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Lion Man back with his pride

Lion Man

Craig "The Lion Man" Busch has told of his pride and joy in being back with his big cats, at the renamed Kingdom of Zion wildlife park.

He is this weekend celebrating the official reopening of the park, on the outskirts of Whangarei.

Miners' memorial will rest in Coast lake

kokshoorn A memorial of three miners to rest in middle of Greymouth lake to honour hundreds of men who have died in West Coast mining accidents.

Debris litters coast

rena More debris from the stricken Rena washed ashore on Coromandel beaches, with crews cleaning up along the Mercury Bay coastline.

Shot in the arm for hospitals

Needle injection. Health boards are snapping up a British initiative to improve productivity in hospital wards and operating theatres.

Schools blind to bright Maori

Jill Bevan-Brown Gifted Maori children are being overlooked in the classroom as teachers fail to recognise their unique genius, researcher says.

Italian allies join Cup fray

America's Cup Team NZ's information-sharing alliance with Luna Rossa gets its first real test this week when the Italians debut in home waters as the America's Cup World Series resumes in Naples.

Top surfer may make ringside splash

Fight for Life cult hero Paige Hareb is considering following Sonny Bill Williams' example and juggling a professional boxing career with her world-class surfing campaign.

Trickster to ramp up excitement

Toopi on journey to win hearts and minds

Good beats bad and ugly

NOW the Rugby World Cup final is over, we can start to review the good, the bad and the ugly.

Silver fern wins the day

THE week before last, my opinion piece was directed to us, as a nation, having the very necessary conversation about who we are, what we are, what we stand for and how we might represent part of that conversation with a new flag.

Rena is PM's tipping point

Let's have a 'new' flag

Goff needs a miracle

This week the New Zealand national election kicked off in fine style with the Leader's Debate.

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