve Kilgallon learns big words, but just wants to slap the author with a jandal.
A way with words
Selling God
Despicable me: Empathy on trial
When a psychology questionnaire revealed he had disturbingly low levels of empathy, Adam Dudding wanted an explanation. So he got on the phone to the test's creator, the renowned British brain researcher, Simon Baron-Cohen.
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