Despite an increase in participants, Downer New Zealand Masters Games organisers say council funding is critical for its ...

As a teenager, Eid Mertah would pore over books about King Tutankhamun, tracing hieroglyphs and dreaming of holding the boy ...

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Family and friends supporting their whanau becoming new citizens. Far North Mayor Moko Tepania welcomed 118 new citizens to ...

The beginning of a coronial inquest into deaths in two major North Island weather events - the Auckland anniversary storm and ...

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Champion trainer Mark Purdon’s word is more important to him than winning another Inter Dominion. So he will resist any ...

Tainui's assets grew to $1.9m, enabling $56m distribution to marae.

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There will be a new Tasman Tanning Premier champion as Wanganui Car Centre Kaierau snatched their home semifinal from ...