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Final Fantasy XV trailer video

The first trailer for Square Enix' Final Fantasy XV, an upcoming PlayStation 4 and Xbox One game.

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Battlefield 4 multiplayer screenshot

Battlefield 4 E3 multiplayer highlights video

The best takes of the live Siege of Shanghai E3 multiplayer demo of Battlefield 4.

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Mr Dunne pleaded for the Electoral Commission to change its rules

Dunne's party funding in doubt video

Embattled MP Peter Dunne has been dealt another blow in his fight to get his United Future party officially re-registered.

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16-year-old Josh Oliver (3 News)

Thousands follow 16yo's weather updates video

At 16 years of age, Christchurch local Josh Oliver isn't your typical weather forecaster.

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Tom Clancy’s The Division screenshot

The Division gameplay trailer video

The E3 gameplay reveal trailer for Tom Clancy’s The Division.

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Greens co-leader Russel Norman (L) and Prime Minister John Key

Greens U-turn won't quiet Key video

The Prime Minister lost use of one of his favourite political weapons today, thanks to a policy U-turn by the Greens.

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Flavell accepts rewrite of Gambling Bill video

The Maori Party's attempted king hit on gambling has turned into more of a gentle shove after a major government re-write of its Gambling Bill.

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MetService has issued a severe weather warning for some areas

NZ prepares for worst as polar blast looms video

New Zealanders are preparing for the worst as an oncoming polar blast threatens to cut power and make driving treacherous.

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The EPL will be shown on the Premier League Pass website

Shake-up for sports TV video

The way we watch televised sport is about to undergo a major shake up as EPL shifts to online coverage.

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Former prison tutor awarded $20k

A woman who lost her job as a tutor in a prison after she sent an inmate a postcard has been awarded more than $20,000 in lost wages and compensation.

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Destiny screenshot

Destiny E3 gameplay trailer video

The latest trailer for Activision and Bungie's upcoming Destiny.

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The tornado was likely an EF0 tornado (Colin Krippner/WeatherWatch)

Small tornado south of Hamilton

A tornado has been sighted in the small Waikato community of Paterangi, south of Hamilton, this afternoon.

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Anchorman: The Legend Continues poster art

Anchorman 2 trailer video

The first full trailer for Anchorman: The Legend Continues has been released.

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Bradley Cooper (AAP)

Bradley Cooper voted man with the best hair

Bradley Cooper has beaten Ryan Gosling and David Beckham to the top of a new hair poll.

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Dairy farmers rely on PKE for supplementary feed for their animals

Animal limb found in palm kernel batch

A Bay of Plenty farmer found a limb of a small animal, possibly a deer or goat species not present in New Zealand, in a shipment of palm kernel.

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Paris Jackson (AAP)

Paris Jackson hasn't celebrated birthday since dad's death

Michael Jackson's embattled daughter Paris has refused to celebrate her birthday ever since her father's untimely death in 2009, a court has heard.

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Thief screenshot

Thief E3 2013 trailer video

Latest trailer for Thief, the next-gen first-person adventure from Square Enix and Eidos-Montréal.

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Woman knocked out during invasion

A woman has been knocked out after she disturbed two intruders in her home in the Bay of Plenty.

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Battlefield 4 advertising on the exterior of E3 venue the Los Angeles Convention Center

E3 2013 photogallery

Photos taken at the 2013 Electronic Entertainment Expo at the Los Angeles Convention Center last week.

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Johnnie Wiggins and Prudence Hockley (Komo News)

Man guilty of murdering NZer in Seattle

Johnnie Lee Wiggins has been found guilty of murdering Prudence Hockley, a New Zealand-born woman, in Seattle in December 2011.

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About 300 jabs against the serious disease were given to Ashburton residents on Monday (file)

Hep A outbreak worsens in Canterbury

Canterbury DHB is urging meticulous hygiene after an outbreak of Hepatitis A in Ashburton.

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Brad Thorn will lead the Highlanders against Southland (file pic)

Highlanders ready for Super return

A mix-and-match Highlanders team will play a Southland selection in a warm-up match on Friday in Dunedin before Super Rugby resumes next week.

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Blues coach Sir John Kirwan (file pic)

Kirwan names Blues squad

Blues coach Sir John Kirwan admits he's taken a few risks in naming a 26-man squad to travel to South Africa for matches against the Sharks and Cheetahs when Super Rugby resumes next week.

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Fair Play of Fees says 3000 more ANZ customers have signed on to a class action

More ANZ customers sign on to class action

Fair Play of Fees says 3000 more ANZ customers have signed on to a class action against the bank over default fees.

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Hayley Westenra (AAP)

Mums get freebie on royal baby day

Hayley Westenra will give away copies of her lullaby album to NZ, Australian and UK mums who give birth on the same day as the Duchess of Cambridge.

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Mary J Blige (AAP)

Mary J Blige sued over scrapped Dallas concert

Soul icon Mary J Blige has been hit with a lawsuit over a cancelled 2012 concert.

