Lion Man back with his pride
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
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
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
Health boards are snapping up a British initiative to improve productivity in hospital wards and operating theatres.
Schools blind to bright Maori
Gifted Maori children are being overlooked in the classroom as teachers fail to recognise their unique genius, researcher says.
Italian allies join Cup fray
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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