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Some flights in and out of Wellington are being delayed, diverted or cancelled because of heavy fog this morning. Read more...

Tears of joy and cheers filled a courtroom in the Hutt Valley when a grandmother was granted custody of her six-month-old mokopuna after a long battle with Oranga Tamariki. Read more...

At least five Northwood homes are uninhabitable after being severely damaged in a gas explosion in the Christchurch suburb on Friday. Read more...

The Silver Ferns have won their fifth Netball World Cup title after beating the Australian Diamonds 52-51 in the final in Liverpool . Read more...

Battle for our Birds branding to be faded out First published in Energy and Environment on July 11 2019 Read more...

Three catchments named for special treatment under water policy First published in Energy and Environment on July 11 2019 Catchments being considered as part of the Government’s Essential Freshwater programme for special treatment include the Hoteo ... Read more...

Anniversaries are occasions to distort records. The intoxicated recounting of the past faces a record in need of correction. Couples long married hide their differences before guests. Creases are covered; the make-up is applied generously. Defects become ... Read more...

After a week of vocal protests from online supporters of Julian Assange, Twitter has reversed its unjust removal of the prominent pro-Assange activism account @Unity4J. Read more...

It could be called a gulag mentality, though it finds form in different ways. In the defunct Soviet Union, it was definitive of life: millions incarcerated, garrisons of forced labour, instruments of the proletarian paradise fouled. Gulag literature ... Read more...

A crash on Ruahine Street has closed Wellington's Mt Victoria tunnel in both directions this afternoon. Read more...