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AMP Capital Investors New Zealand is collecting more fee income after AMP acquired Axa Asia Pacific

AMP Capital NZ lifts fee income

AMP Capital Investors New Zealand is collecting more fee income after AMP acquired Axa Asia Pacific.

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The Miami Heat and San Antonio Spurs will battle it out again in Miami on Friday for the NBA Finals (Reuters)

Heat take it to Game seven

The NBA Finals series will go to a deciding seventh game.

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Mike Miller didn't have time to put his shoe back on, so he ditched it and shot the three pointer

Miller shoots no-shoe three pointer video

Miami Heat's Mike Miller hit a three point shot with one shoe on in game six of the 2013 NBA Finals today.

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Man bashed in Levin

A man suffering from health problems has been attacked and seriously injured in his Levin home.

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Whooping cough outbreak in Northland

Northland is in the grips of a whopping cough outbreak.

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Kieran Read has gone from strength to strength as interim All Blacks captain (photosport)

Read thrives in McCaws absence

Bursting runs, tireless defence, lineout prowess and now, it seems, the interim All Blacks skipper has mastered that rare art of reading a rugby ball's flight path.

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Facebook seemed to have crashed briefly this afternoon, but the company has not yet put out a release on their website

Facebook apologises for crash

Facebook's apparent global crash this afternoon has sent social-mediaphiles to Twitter and other platforms to ask what's happened to the world's most popular social networking site.

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Rihanna (WENN.com)

Rihanna breaks YouTube record

Rihanna has stolen pop star Justin Bieber's crown as the most-viewed artist on YouTube.

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The outage forces locals to travel an extra 20 to 30 minutes (3 News)

Flood washes out bridge support video

A key north Canterbury bridge will be closed for at least another week as workers scramble to repair significant flood damage.

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Plants vs Zombies: Garden Warfare trailer video

The official E3 reveal trailer for EA and PopCap Games' Plants vs Zombies: Garden Warfare.

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The new app allows Orcon customers to make landline calls from their smartphone

App allows landline calls using mobile

A New Zealand internet provider has developed an app which lets people use their smartphone like a landline.

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Edward Furlong (AAP)

Edward Furlong charged with assault

Edward Furlong faces four years behind bars after allegedly assaulting his ex-girlfriend, actress Monica Keena.

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Johnny Depp (Reuters)

Johnny Depp firm friends with West Memphis Three

Johnny Depp has developed a strong friendship with Damien Echols ever since the West Memphis Three member was released from prison.

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The English Premier League will be broadcast live online in New Zealand (Reuters)

NZ's EPL to be broadcast online

New Zealand's newest big media player has revealed how it will share the biggest football tournament in the world.

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James Franco (Reuters)

Franco seeks $500k in crowd-funding

Following crowd-funding campaigns from Veronica Mars and Zach Braff, James Franco is trying to raise US$500,000 to bankroll a trilogy of movies.

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Miley Cyrus (AAP)

Miley Cyrus: 'Marijuana isn't dangerous'

Miley Cyrus believes cannabis is way less harmful than alcohol.

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World number one Novak Djokovic says the biggest mind games on court are with himself (Reuters)

Djokovic: Biggest mind games against myself video

World number one Novak Djokovic says the biggest mind games on court are with himself.

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Dinosaurs couldn't stop a killer asteroid - can humans?

NASA: Prove we're smarter than the dinosaurs

NASA has called on the public to help them find asteriods that could end the human race.

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The Bill will give the DIA more power to cancel or suspend licenses for non-casino gaming machine venues

Govt gambling bill guts Maori Party's original

The Department of Internal Affairs (DIA) has revealed a new gambling amendment bill – which has gutted the Maori Party's original bill.

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Curiosity and its Lego imitator - but which is which?

Curiosity gets the Lego treatment

Don't have $2.5 billion to build your own Mars rover? Then Lego has just the thing for you.

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Phil Mickelson is familiar with picking up the runners-up medal at the US Open (Reuters)

Mickelson medal?

The U.S. Golf Association is not opposed to inflicting cruel and unusual punishment at its premier championship, so here's something it might want to consider.

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ichael Holding believes Tim Southee is the way forward for New Zealand (photosport)

Holding: Southee key to NZ attack

The Black Caps bowling is seen as the key to rising up the world rankings despite the batting being the real issue.

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Venus Williams will miss her first Wimbledon in 16 years, after pulling out due to a back injury (Reuters)

Williams pulls out of Wimbledon

After 16 consecutive years of always showing up at Wimbledon, winning five titles along the way, Venus Williams pulled out of the grass-court Grand Slam tournament on Tuesday, citing a lower back injury.

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The number of abortions in New Zealand has declined for a fifth year (file)

Abortion figures continue to decline

The number of abortions performed in New Zealand has declined for the fifth consecutive year, according to Statistics New Zealand.

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