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Just $5 buys entry to a coastal paradise

Visitors to Nora and Waata Rameka's piece of paradise in Northland pay for the privilege of surfing off Takou Bay.

Feminist: Sex culture setting women back

"Raunch culture" has set back women in Western societies more than 50 years, says a visiting Australian feminist.

Mauritius the melting pot

Its location is little-known but its cultural appeal is huge - Pamela Wade throws herself into the Mauritian mix.

<i>Editorial</i>: No tatou katoa te reo Maori

<i>Paul Thomas</i>: PC brigade becoming crashing bores

Maori in Australia speedily losing language

Karawhiua - Give it a go: te reo tidbits for diners

'Horrific' damage to volcanic cone site

Kiwi pop stars sing with US twang

Call us loyal, but not to the Kiwi accent - nearly all New Zealand pop musicians sing with an American-influenced accent, new research has found.

Revamped square focus of festival

UN expert reports on NZ race relations

Syria bans full face veils at universities

Syria has forbidden the country's students and teachers from wearing the niqab - the full Islamic veil.

Minister rejects UK burqa ban

NZ opens arms wider for business migrants

Gays defy traditionalists with Warsaw march

To anyone who pictures Warsaw as a cold, grey, conservative city, yesterday offered an antidote.

Doco highlights hidden caste discrimination

NZ will not attend Fiji meeting - Key

NZ named third-best place to die

NZ is one of the best places to shuffle off the mortal coil, according to a new index.