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Thurston said the country needs to "have a chat" about Australia Day.
Curtin: Why PM's baby rocks our world
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Local Focus: Rātana roundup
Highlights of 100th Rātana celebration. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Labour Party and Ratana movement continue old alliance
Labour and its partner parties say they aim to better the lives of Māori
Children unearth boat relics
Landlubbers' house-boat attracted controversy at East Auckland beach.
The H Files: Migrant murdered for money, opium
Victim was quiet Chinese gambler who gave icecreams to children.
Brian Rudman: Show will go on in PM's absence
COMMENT: Doom merchants predicting disaster during PM's absence need to take history pill.
The H Files: A former lover, an axe and a man called Suzy
The H Files: Aucklander who killed for love was sentenced to life for manslaughter.
Charmed to death: Bride's chilling killing
Auckland woman paid terrible price for believing conman's story.
Slum killings: Freemans Bay and inner west
The Herald looks back at six central-Auckland killings in the 1940s and 1950s.
Mystery behind Blackbeard's ship revealed
'The fact that they're literate doesn't mean they're not terrible, marauding people.'
'Game-changing' discovery on Mars
We're one big step closer to human colonisation on the Red Planet.
Travel tips from the 19th-century Bear Grylls
How a mutton-chopped Victorian polymath gave rise to the travel guide
Brian Rudman: Dogged battler was prepared to risk a loss
COMMENT: Jim Anderton fought politically from day one.
'He's a god': Hillary's greatest legacy
Ten years after his death, Ed Hillary's legacy lives on strongly
Real Game of Thrones scroll in NZ
Historians seeking to uncover secrets of 600-year-old scroll.
Collegiate's West Indies debut a washout
Wanganui Collegiate School's first West Indies cricket tour match rained off
Wanganui Collegiate cricketers make history with West Indies tour
Wanganui Collegiate send cricket squad on 9-match, 18-day tour of West Indies
Gillian Brockell: Christmas Truce an enduring miracle
COMMENT: Remarkable ceasefire on wintry night in WWI a triumph of goodwill.
Tangiwai remembered: 64 years ago today
A ceremony marking 64 years since the Tangiwai disaster will be held at 10.21 tonight.
Will the real St Nicholas please stand up
Do you recall Saint Nicholas of Myra, the man behind Santa Claus?
Mystery solved: WWI sub with missing Kiwi found
Sub vanished off the coast of New Guinea in 1914 with 35 crew aboard, including a Kiwi.
Victoria Cross medal thief granted parole
Back before a parole board last week, Ronnie Van Wakeren was granted parole.
Ruapekapeka battlefield archaeology dig reveals British grave
Archaeological dig finds remains of 12 young British soldiers and sailors at Ruapekapeka
British graves found at historic Northland battle site
The remains of 12 British soldiers found in Northland burial plot after 171 years.
Fred Frederikse: 'Little Britain' thrives on unity
Co-operation and open borders secure unity of 'Little Britain'
The hunt for Zealandia, our lost continent
Continent of Zealandia was always there. Why did it take a century to prove it?
Leighton to retire after generation at the mic
Departing broadcaster spans generation of revolution in radio.
Renovator finds hand grenade under floorboards
Warkworth resident finds World War II hand grenade under floorboards during renovations.
Touch DNA could finally reveal Zodiac's identity
DNA has been lifted from handprints on one of the victim's trousers.
Dame Kiri putting Goldie paintings up for auction
The paintings by Charles Frederick Goldie are considered to be among his finest.
'Unique' drawing of Maori chief sold at auction
It's the first time a work by Charles Rodius has been sold publicly in New Zealand.