Weekend
Noble Charger has Dukes pedigree
A relic of an American pop culture tradition is about to be unveiled in Nelson. Naomi Arnold talks to a car enthusiast who is now the proud owner of a famous Dodge Charger.Where family ties matter more than the law
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Nelson police inspector Brian McGurk, in Afghanistan on secondment with a European Union mission, reports on New Zealand's role in working to reverse corrupt practices in the Islamic central Asian nation:
St Arnaud's money-free revolutionary
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They're the people we all encounter in our day-to-day lives, but who are they really? In an occasional series on the stories behind everyday people, Tracy Neal talks to a farmer whose colourful past has given rise to a new way of thinking.
Op-shops are the new cool
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Charity stores are enjoying a boomtime as more people latch on to the feel-good factor of buying second-hand. Naomi Arnold takes a closer look at Nelson's thriving op shop industry.
A marriage of convenience
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Nelson city and Tasman district voters are to choose whether to retain their two councils, or see them merge into a single entity with authority over the whole of the Nelson region and its 93,000 residents. The Local Government Commission's final decision on the union proposal makes it look like a no-brainer, Bill Moore reports.
Life lived in the sun
Bill Moore's journeyings across the region uncover old memories and new discoveries every which way.
Fa'avae tribe: born to be wild
There may be no shortage of places the Fa'avae family can choose from when the summer beckons and they have others to entertain, but there is one proviso: it's going to be outdoors.
Divinely, sublimely lost weekend
Up the valley at a snail's pace
Carefree summers on the Maitai
Sally Kidson remembers golden times up the Maitai
Go West, young man
Red rocks, arid, craggy hills and the remnants of times long past linger as my memories of childhood road trips through America's west.
Beach in the backyard
Angling photos taken on the fly
In search of isolation
It was once the great New Zealand summer holiday - an escape to an isolated beach, where pohutakawa brushed the water and campting was the order of the day. Karl du Fresne reflects on summers gone by.
Following in a hero's footsteps
In July 2009 my wife and I travelled through Belgium and Northern France retracing my father's footsteps during 1917/18. My father enlisted in August 1916 at the age of 19. One year later he was in France.
Courage under fire
An extract from a letter home by 2nd Lieutenant Arnold J Petrie (7th reinforcements) who died of wounds on April 18, 1918 in Boulogne, France. "Our first day at the Somme," September 30, 1916.
Saved by faith
Anzac Day spent in true Kiwi style
Anzac Day photos
Thousands of people gathered for memorial services around the region on Sunday.
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Tension high as lethal log pile is cleared
Usshers make it his and hers at Coast to Coast
Victim was holding bat, says witness
Boatie seen lying hurt on beach
Lack of signs, barriers slated
Accused 'shut eyes and pulled trigger'
Doctor's views offend family of cancer boy
Bouterey's closing but game's not over
Tourism group wary of charging
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