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September 9 2013, updated 9:46am

Oracle v Team NZ

Oracle win, TNZ still up

Oracle come back fighting to get their first America's Cup win, but still trail Team NZ.

Race four Race three

Train victim named

man hit by steam train 9:46am A man who died after being hit by a steam train on the West Coast at the weekend has been named.

Man, 107, killed in police shootout

8:48am A 107-year-old man was killed after police officers shot back at him at his US home.

Dad to meet lawyer

The father of a baby whose throat was slashed after her mother was turned away from hospital is exploring legal options.

'You wouldn't recognise' beaten cop

Friends and family of policeman seriously injured in attack send messages of support.

Hands up! Oh, it's the Prince

Prince Andrew has accepted an apology after being told to ''put your hands up and get on the ground''.

Wind and rain to hit

Windy Severe gale force winds are on the way for much of the country, while the west of the South Island is in for a drenching.

Strong ties with Abbott

Australian Prime Minister-elect Tony Abbott is "warmly disposed" toward New Zealand, John Key says.

Fluoride billboard divides dentists

Game of nice tries for Grace

Neelu Memon

A vision realised on high

A blind New Zealand woman is on her way to climbing the seven highest mountains across seven continents.

Chemical attack proof lacking

White House Chief-of-Staff Denis McDonough US concedes it lacks "irrefutable, beyond-a-reasonable-doubt evidence" on Syrian chemical attacks.

Children hurt on fairground ride

A festival attraction that swings riders up and down and around sent children falling to the ground, injuring 13 of them.

Strong ties with Abbott

Lasers cause emergency landing

Prince Andrew

Hands up! Oh, it's the Prince

Prince Andrew has accepted an apology after being told to ''put your hands up and get on the ground''.

Brewer in power spat

Powershop A bemused craft beer brewer is trapped in a legal battle between rival power retailers over $18,000.

EBOS eyes more Aus acquisitions

The pharmaceutical and healthcare giant eyes two further acquisitions across the Tasman as it accelerates plans for an ASX listing.

Imports undervalued for GST

Firms get into drug testing

Shane Joyce

'Showrooming' hurts

Bargain-hunters try products in shops, then pull out smartphones for a better price.

Cash refuses to die

cash Cash isn't dying like it was supposed to - in fact it's making a comeback.

Cool $500k profit in house sale

An Auckland homeowner has pocketed a cool half a million-dollar profit in a record-breaking auction.

Things you must tell your agent

No quick-fix to success

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Mortgages already on the up

The Reserve Bank's speed limits on low deposit home loans are already driving up interest rates.

Wikileaks details NZ spies

Documents, folder, files Confidential documents released by Wikileaks reveal details of the kinds of surveillance systems that will be used under the GCSB act.

Most online encryption cracked

The NSA has secretly been unravelling encryption technology that billions of internet users rely upon.

Gaming fame elusive for Kiwis

Is this the killer tape?

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I spy with my little app

Un-app-y with your boyfriend? Technology may have the answer for those nights he's "at the driving range".

The hot wedding trends

wedding Something old, something new. Ceremonies now highlight what's individual.

Why lifespans have doubled

Why are you not dead yet? Almost everybody has a story, but we rarely hear them.

Lying about IVF treatments

Get it off your chest

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Spring clean your attitude and free yourself from emotional clutter with these top tips.

Big, bad Yeastie Boys

yeastie boys Wellington brewer Yeastie Boys is five years old and it's as big and bad as ever, reckons Michael Donaldson.

Gwyneth's sweet potato muffins

The clean-living celeb shares a gluten free, savoury muffin recipe from her second cookbook.

Raspberry and lemon souffles

Yeasty feasts

Mustangs they never built

Five Mustangs never built. Here are five Ford Mustangs that were never built.

Euro debut for American icon

For the first time ever, a new Chevrolet Camaro is to be unveiled in Europe before it is seen in the US.

How soon is now?

Junior hot hatch shoot-out

Bring on the 50 Shades sex

Charlie Hunnam Charlie Hunnam is ready to engage in some very graphic sex scenes as the leading man in 50 Shades of Grey.

Bruno Mars to play Super Bowl

Grammy-winning singer Bruno Mars has been named as the headliner for the halftime show at next year's Super Bowl.

Goldenhorse girl, interrupted

Lorde has the power

Eminem

Eminem's really bizarre interview

Rapper seems spaced out as he gives deeply weird answers on sports show.

Stop the carry-on luggage binge

Bag Strap Why don't airlines ever actually enforce their own restrictions for carry-on luggage?

Beijing's droopy duck

Bejing's 18-metre tall duck appeared wrinkled and its beak drooped, prompting internet ridicule.

Lasers cause emergency landing

Flight attendants smuggle goods

Rat Pack Strap

Rat Pack hangout makeover

A Lake Tahoe resort once owned by Frank Sinatra is about to undergo a major makeover.

Our beautiful culture

jandals Capture classic Kiwiana on camera and you could win an amazing prize with Samsung.

Offal-ly good savings

Eating cheap means developing a tolerance for things you once wrinkled your nose at, Derek Seymour says.

Linked letters spell love

Learning to get on with it

FARM FRESH: Eating organic in France

The fruits of French labour

WOOFing on a French farm ends up with wolfing down blueberries by the bushful, for Dave Monk

Oyster breakthrough

Rodney Clark A Bluff company says it has cracked the secret to producing millions of oysters for the world market.

Urgent sale of business

Feilding agricultural machinery firm with more than $2 million annual turnover is on the market.

Farmers' wages in spotlight

Mussel harvest pending after downtime

Finally, we know what's in pee

Urine Believe it or not, but the research for this took seven years.

This volcano is a monster

It's has been hidden for ages. But now scientists have found it, just chillin' beneath the sea.

Shocking pics of Biblical plague

Not sexting as much as you'd think

Kiwis make it Burghley trifecta

Jock Paget Kiwis Jock Paget and Andrew Nicholson claim slice of history with Burghley triumphs.

No Richie, no worries

Richie McCaw's likely Rugby Championship-ending knee injury turns out to be no big deal.

Elliott perplexed by finish

Phoenix ahead of schedule

Oracle

Oracle win, TNZ still up

Oracle come back fighting to get their first America's Cup win, but still trail Team NZ.

Shane Joyce

'Showrooming' hurts

Bargain-hunters try products in shops, then pull out smartphones for a better price.

Hotel-Strap

Light switch rage

Creating hotel rooms is expensive, you'd think they'd get a light switch right.

Pirates

Hidden treasures uncovered

New treasures are still being discovered three centuries after a pirate ship sank.

tuberculosis

Why lifespans have doubled

Why are you not dead yet? Almost everybody has a story, but we rarely hear them.

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