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Letters: 'Sprung from our society'
Australians have facilitated the election of some people with extreme and divisive views.
Watch NZH Local Focus: Maori loan words making English more Kiwi
We all seem to use more Māori kupu as each year goes by. But a three year study at Waikato University aims to learn how and why that's happening, and if one Māori word will attract others. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
The state of grassroots rugby
What makes New Zealand? Is it the people? The landscape? A shared history? Our obsession with rugby? The Herald wanted to find out
Who we are: Paihia to Houhora
On our travels, we gave New Zealanders a blackboard and asked them to write the word - or words - summing up what it means to be Kiwi.
Far North - and still so far to go
Our epic road trip reaches the Bay of Islands where there's always time to stop and soak up the sights.
Doing it tough in our land of plenty
What makes New Zealand? Is it the people? The landscape? A shared history? Our obsession with rugby? The Herald wanted to find out
What happened to our housing dream?
As part of a major new series of mini-documentaries, David Fisher and Mark Mitchell investigate the fate of the quarter-acre Pavlova Paradise.
Who We Are: Land of Plenty
As part of the Who We Are series, David Fisher and Mark Mitchell investigate how easy it is to wrest a living from this Land of Plenty. •Watch: Who We Are: Rugby • Who We Are: Pavlova Paradise
Who We Are: Pavlova Paradise
As part of the Who We Are series, David Fisher and Mark Mitchell investigate whether New Zealand is still a quarter-acre Pavlova Paradise. •Watch more: Who We Are: Land of Plenty •Watch: Who We Are: Rugby
The place too perfect for a photo
Our ultimate road trip uncovers a boon for the motorist, a super swimming hole and a beauty spot almost too good to be true.
Who We Are: Auckland to Dargaville
On our travels, we gave New Zealanders a blackboard and asked them to write the word - or words - summing up what it means to be Kiwi.
The town where you can live like royalty
Goodbye Auckland, hello New Zealand. Our biggest city is like a different country, a feeling reinforced by our visit to Te Puea Marae.
Stunning drives in a land of opportunity
Who We Are: David Fisher and videographer Mark Mitchell visit from Hicks Bay to Huntly in their search for what it means to be Kiwi in 2016.
Who we are: Hicks Bay to Huntly
On our travels, we gave New Zealanders a blackboard and asked them to write the word - or words - summing up what it means to be Kiwi.
Who We Are: Rotorua to Hicks Bay
On our travels, we gave New Zealanders a blackboard and asked them to write the word - or words - summing up what it means to be Kiwi.
Can't afford Auckland? Try a bus
Les Ahuriri can't see why anybody would live Auckland. He lives in a bus at Tokomaru Bay with no power and no running water.
Who We Are: Video essay
Watch this gallery of amazing photos taken by Mark Mitchell, during a month of driving round New Zealand in a campervan, along with David Fisher.
Who we are: Manaia to Rotorua
On our travels, we gave New Zealanders a blackboard and asked them to write the word - or words - summing up what it means to be Kiwi.
Who We Are: Manaia to Rotorua
Who We Are: David Fisher and videographer Mark Mitchell visit Parihaka in their search for what it means to be Kiwi in 2016.
Who we are: Norsewood to Manaia
On our travels, we gave New Zealanders a blackboard and asked them to write the word – or words - summing up what it means to be Kiwi. We’ll publish them each day of the series.
Who We Are: Norsewood to Manaia
When the sun had risen and the day began properly, the temperature in Napier was still around zero. The grass was crisp and crunched underfoot.
Who we are: Rai Valley to Norsewood
On our travels, we gave New Zealanders a blackboard and asked them to write the word – or words - summing up what it means to be Kiwi. We’ll publish them each day of the series.
$10 jugs and a haka: A night in a Kiwi pub
In this edition of great New Zealand travels, let me gloss over Wellington and instead highlight two great provincial pubs.
A town of gold, greed and murder
Who We Are: David Fisher and videographer Mark Mitchell visit Hokitika in their search for what it means to be Kiwi in 2016.