Government considers Bangkok rescue; Key hints at business tax holiday; Recession could be over next year, forecasters say; All Blacks to meet their nemesis after 2011 World Cup draw made; and more
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National News Brief, Monday December 1
Answers in the Air New Zealand crash; New Zealand homes are making us sick; debt collectors want law change; HIV on the rise; climate change good for melanoma rates; Andrew Little's political ambitions
Read MoreNational News Brief, Tuesday November 25
Banks: Interest rates may be cut by more than one percent; Key at odds with other APEC leaders; flooding in the South Island; the most popular Kiwi movie; and more
Read MoreNational News Brief, Monday November 24
NZ commits to further trade talks; Education Ministry seeks compensation for leaky schools; $450 million drop in lamb exports; plastics recycling system misleading; get your life insurance from Tony's Tyre Service; and more
Read MoreNational News Brief, Friday November 21
Stricter bail laws by Christmas, new prison by 2011; families of violent kids to get parenting courses; John Key earns more than Kevin Rudd; new faces in Labour's shadow cabinet; Otago's "all white" cricket promo; and more
Read MoreNational News Brief, Thursday November 20
Air New Zealand to lay off 200 staff; Key and co to get pay rise; Rickards got $300,000 payout from police; $700 million development shelved; Kiwis 15th happiest in world; and more
Read MoreNational News Brief, Wednesday November 19
National cabinet sworn in today; verdicts in Nia Glassie case; housing slump worst on record; John Key reconsiders 'fart tax'; birth rate at highest level since 1962; and more
Read MoreNational News Brief, Friday November 14
Price wars in Christmas run-up will benefit shoppers; Turia says Goff is "bloody patronising"; house prices on the up; cutting edge melanoma vaccine to go on trial; John Key to meet Gordon Brown; Clint Rickards free to practise law
Read MoreNational News Brief, Thursday November 13
National confirms tax cuts and spending despite "bigger" deficit; Maori Party begin hui debating government deal; Mike Williams to stand down; businessman cleared of assassination charges; and more
Read MoreNational News Brief, Wednesday November 12
John Key's cabinet taking shape; John Banks slashing Auckland budget; bankruptcies up by a third; Phil Goff a workaholic; answers for David Bain; and more
Read MoreNational News Brief, Tuesday November 11
National to form a minority government, keeps allies out of Cabinet; Goff to be named Labour leader today; Vela brothers make late $100,000 donations; Key loves the limos; men living longer; and more
Read MoreNational News Brief, Monday November 10
Key in a rush to establish government; Phil Goff tipped to lead Labour; tax cut legislation before Christmas; NZ First future unclear; property prices down 6.8 percent; and more
Read MoreNational News Brief, Friday November 7
It's all about the election today: new polls and leaders on the trail
Read MoreNational News Brief, Thursday November 6
Obama's win may affect FTA talks; final leaders debate overshadowed by Obama; Blue Chip investors told to pay up or lose their homes; plum government roles on offer; NZ wine industry ever stronger; car prices to rise
Read MoreNational News Brief, Wednesday November 5
Police clear New Zealand First over $80,000 donation; Bill English thinks Barack Obama too "moralistic"; Maori Party promotes $500 Christmas gift for poor; Complaint over Rodney Hide's yellow jacket made by ACT supporter; speculation over APN buyer; and more
Read MoreNational News Brief, Tuesday November 4
Key "rattled", says Clark; Labour tries to poach NZ First voters; Hide's yellow jacket may break electoral rules; two All Blacks endorse National; tacky Hell Pizza ad pulled; $50,000 grants for artists; and more
Read MoreNational News Brief, Monday November 3
Vela family donation to United Future followed opposition to fishing restrictions; Greens want inquiry into Vela-New Zealand First relationship; banks promise to go easy on struggling mortgage-holders; Labour and National promise public spending to stimulate economy; Hell pizza's Sir Ed ads bad taste; and more
Read MoreNational News Brief, Friday October 31
Taxpayers pay to dig dirt on Key; more charges for Urewera accused; business confidence takes a tumble; workers get support from Labour and National; Port Otago to become South Island's biggest; Wellington trick-or-treaters face Vomit Man
Read MoreNational News Brief, Thursday October 30
Labour's "neutron bomb" a fizzer, John Key not involved in H-fee scam; Labour to match National's credit crisis assistance plan; 'new evidence' in David Bain case; Contact offers incentives to keep customers; New Zealanders bad for the environment; and more
Read MoreNational News Brief, Wednesday October 29
AXA freezes funds; Peters lobbied for Glenn; study finds hospital costs up, productivity down; the campaign promises keep coming; OE scheme extended; and more
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