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How will this year's Nobel prize winning economist spend his $1.6 million windfall? "As irrationally as possible."

​OPINION: You have to dig deep to find out what's really happening at the dairy giant.

Fifty years ago, on October 9, 1967, New Zealand's bars were once again allowed to open beyond 6pm.

The Doors defined cool in the 1960s. Now, 50 years later, the band's two surviving members remember their debut album.

Was an elderly man charged with one of Australia's most vicious and inexplicable crimes innocent?

In winning a seat for Labour, he could've consigned his party to three more long years in opposition.

Fearsome cliffs, ancient homes, hardy sheep and intrepid Kiwis are all part of the mix in these rugged North Atlantic islands.

Half a million tourists descend on the tiny West Coast town, but can it survive if a big one hits?

Tackling the snowy peaks of the Cordillera Blanca range, Neil Ratley gets snowed in, meets furry friends and enjoys awe-inspiring scenes.

From the East Coast to the West, this trip takes you from tussocks to bush-clad mountains and untamed rivers.

Don't expect a relaxing travel experience - be prepared to party hard in Croatia.

US state is a curious combination of the insubstantial, the surreal and the alarmingly down to earth.

Female infidelity has jumped 40 per cent since 1990 and that's not necessarily a bad thing, says one sex therapist.

For decades the 'Mail Rail' used to transport 4 million letters a day. Now the once abandoned rail is open to the public.

Scott Bainbridge has heard confessions, pored over murder files, and faced veiled threats.

OPINION: I can be anything I want to be at our new address.

Shootings, storms, death, demagogues and unfinished elections... Oscar Kightley goes in search of a common cause for the world's woes.

OPINION: I've taken everything legal to defeat the hayfever and sinusitis because it's the school holidays.

Max Farra and Clare Keay play Scrabble together every week.

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