House prices hit high

New record for property sales

For the fourth time in a year, house prices have set a new record in Canterbury-Westland.
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Friends mourn mate

Friends mourn "one of a kind dude", who died when the car he was in slammed into a Greymouth house following police pursuit.

Baby 'lucky' to survive crash

A six-month-old baby is lucky to be alive after a car apparently pulled out into the Northern motorway.

Wind and rain on the way

Heavy rain and gale force winds are expected to bash parts of the country tomorrow.

CTV rises again

Bold leadership has revived CTV three years since it lost most of its staff in the Christchurch quake.

Cable reel tables disappear

picnic Seven decorated recycled picnic tables have disappeared from New Brighton.

Farewell for murdered siblings

Bradley and Ellen Livingstone Mourners are gathering for the funeral of slain Dunedin youngsters Bradley and Ellen Livingstone.

Burglars out of luck

A couple's night out stealing was thwarted by another couple's night out testing specialist night vision equipment.

Burglars targeting schools' technology

Milner brother's business went bust

Police

Police poised to pounce at pump

Next time you go to fill up your car, it could cost you more than the gas.

Heritage holdups frustrate

Antony Gough Christchurch developer Antony Gough says heritage is becoming a roadblock to recovery.

Boom 'once in lifetime'

City's biggest home builder predicts about 7000 new houses will be built in Canterbury this year.

Home builders in overdrive

Manufacturers ready for rebuild

gerry brownlee

Need for openness in finances

City Care and Lyttelton Port shares are among council assets needing "serious reconsideration", Gerry Brownlee says.

Tips to ease into work year

Beck Eleven For so many of us that any holiday feeling will have well and truly disappeared by now.

Victorians knew how to tell a story

Show me a Victorian or Edwardian narrative painting and I'll surrender to the inevitable.

Inequality a risk to world progress

Economic shift needed

mvb

More than a whiff of leniency

A factory rendering animals to make gelatine is never going to smell pretty.

House prices hit high

real estate For the fourth time in a year, house prices have set a new record in Canterbury-Westland.

Fresh meat

Lisa Willert was just 23 years old when she bought Everybody's Butchery.

New directors for Solid Energy

Qantas' ski route to go daily

Antony Gough

Heritage holdups frustrate

Christchurch developer Antony Gough says heritage is becoming a roadblock to recovery.

Sport
Rugby  |  Crusaders  |  Cricket  |  Netball

Bowler gets Black Caps call-up

Hamish Bennett The Black Caps have been sent in to bat in the third ODI against India at Eden Park.

Steve Hansen tying the knot

Wedding bells are ringing for Steve Hansen.

Anderson a natural athlete

Wells brothers lead NZ

Lydia Ko

Ko slips back in Bahamas

Lydia Ko has slipped back into fifth after the second round of the season-opening LPGA tour event.

National
Crime  |  Education  |  Health  |  Politics

Rain, gales on way

Wild weather Heavy rain and gale force winds are expected to bash parts of the country tomorrow.

Motorcyclist dies in Bay smash

A motorcyclist has died in a crash in rural Hawke's Bay, northeast of Napier.

Police end case on abusive officer

Rich and poor in election focus

Hamilton woman Caroline Watenew

Woman lied to get leave, promotion

She faked qualifications to get a job and after a year's work pretended to have cancer.

More abductions in Egypt

Egypt Four Egyptian embassy staff have been kidnapped in Libya's capital Tripoli, a day after another Egyptian diplomat was seized there by gunmen.

Teen arrested after uni shooting

A suspect has been arrested and charged with murdering a student outside a dormitory at South Carolina State University.

Twelve killed in Chinese clash

Judge: Turn off life support

The manumea or tooth-billed pigeon

Pigeon feared extinct found

A cousin of the long lost dodo has been found a decade after it was feared they were extinct.

Beginner's guide to Reddit

It calls itself the 'front page of the internet', but what exactly is Reddit? It calls itself the 'front page of the internet', but what exactly is Reddit?

Snowden denies password theft

Former US intelligence contractor denies stealing co-workers' passwords to thousands of classified documents.

Happy 30th to Apple's Mac

Pope: Internet a gift from God

INTERNET WEIRDOS: Folks who should probably have their wi-fi privilege revoked.

Five kinds of internet bigots

Folks who should probably have their wi-fi privilege revoked.

queue

Long queues for Buskers

Keen Cantabrians began queuing at the ticket booths at 7am, as the World Buskers Festival launches into its final days. 

Ellerslie Flower Show

Countdown to Ellerslie

More gardens than ever will appear at the 2014 Ellerslie International Festival of Flowers.

flowers

Flowers return to the Square

After a two-year absence, the Festival of Flowers is returning to its old home in Cathedral Square on February 8.

Jodi Wright

Buskers founder to pass

The founder of the World Buskers Festival believes her 21-year-old brainchild is ready to go it alone.

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