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New Year 2025 Honours List
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Havelock North’s Prue Lamerton made ONZM for services to nuclear medicine
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‘Very honoured’: Ōtāne volunteer firefighter of 50 years receives King’s Service Medal
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Northland educator Dr Te Tuhi Robust honoured as ONZM for services to Māori and education.
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New Year Honours: Bay of Plenty, Coromandel, Taupō recipients named
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New Year’s Eve festivals under threat from rain, thunderstorms as ferries cancelled
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Making the show tick over - 57 years behind the scenes honoured
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Opinion: Why confidence is key to Auckland’s future growth
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Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit honour for Kaiti School principal
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Dame Lydia Ko and honours for former All Blacks coaches and My Food Bag founders
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Honours for people making Northland a better place
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‘In my DNA’: Life of voluntary work sees Mary Anne Eyles awarded NY Honour
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Hawke’s Bay cricket coach receives New Year Honour
The coach and mentor guided a Hawke's Bay high school to three national cricket titles.
Hope-Smart murders: Reflections on infamous case as Watson awaits court for appeal decision
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Waikato region home to 25 New Year Honours recipients
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