The owners who paid $3.1m for a property with a derelict Freemans Bay villa they hoped to restore, are having to demolish it after it was declared unsafe.
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Five-month-old baby dies
A tense scene as police attend a rural property this afternoon following the sudden and unexplained death of a baby.
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Playboy 'mastermind' to be deported
His fingerprints were found on a Harry Potter book and Rokas Karpavicius was extradited to NZ. Now the drug smuggling "mastermind" is being deported home.
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Heavy congestion after truck crash
A truck carrying a large amount of gravel rolled this afternoon on one of the main routes to Auckland Airport.
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Face-to-face with an assassin
Associated Press photographer Burhan Ozbilici was covering a photo exhibition in Ankara when a gunman opened fire.
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Triathlete 'devastated' after 2yr ban
Kiwi age-group triathlete Amy Stretton has been suspended for two years for providing an incorrect time at a world championship event.
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More sex charges for Kiwi actor
More sex assault charges laid after trial abandoned earlier this month.
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Prosecutor's bombshell JonBenet claim
The prosecutor for Boulder, Colorado, has said he hopes to go to trial so he can point the finger at JonBenet's killer.
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What it's like to ride with Lance
COMMENT: Even disgraced drug cheat Lance Armstrong seemed bemused by the yellow jersey in the melee of cyclists scrambling to ride alongside him this morning.
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Warning over water used by Sir Colin
A product that rugby legend Sir Colin Meads says has extended his life expectancy has not been approved by medical experts.
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The biggest space discoveries of the year
Mythical planets, nearby Earth-like worlds and unprecedented missions to Jupiter and Saturn. We learned a lot about our universe in 2016.
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New Cabinet in Cathedral rebuild talks
Bill English's new Cabinet heard proposals on the earthquake-ravaged Christchurch Cathedral rebuild today.
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Uber's staggering losses exceed $1b
In the third quarter Uber lost over $1.15 billion, and that's not including its failed China operation.
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Magazine cover everyone is talking about
A little girl dressed in pink with matching hair stares pensively into the camera. The picture is generating a lot of debate.
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Poker pro must repay $15 million
Poker champion Phil Ivey has been ordered to return $14.6 million in winnings to a casino simply because he's too good.
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How drug addict turned his life around
Five years ago, Kane Patterson was homeless, taking drugs every day and eating out of bins. Incredibly, he turned it all around.
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Cancer symptoms you could be missing
Most of us know the common signs of cancer. But these 10 symptoms could also help with early detection.
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Fly Buys boss now selling NZ
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PM: I don't know what 'feminist' means
Prime Minister Bill English says he wouldn't describe himself as a feminist and isn't bothered if his new Minister for Women does, either.
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