Alex Dickson, 12, is using the ocean swim series to prepare for an attempt on Cook Strait. Photo / Richard Robinson
Alex Dickson was eight and had been swimming competitively for a year when she casually leaned over to her mum and said she'd like to have a go at swimming across Cook Strait. Now 12, and one of the youngest competitors in today's Auckland leg of the Sovereign New Zealand Ocean Swim Series, Alex… More
Paul Temple was relaxing on a couch in his front yard, enjoying the morning sun and a cigarette, when a boy ran… More
4:00AM Thursday November 19, 2009
The late Sir Howard Morrison has been honoured with an annual and substantial tertiary scholarship in his name… More
4:00AM Friday November 20, 2009
Police are trying to establish who was at a drinking session where a Hamilton man was hit on the head with a weapon… More
Two Waikato families are grieving after two babies died unexpectedly. Eastern Waikato police are investigating… More
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