1After 21 years behind bars, convicted double murderer David Tamihere will be released in two weeks. He was jailed for the 1989 murders of two Swedish tourists although he has always maintained his innocence.
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3A father who became the test case for the anti-smacking law has had his assault conviction against his four year old son quashed.
4Voters have delivered Barack Obama and his Democratic Party a strong rebuke in the US mid-term elections. Analysis.
5Parliament's Speaker has changed his mind about a plan to keep the travel expenses of MPs secret because the Greens and Labour have released their own figures.
6More schools are signalling they will boycott the Government's controversial National Standards programme.
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8It is predicted that over 400,000 New Zealanders will head to Australia to chase higher wages if NZ does not take radical steps to try to catch up with Australia's wealth.
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10Wairoa is planning to follow Wanganui's example by banning gang patches.
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