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Antarctic hero's 'ill fated' calls

For the past century, since heading the first Australian-led Antarctic expedition, Sir Douglas Mawson has been considered a national hero.

Teen stabbed for wearing blue hat: Family

Key in Burma: The Herald interview

As John Key wraps up an important Burma visit, he talks to Herald Political Editor Audrey Young about what he's learned and seen.

Taste the difference

Major breweries are battling for market share as the taste for "quality" beer takes hold in supermarkets and pubs. Geoff Cumming follows the consumer-led revolution.

Golf: Fox holes out on 18

Top mountaineer slipped, fell to death

Scientists 'undiscover' pacific island

Life in jail for thistle grubber murder

A man who murdered an Auckland man with a thistle grubber has been jailed for life with a non-parole period of 21 years.

Editorial: Threats won't produce more engineers

Editorial: Steven Joyce is not the first Tertiary Education Minister to be frustrated by the discrepancy between the courses offered by universities and what the country needs.

Teen hurt in late-night hunting accident

Spider venom may cure dengue fever

Gender pay gap widens in New Zealand

The gender pay gap is the biggest it has been in 10 years, according to new data from Statistic New Zealand.

Bob Parker: My earthquake story

Christchurch mayor Bob Parker doesn't pull any punches in a personal account of the earthquakes that rocked his city.

Racing: Kiwi jockey to find out riding fate

The big OE: Exporting to the world

A brighter shade of Yellow

CTV: 'No confusion' over leadership

A Fire Service has disagreed strongly with some earlier witnesses at the CTV inquest that there was confusion over leadership on February 22 last year.

Craft brewer Emerson's bought out by Lion