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Letters: We shouldn’t undervalue the important work of historians

OPINION: Also letters on religion and politics; cycle helmets; Palestinian state.

Kea Kids News: NZ’s foremost vacuum expert is only 11 years old!

Reporter Pippa is getting the dirt from Elliott, a Christchurch kid whose incredible knowledge of all things vacuum cleaner will have your head spinning and your house spotless!

Gaza and the Government: How to 'grow a spine' – Simon Wilson

OPINION: Even the horrors of war haven't stopped the Act tail wagging the Government dog.

Editorial: Children of sperm donors deserve more than luck to find their roots

OPINION: Every child deserves to know where they come from, without the scavenger hunt.

'Go on, tell the neighbours that I bash you,' man tells woman fleeing after violent attack

Ricky-Lee Maynard strangled her in bed before punching her about 10 times.

Idyllic isolation: Life in this tiny town with cheap homes - 'no one's rich... but everyone's happy'

Nightcaps' cheap homes are drawing out-of-towners – but it is about to lose its last mine.

'Brainless violence': Three shootings in two days in North Island town

One man turned up at a healthcare centre with a gunshot wound to his thigh.

Icy blast hits NZ: Hail blankets regions, storms loom for Auckland

Strong winds in Wellington reach gusts of 120km/h at Baring Head.

Excessive hours: Kebab shop hired workers, then had them do a second cleaning jobs without pay

One of the men, who was on a visa, was doing up to 65 hours a week. He was owed $16k.

MetService National Weather August 20

MetService National Weather August 20. Video / MetService

Scam warning: Kiwis cautioned against investing in Aussie business, up to 2000 already have

The man behind the business has been banned from offering financial services.

Auckland couple's railway grocery heist leads to multiple charges

the man tried to hide the trolley in a toilet cubicle.

Whangārei family woken to home of 19 years ablaze

Fire and Emergency crews were called to the home in Maunu, southwest of central Whangārei at 3.18am on Tuesday. Video / Brodie Stone

Nicola Willis and Chris Hipkins clash on ratings agency warnings

Finance Minister Nicola Willis and Labour leader Chris Hipkins critical of each other on debt levels. Video / mark Mitchell

'Carnival's over': Peters celebrates Trevor Mallard's early exit as Irish Ambassador

'I cannot believe that Jacinda Ardern sent somebody like him.'

Car thief undone by his ‘horrendous driving’, crashing into ‘numerous’ other vehicles

Police say they tracked him using all of the 111 calls as he drove through Hawke's Bay.