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Romance at the water cooler

Forget bars and clubs. Increasingly, the new meeting ground for singles - and those looking to stray - is the workplace.

NZ independence is deeply rooted

Couples rush to avoid inauspicious year

Many Chinese couples are rushing to get married before the start of the Year of the Tiger, to avoid any misfortune associated with the inauspicious year.

Govt pulls back from outright burqa ban

Treaty's status needs review - commission

Timely Ngapuhi festival

Strewth, the Strine way of speaking may be about to disappear

Hard work pays off for Thai worshippers

Indians celebrate diamond year

<i>Dev Nadkarni:</i> Attacks fuelled by bad policy rather than racism

China displaces UK in family migration to NZ

In the first of a three-part series, immigration reporter Lincoln Tan investigates migration trends and their impact.

Meet a 'traditional' Maori - for only $5 a pop

Should there be more regulation of online sales of NZ food overseas?

<i>Adam Awad:</i> Refugees want to participate fully in NZ life

Ganges braced for 60 million bathing pilgrims

Authorities have urged people to avoid dirtying the Ganges - India's most sacred river, yet one of its most heavily polluted.

Envoy slams North's rights record

Homosexuals being used as 'scapegoats' by flawed governments

Homophobia is on rise in Uganda as the government seeks an Anti-Homosexuality Bill and the minister for ethics and integrity insists that it will be every citizen's duty under new laws to denounce anyone they suspect of being gay.

<i>Margot McRae:</i> Exciting welcome that says something about the city