Non-teaching friends often ribbed him about the short school hours, teacher only days, the holidays, and his answer was always the same – why aren’t you doing it yourself then? But it wasn’t teaching ...

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Islanders have long memories of Wellington politicians denying them their land, their autonomy, even their vote – but the ...

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A year since the inquest into the death of Gore three-year-old Lachlan Jones began and the Coroner ...

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Just because scientists claim they have now brought back the extinct dire wolf, should we consider ‘bringing back’ more extinct species, or is it best to let sleeping dogs lie?

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