January 26 2014, updated 12:46pm

Lorde

A night of stars and scandal

Lorde will join a history of gossip and gaffes when she performs at the Grammys tomorrow.

Lorde's style sets global fashion trend

Green's school hub plan

Metiria Turei 12:23pm The Greens would turn schools in lower income areas into hubs to address health, social and welfare needs.

Three dead in mall shooting

12:46pm Gunman opens fire in a skate shop at a crowded shopping mall near Baltimore, killing two store employees and then himself.

School ditches rules and loses bullies

Ripping up the playground rulebook is having incredible effects on children at one school.

Fatal sleepout fire in Canterbury

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Exam cheating inquiry continues

The NZQA is still looking through material in an investigation into a far-reaching cheating scandal.

Hospital waiting list warning

Hospital corridor, generic A sharp drop in the number of people taking out health insurance has prompted warnings public hospital waiting lists will spiral.

'You'll never be alone'

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Shane Jones in cannabis row

Designer attacks labels

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A good time? You bet

Wellington Cup crowds were well-behaved, pity about horses...

Maryland mall shooter had "lots of" ammunition- Police

Police say the suspected gunman in a shooting at a Maryland mall that left three people dead was carrying a large amount of ammunition. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).

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Kiev violence New violence erupted in Ukraine's capital during the night as a large crowd attacked building where police were stationed inside.

Death toll expected to be 32

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Hollande, partner separate

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Three dead in mall shooting

Gunman opens fire in a skate shop at a crowded shopping mall near Baltimore, killing two store employees and then himself.

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Court The courts in Christchurch are dealing with an increasing amount of earthquake-related fraud. Is a pattern emerging?

Climbing kiwi mixed

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Icecream seller licks jobless

A Kiwi icecream company is offering unemployed a chance to realise their own frozen dreams,

Insurers 'never had it better'

elephant on car Car insurance has become significantly more profitable, thanks to safer cars, better driving and an apparent failure of shopping around.

Cashing in on predictions

On Tuesday we had the momentous news that the politician whose hair has its own Twitter account was reappointed as a government minister.

Visitors triple to Life Direct site

Property overvalued 71 per cent

Mike Pero

Pero believes work ethic key

Success has not changed Mike Pero's views on money and hard work.

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.

Lorde's style sets global trend

Lorde Lorde's chic vampish looks are setting global fashion trends in the lead up to the Grammys.

When days go from bad to worst

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Love my kids, just not the gifts

Hairstyles for day old hair

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Conquer the bridezilla within

A summer working in a bridal boutique not enough to learn the tricks to overcome the wedding monster.

Soak up this sweet taste of home

Cake A traditional sponge gets a modern - and delicious - update with the substitution of a few key ingredients.

Fizz goes out of 'blood bubbles'

An innocuous machine for making tap-water bubbly is at the centre of an unlikely ethical battle.

Holiday in the kitchen

Cooking lamb with Coke

Tech to reduce rear-end collisions

Bosch Bathurst 12 Hour endurance race to feature cars with new radar and advanced software.

Power pole crash a $320k write off

Man guilty of dangerous driving writes off Aston Martin present to wife after Auckland dinner.

Five tonne monsters get crushing

Ford's future: connected cars

Me, Myself, and Biebs

Corey Haim and Justin Bieber Corey Haim’s legendary 1989 video diary, Justin Bieber, and the warping heat of teen fame.

PM snags votes at festival

Not for the first time, John Key wielded the barbecue tongs for the cameras, invoking an ancient political tradition.

Hustle's razzle-dazzle

Solid walk with odd stumble

Johnny Cash

Light on the man in black

A new biography adds definition to the blurred lines written about musician Johnny Cash.

Girls just wanna have fun

Bangkok Big city, short time? Leave it to a group of gal pals to streamline the perfect Bangkok weekend.

New cruises this year

Launch of five new ocean ships and 29 river vessels has 2014 shaping up as a big year for cruising.

5 free things to do in Milan

Pachyderms in the mist

Cooking Class

Holiday in the kitchen

At a cooking school on Queensland's Sunshine Coast there's more to it than just hard work.

Five pet holidays faves

Waitarere Beach With a dog and a campervan Annalie Brown is used to trawling the country for pet-friendly spots.

Your top five Kiwi movies

New Zealand has been home to some fabulous films. Which are your top five favourites?

Surf's up pups!

Running hard habit to break

Dwayne Bravo

A side to tackle the ODIs

Wayne Parker names an ODI World XI for cricket aficionados.

Farm sales up, confidence strong

Nz dollars Farm sales rose by more than 20pc last year reflecting strong confidence in the rural sector, the Real Estate Institute says.

Fruit fly findings near

Results due soon from extra surveillance used in effort to arrest possible harm posed by biosecurity breach.

Riverlands fined after finger lost

Life returns to a stream

Aftershocks likely to stay deep

Wellington Airport Eketahuna's 6.2 earthquake is very unlikely to be followed by another large earthquake.

Life possible in Mars water

Four billion years ago, Mars was a hotter place with the water flowing across the surface.

Making of a masterpiece

Water found on planet Ceres

Unchanged test squad named

Peter Fulton and Hamish Rutherford Mike Hesson has stuck with the tried and true in naming an unchanged test squad to face India.

America's Cup to move?

The next America's Cup could be sailed off a Hawaiian beach or San Diego instead of returning to San Francisco.

Bond beats Drysdale

New Zealand send Fiji packing

Lydia Ko

Ko stays in touch with leaders

Lydia Ko remains in contention, but wasn't able to shoot as low as some on moving day at the Bahamas Golf Open.

Bangkok

Girls just wanna have fun

Big city, short time? Leave it to a group of gal pals to streamline the perfect Bangkok weekend.

Teeth

It's a rotten shame really

After producing a generation with the healthiest teeth in our history, have we become complacent?

Sweatshop

Designer attacks labels

Kiwi fashion designer launches attack on contemporaries who employ Asian sweatshop labour.

Elephant

Pachyderms in the mist

A trip to a Thai national park means elephants and much, much more.

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