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School used language funds for Hawaii trip

Clendon Park School spent $14,580 of Māori language funding on a trip to Hawaii.

Trip Notes: Toni Street on travelling with kids

The Hits Breakfast host gets real about travelling with kids.

Pacific bird refuge struggles as ocean garbage patch grows

Plastic, pollution and death litter the wildlife refuge of Midway Atoll.

First contact, 250 years on - flotilla arrives at Waitangi

Friday's scenes of waka paddling out to greet sailing ships a flashback to 1769.

Stopover Special: The best breaks on your way to Europe

Shandelle Battersby looks at the best short breaks on your long haul

Air NZ flight diverted to Hawaii with 'engineering issue'

An Air NZ flight from Auckland to San Francisco was diverted to Honolulu this morning.

Matt Heath: Kiwis are an embarrassing bunch overseas

COMMENT: We like to shoehorn in New Zealand chat wherever we can.

Room Check: The Fairmond Orchid Hotel

Andrew Parsons checks into the Fairmont Orchid Hotel, Hawaii

Mystery deaths in Fiji: Couple's last texts revealed

Family also preparing to tell the couple's orphaned son his parents won't be coming home.

Hawaii: Blissful nights in Waikiki

Mike Yardley checks in to the Royal Hawaiian in Waikiki.

The search for missing soldiers: How US is bringing wartime fallen home

New Zealand has almost 10,000 missing in action but no plans to replicate the US effort.

Sir Hekenukumai Puhipi: The bridge builder

A look back at the life of Sir Hek, bridge builder, who proved Māori not here by chance.

$370k penalty: Man 'too sick to work' takes Hawaii holiday

The Dunedin man must repay his insurer $370,000, a judge has ruled.

Horror as man falls into fiery Hawaii volcano

A man has fallen 20m into a volcano crater after climbing over a metal railing in Hawaii.

Helicopter crashes into street in Hawaii

The Honolulu Fire Department says three people have died.

Hawaiian Airlines boss; No free lunch with airline interiors

Hawaiian Airlines is fighting growing competition with brand new planes