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A little angel is waiting to mend a broken heart. Dorothy Willis of Riverton is devastated at the loss of her dog Buddy, who was killed when three dogs attacked the pair on their daily walk on Thursday. However, her grief has been eased by the support of her community, in particular an offer from...
The team behind New Zealand’s successful Security Council bid had an inkling something big was in the wind when they threw a cocktail party in New York the evening before the vote and 650 guests turned up. They were expecting half that number. The emphatic nature of New Zealand’s victory...
Something in the water might one day help scientists to predict big earthquakes. International scientists have found certain chemical signals rapidly increased in underground water weeks before large earthquakes hit Iceland. Seismologists have long sought warning signs reliably forecasting large and...
The Feilding High School student briefly stood down for his haircut has received an outpouring of support, his mother says. Alicia Jacobs had to fight to keep son Dylan Finlayson in school after he was told to stay home on Wednesday until his hair was cut. In the end, the stand-down lasted only one...
Aimie Cronin visits a gang house that's giving back. Down the end of Old Farm Road is where tenants know if you're one of them and if you're not. There's a block of two-storey state houses, half boarded up and waiting for the bulldozer, half occupied by people who hang sheets for curtains and are...
At the end of a bad week for boaties, the Government is considering a law change that would make wearing lifejackets compulsory nationwide. Maritime New Zealand chief executive Keith Manch said the time was right to clean up the inconsistent rules governing lifejackets up and down the country. At...
OPINION: Jim McLay looks genuinely overcome in photos capturing the moment New Zealand won its seat on the United Nations most powerful body, the Security Council. Hands covering his mouth, McLay’s obvious emotion lays bare just how much the win meant to the New Zealand team behind the...
