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Winner of Booker Prize awarded Collegiate's highest honour
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Firefighters' safety key in new Pacific Helmets' designs
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Cook Strait drama: What's gone wrong with our ferries?
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Confidence gap: The common mistake holding women back in the workforce
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Cup triumphs and football heroes to be toasted at 50th celebration
Red carpet set to be laid out to returning sporting heroes of famous club.
Award-winner takes family farm into fifth generation
“I just have to back myself. I know I’m capable and I know I can do it.”
One dead, six injured after school bus crash near Whanganui
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New TV show ‘Blow Up’ goes down like lead balloon with environment experts
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New community hub for whānau along the Whanganui River to open
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'Not a classic social media balls up': What can Govt and executives learn from the Rob Campbell saga?
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‘Cuts are cuts’: Why the next Auckland Budget could shape the city for years
Auckland Council is compelled by law to plug a $300 million hole.
Cyclone Gabrielle rescue: ‘I have never loved dad so much’
Tractor used to rescue young grandchildren - community rally around each other.
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Who is Rob Campbell? The outsider on the inside
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Esteemed Whanganui kapa haka groups finish competition on a high
Te Reanga Mōrehu O Rātana won the choral section at Te Matatini.
Summer ruined as rain records broken – how much more can our cities handle?
Rainfall records have been smashed across the North Island.
Historic Māori storage pits found in South Taranaki
"You don’t see te ao Māori here anywhere. But you’re standing on it.”
‘He had a community heart’: Chester Borrows dies aged 65
"He wanted to make sure we were all working together."
Auckland city transforms: Your complete guide to new high-rises, hotels, shops and apartments
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The census is critical tool in holding the government to account.