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WOMAD: Bloody beautiful, mate
As the sun sets on a truly international event, Hayden Donnell reflects on WOMAD's highlights.
WOMAD: Musical melting pot
It's the flags you see first. WOMAD, held annually at Taranaki's beautiful Brooklands Park, is littered with them.
Untapped potential is huge
In the high-stakes game of oil exploration New Zealand is frontier country.
Blasts from the past and hard rockers on way
Here's more to add to your gig diary - though you'd be in a fairly unique demographic if you were after tickets to all of this lot.
Enrich your life and offer gifts that keep giving
Chris Liddell writes on the future of philanthropy and how we can get involved.
Subaru and Hareb an Impreza fit
Paige Hareb, New Zealand's top woman pro-surfer has joined forces with Subaru of New Zealand in a car deal.
Global warming
World music worked hard for its place in the sun, says pioneer Simon Emerson. By Paula Yeoman.
One arrested after Greenpeace boards ship
One person has been arrested and four remain on a ship which Greenpeace boarded to prevent it from being unloaded in New Plymouth.
Capturing the true spirit of young Kiwis
Alison Shanks has stood on the dais to receive world championship and Commonwealth Games gold medals. But she remembers just as vividly standing at the helm of the Spirit of New Zealand.
Taranaki: On the hunt for ancient treasure
X marks the spot for eager youngsters in our treasure trove of fossil shellfish and dinosaur bones, writes Alex Tully.
Mother dies after train flings ute 20m at danger crossing
An 8-year-old girl lost her mother and was seriously injured when a freight train hit the family's ute, flinging it 20 metres.