January 7 2014, updated 5:00am

Glubb family

Struggling for life

Toddler Hudson Glubb has been denied disability care in Australia because they believe he's a kiwi.

More Kiwis die overseas

Plane 5:00am An increasing number of Kiwis are not returning home alive from overseas trips.

Milner's mystery man a killer

5:00am Murderer Helen Milner's ex-lover went on to strangle a woman to death.

Blood flies as guards brawl

5:00am Corrections officers stood down after punch-up in front of inmates over milk.

Parents heard his screams

5:00am Unwell German tourist attacked in street after hospital refused him a bed.

Gang leader admits order to kill

5:00am A Black Power member jailed for the shooting of a police witness has admitted he ordered the murder.

Church blaze 'suspicious'

church fire A fire that gutted New Plymouth's St Philomena's Catholic Church yesterday is being treated as suspicious, firefighters say.

Car-crash cost escalates for police

Crashes involving police cars have cost the police force nearly $11 million over the past four years.

Stand-in ferry ready

Kiwi felt Tripoli was 'amazing'

AOS

Fifty years behind the mask

Incognito, all in black, carrying an arsenal of weapons - the AOS members who get in the line of fire.

Midwest US under a deep freeze

Severe weather blows through parts of the Midwest US, delaying travelers, freezing roadways, and closing schools. Julie Noce reports.

Merkel in skiing accident

Angela Merkel German Chancellor Angela Merkel has fractured her pelvis in a cross-country skiing accident.

US official to advise UN

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has named former official Jane Holl Lute as his special adviser.

Rebels push al Qaeda back

Bali eateries deny food killed pair

US deep freeze polar vortex

Temperatures still dropping in US

A whirlpool of frigid, dense air known as a ''polar vortex'' has descended into much of the US.

Royalty deal for tech firm

PowerbyProxi co-founders Greg Cross and Fady Mishriki. PowerbyProxi signs another major licensing deal for its wireless power technology.

Apple Fields founder Kain dies

Christchurch businessman and property developer Tom Kain has died.

Fine art of a gooey delight

'My future's in NZ'

Mark Taylor of Framecard

'Factory in a can'

Framecad is relatively unknown in NZ but its steel design and build system has made an impact abroad.

Govt may appeal super win

Superannuation The case of the missionary who won the right to claim her pension overseas may benefit others.

DIY mobile home

Christchurch student fed up with high rental costs is building his own "cottage on wheels".

LVRs, quakes, hot buys and WOFs

Sacrifice and spreadsheets

money

Loan sharks circling

Desperate families increasingly taking out personal loans to boost house deposits and cover bills.

Global tech spending seen slipping

Smartphones A lower average selling price of smartphones and tablets will offset unit growth in markets like China.

Wearable devices next big thing

Developers hope by providing compelling apps for wearable devices they can create demand.

BlackBerry anger over keyboard

Snapchat works on security

MARIO AND FRIENDS: Well-known characters from classic games still have plenty of loyal fans.

Retro all the rage

Gamers are finding new ways to play their old favourites.

Girl Instagrams anorexia recovery

anorexia She's had an amazing year, and she's shared her journey with all of us.

On nail biting, hair pulling

Do you pick your skin? Pull out your hair? Bite your nails? You're not alone.

The best celeb self snaps

His year without sex

core

Nine moves that blast your core

The trunk is the most important part of the body to strengthen - here's how to do it.

Waiters have their own secret code

waiter The super-secret world of restaurant hand signals explained.

Five cheap NZ pinots to try

The reds that are a summer wine ... and more on a worldwide wine crime.

The truth about chocolate

Predicting 2014's food trends

McLaren cop car

Dubai police announce the addition of a McLaren MP4-12C to its growing stable of supercars. Dubai police announce the addition of a McLaren MP4-12C to its growing stable of supercars.

What's up for 2014?

Lots of new models are due, so here are our highlights predictions for 2014.

Talking the torque

Prosecutor wants accident video

Laneway loses another headliner

James Blake British musician James Blake follows Lorde's lead in choosing the Grammys over Auckland's Laneway festival.

Soap star accused of groping

Young and the Restless scandal with reports that actor's sacking was sparked by claims he'd been harassing young co-star.

Royal babies, loves and dramas

TV hunk's NZ adventure

Tom Hanks

An icon plays an icon

Tom Hanks is one of the very few actors alive who could get away with playing Walt Disney on screen.

Where nude swimming is normal

Helsinki_Strap A pool where swimming naked is the norm and 19 other reasons to visit the Finnish capital.

Green and glowing

Stepping into Gardens by the Bay, is like stepping to Pandora, the beautiful world created for Avatar.

High spirits on Maui

Coral society

Oasis of the seas

You've just gotta zip

Modern cruise ships now offer far more exciting activities than shuffleboard.

Five good 'bad' films

tom cruise This is a chance to stand up for films that you think are unjustly treated.

Govt 'failing' in water safety

Swimming should be as much a required skill as learning to drive a car, Pamela Bestwick writes.

Let's take it outside netball

Pet holidays: Pukenui

pregnancy test

A woman yet to 'graduate'

I drag myself to yet another fertility consultation. I haven't graduated into the next phase of womanhood.

Student's farming passion

Cameron Black from Riverton has won the top agriculture student award at Massey University . A top Massey student plans to continue his studies to research water quality for farmers.

Diagnosing mycotoxicosis a challenge

One of the biggest challenges when dealing with mycotoxicosis in farm animals is simply making a diagnosis.

Dairy move delayed

Tractor protest worth it

Kiwi ingenuity takes on crime

DNA A backyard invention from New Zealand is changing crime scene investigations around the world.

Quake phenomenon explained

People who witnessed odd lights during the Christchurch quake now have an explanation.

Invisibility tech offers quake fix

Learning to put the camera down

Russell Packer: A career ruined

Russell Packer Former Kiwi and legal team left stunned by jail sentence and launch appeal.

Windies opt for day off

Perhaps it was the rare treat of a sunny day that swung the decision for the West Indies brains trust.

Sing for unsung heroes

Wizards need a win

Tommy Haas

Haas defying his age

At 35, Tommy Haas has become the elder statesman of men's tennis, but he's by no means in decline.

Slovak Roma

Peaceful village's election shock

Slovakia's Roma live on the fringes of society, jobless, suffering from poverty and poor education.

nail

On nail biting, hair pulling

Do you pick your skin? Pull out your hair? Bite your nails? You're not alone.

Italy police

Mafia cleanup demanded

Italian church leaders have demanded a cleanup of waste dumped illegally by the mafia.

dog strap

Angels of mercy for dogs

An effort to stem 'kill-shelters' is growing in the US.

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