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Gearing up for round two

The country's had its say, $26 million has been spent and the alternative flag has been committed to the shredder without so much as a flutter. But that doesn't... Read More

Wylie retires

It's been one of life's interesting role reversals. The master became servant for the servant who is now the master. And soon the master who became the servant... Read More

Just playing her part

'Let's go outside and chat. I just love sunny days.” Natural enough considering the dark, gloomy and scary places that Leisa Renwick has visited recently. 'Melanoma... Read More

Karangahake mining protest

About 20 anti-mining protestors climbed Mount Karangahake last week to disrupt an exploratory drilling programme. Newcrest Gold Mining company is planning three... Read More

A man's best friend

This is a story about a martial artist, a truck driver, a photographer, a scuba diver, and a man and his dog. It's a story about not letting anything hold you back. You... Read More

Kokomo’s 25th birthday honour

'Genius' - that's how Colin Lunt describes his long-time associate, friend and Kokomo frontman Derek Jacombs. To celebrate the Tauranga band's 25th birthday this... Read More

A feature of the nightscape

It's an old steel truss bridge - functional rather than fussy. And all day it rumbles to the tune of the East Coast's main trunkline container traffic. Into the... Read More

The day hearts and hopes soared

It cranked and cranked. Then it cranked some more. Eight to 10 men with avgas coursing through their veins, all in hi viz, all with hearts in mouths and hopes soaring... Read More

The boy who ‘gave it’ to Jerry

The army recruiter probably saved George Alexander Wootton's butt. He was young and reckless and wanted to teach 'those bloody Germans” a lesson. 'I am not... Read More

Reclaiming beaches from the dogs

It was a pilgrimage of sorts back to her roots in the Bay of Plenty, to where she grew up and was educated. She read her poetry at an Anzac Day commemoration but... Read More

Things are getting ‘Dunne’

It's just gone 8.45am, she's taking her three-year-old to day care, she's fending off a pesky reporter on hands free, dispelling myths, contemplating the essence... Read More

To the beat of Lord Krsna’s drum

It all looked a bit incongruous really. Given name John, John Herbison - spiritual name Yasoda Dulal - is standing in the middle of small-town New Zealand, the... Read More