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Seoul Sailing: Korean Match Cup blog

Under the bonnet: Five-cylinder no longer the odd one out

Car engines have almost always come with even numbers of cylinders. Four, six, eight, 10; even the occasional two-cylinder.

Scorecapping: former All Blacks speak out for and against

Ford looks to Asia to double sales

Youth in holding pattern as recession bites north

The impacts of the global financial crisis hit are ingrained in our communities.

Car buyer's guide: Broke surfer catches a ride

Impoverished surfer Sam wants a useful ride - but doesn't want to drop more than two grand on it.

NZ author's latest book on New York Times Bestseller List

40 jobs to go at Dunedin rail workshops

Boy sells kidney for iPad 2

Rugby: Easing fears of All Black exodus

7000 Qantas cabin crew staff offered redundancy

Qantas hopes 350 - or five per cent - of its cabin crew will take up voluntary redundancy.

Fiction Addiction: Introducing 'The Beauty of Humanity Movement'

There seems to be a trend for long titles with meanings that remain obscure until you've read a decent chunk of the book.

World sharemarkets fall on bad US news

Album Review: Boris, Heavy Rocks/Attention Please

To release two albums at the same time is nothing for prolific Japanese experimental noise rock trio Boris, whose sound moves from thrashy punk through to psychedelia and ambient drones.

Hong Kong to Hanoi: Two-faced family fun

An action-packed trip to Hong Kong and Vietnam offers contrasting cultural lessons for mum, dad and the kids, write Grant Bradley and Estelle Sarney.

The dish: Food for thought