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The end is nigh for museum's critters

Auckland Museum is disappointing some of its younger patrons by "retiring" its menagerie of live creatures - partly because of welfare concerns.

Low key arrival for John Key

Prime Minister John Key's arrival in Brisbane was a lot less low key than for the main players of the G20.

Key arrives at G20 summit

New Zealand is a ‘guest’ at the G20 - a summit of the leaders from the 20th richest, most powerful countries in the world. Key has described it as a chance in a life time.

Kiwi strips away German leader's reserve

A baby kiwi got more of a smile out of the German Chancellor than the charm of John Key yesterday, but Angela Merkel left the Prime Minister with far more than a handful of feathers.

In praise of adventure

Citizen science

In the parks, beaches, back gardens and forests of the country, non-scientists can help with with a raft of research projects.

Robinson out to recruit NZ war stories for new series

Hot times in the Old Town

The long fight to preserve planet Earth

Daytripper: Curiouser and curiouser

Museum tour gets 'weird'

Monkey love may teach us about humans: Study

Museum fears knock-on effect of law change

Auckland War Memorial Museum fears a proposed law change will have the unintended consequence of making it trickier to accept donated objects.

Janet McAllister: Auckland could become world's mural capital

Dishwash powder big danger to kids

Our biting spiders don't deserve a bad press

In part two of this series on things that sting and bite, the experts look at spiders and sort fact from fiction.

Bright blue menace real threat to fun in the waves

In a four-part series, experts take a look at the toxic surprises that could be lurking in the backyard, beach or bush - or even the bathroom - this summer. We start with a look at the beach.

Planned rail station tipped as big boost to museum