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Paerata-Reid wins round one

Elliot Paerata-Reid's got off to a good start at the Billabong Grom Series.

Pair launches information service

Disabled Karen Tait knows first hand how hard life is for people with disabilities. The Henderson-based social worker lives with rheumatoid arthritis.

Runners are heroes for kids like Hannah

Hannah Lacey It's hard to believe little Hannah Lacey can still raise a smile when you consider all she's gone through in her short life.

Testing time for dogs

Potential pet owners should need to prove themselves and get a licence before having a dog.

Ecologist on track to help save kokako

Andy Warneford, 42, lives in Te Henga Valley. He talks to reporter Vanita Prasad about his work as an ecologist for the Ark in the Park conservation programme.

Ex-pat wears fern with pride

Colin de Grandhomme Imagine a slightly different picture at Eden Park for tonight's Twenty20 international between New Zealand and Zimbabwe.

Weepu at 10 for Blues

Piri Weepu gets the chance to show his skills at No 10 for his new Super Rugby outfit when the Blues play the Rebels in Melbourne tonight.

Boucher unsure of retirement

Ko comfortably within cut

Hospital ship on Mercy mission

Seeing a child smile properly for the first time keeps Liz Irwin coming back to help on Mercy ships.

Home on the buffalo range

When Helen Dorresteyn sees the expression on someone's face after tasting a spoonful of buffalo yoghurt she knows the risk she took is paying off.

Crackdown on synthetic drugs

Vital service full of drama

Mock fire but it's taken seriously

Firefighters from across the Shore raced to put out a major school science block fire.

Time to support Auckland wharfies

Willie Jackson strap I had a raging argument with former local government minister Rodney Hide on radio last week over the Ports of Auckland.

Warriors pre-season on the horizon

Things are heating up as the NRL season approaches.

Trades teaching and classroom danger

Tapes, votes and oldies' worries

The double sorrow of parting

A caregiver's views: "The column comments on CYF came at an appropriate time.

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