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4.4 quake strikes off Wairarapa coast

Sir Peter Blake awards: Sam Johnson

Today the Weekend Herald salutes the winners of the annual Sir Peter Blake Leadership Awards, which honour one of the country's greatest leaders, the late Sir Peter Blake.

4.1 quake strikes West Coast

Insurance industry facing a climate of fear

Floods, hurricanes, droughts - will climate change mean more wild weather ahead? That's a risk the insurance industry is taking very seriously, reports Peter Huck.

Emperor penguin on the mend, still critical

Moon Man just wants chance to help people

Second penguin operation a success

Genius teens offer clever exhast emissions fix

Big jellyfish swarms a threat to oceans

Wind and waves getting stronger and bigger

Is there life on Mars?

John Roughan: Top minds work on teen issues

Study on adolescent risks finds answers in behaviour of infants.

Part of White Terraces discovered

Scientists who found part of the famed Pink Terraces in Lake Rotomahana in January have also found remnants of the White Terraces on the lake floor.

Sir Peter Gluckman: Early intervention vital for helping NZ's troubled young

More needs to be done during early childhood, write Peter Gluckman and Harlene Hayne.

Periodic table gets new elements - but no one knows what they do

They have existed for less than a second each, but two new elements have been added to the Periodic Table.

Government gives backing to 1080 report