The Sunday Star-Times

By KIM KNIGHT - Sunday Star Times Penguins nest under the floorboards. A tame blackbird steals cat biscuits from the kitchen. The exterior hasn't been painted since 1974 - but the council valuation on this North Shore, Auckland, property...

In this article: Sunday Star-Times, Auckland, Penguins, America's Cup, and Dog

By SUSAN PEPPERELL - Sunday Star Times Fruit bat sex, zombie invasions and the psychology of bus stops: Kiwi scientists are gathering in Hamilton this week to explore some of the year's more unusual findings from the frontiers of...

In this article: Boson, Hamilton, Bread, God, Sunday Star Times, Waikato University, and Wellington

By LEIGH VAN DER STOEP - Sunday Star Times A barrister who advertised on his website that he would use "technicalities and loopholes" to get drink-drivers off charges has agreed to remove the page after an outcry from road safety advocates...

In this article: Sunday Star Times, Mother's Day, Christchurch, and Auckland

By GRAHAME ARMSTRONG - Sunday Star Times Firebrand MP Hone Harawira is "hurting" over his treatment by Maori Party leaders and is preparing to give an undertaking that he can "work within party rules". But a source close to the...

In this article: Sunday Star Times, Trademark, Tariana Turia, and Pita Sharples

By STEVE KILGALLON - Sunday Star Times Beckham wants to play on for England Thompson header takes Victory to win Hurt Beckham to take pain killers before final Adelaide steal a draw with Gold Coast FIFA rules out France-Ireland replay...

In this article: World Cup, Star-Times, Phoenix, FIFA, and World Cup

By STEVE KILGALLON - Sunday Star Times MR PRESIDENT: New Zealand Football president Frank van Hattum will head to South Africa for the World Cup draw next month as preparations for the All Whites campaign get underway. Beckham wants to...

In this article: Ricki Herbert, World Cup, Sunday Star Times, Kiwibank, and Phoenix

By MICHAEL DONALDSON - Sunday Star Times WOE IS ME: New Zealand cricket's bad boy Jesse Ryder. NZ names team for Pakistan match Warne hoping not to embarrass himself Call-up nice surprise for Fulton India escape with draw Canterbury...

In this article: Jesse Ryder, Justin Vaughan, Sunday Star-Times, New Zealand Cricket, Northern Districts, and Aaron Redmond

By ROB STOCK - Sunday Star Times Life has been returning to the troubled debt markets that caused carnage among investors in products such as ING's Diversified Yield Fund and Forsyth Barr's Credit Sails. When the financial crisis struck...

In this article: ANZ, Sunday Star-Times, US, Credit default swap, ANZ National, and Moody's

By ANTHONY HUBBARD - Sunday Star Times A stand-off has developed between supermarkets and the Law Commission over a proposed scheme to raise the prices of cheap beer and wine. The commission is considering a minimum price scheme, aimed...

In this article: Sunday Star-Times, Geoffrey Palmer, Tax, New World, Foodstuffs, and Four Square supermarkets

By TIM HUNTER - Sunday Star Times Hubbard firm profit up 80pc Meatworks pledges 'Christian' kill Off to paint the town white The cable guys NZ trade deal with Hong Kong Calls for change from a big gun Livestock Improvement sees $1b in...

In this article: Auckland, Copenhagen, and Hong Kong