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08:38am Sat 09 Mar, 2019
Why would an 80-year-old go out and spend $5000 on an Arab horse called Arlo with any intention other than to ride it? The question was asked by someone... Read More
08:35am Sat 09 Mar, 2019
Us New Zealanders tend to get upset when another country claims something that is ours as their own. Take Phar Lap, the legendary racehorse. Many Kiwis... Read More
08:34am Sat 09 Mar, 2019
In a country that is home to the All Blacks, it's fitting that everything should be covered in black - even your toilet paper! Which is why Julie Hignett started... Read More
08:33am Sat 09 Mar, 2019
Last Monday no-one knew Shane Taki - he was just some toned, energetic young dude with a bare midriff and back-to-front cap, dancing around the Elizabeth Street... Read More
08:33am Sat 09 Mar, 2019
With Fitbits and Garmins growing in popularity, people are beginning to think they know their bodies inside and out. The devices, which do just about everything... Read More
08:31am Sat 09 Mar, 2019
Lin Keo needs no introduction to how hard life can be. You may remember her beautiful smiling face walking down the catwalk draped in silks, or you might... Read More
12:21pm Fri 01 Mar, 2019
Norma Hollis was weeding the garden the day an assassin's bullet took JFK in Dallas, Texas in 1963. She also remembers she was in the kitchen of her Hillsborough... Read More
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12:20pm Fri 01 Mar, 2019
They are the family that featured in an episode of popular TV show Wanted Down Under. Now they are ensconced in Tauranga and unlikely to leave. 'We love New Zealand... Read More
12:18pm Fri 01 Mar, 2019
There's a garden revolution happening in Mount Maunganui. Gone are the days of relying on grandad for a free bag of tomatoes or a feed of feijoas. Now it's the... Read More
12:17pm Fri 01 Mar, 2019
A church in Tauranga's CBD is losing its bell tower, and the prominent site may even be sold altogether. Saint Mary Immaculate Church, on the corner of Cameron... Read More
12:16pm Fri 01 Mar, 2019
It's quite bold and quite brilliant, and has sprouted from the empty Chapel and Mission Streets corner site at the historic Elms/Te Papa mission house over... Read More
12:15pm Fri 01 Mar, 2019
Should there be a ban on the sale of turtles in New Zealand? This is the question that has been raised after a nest of exotic red-eared slider turtles was opened... Read More