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The new Rotorua Marathon champion, Mel Brandon, hasn't had a conventional running career. But she's found her stride at 44, and is making her three kids proud, she tells Suzanne McFadden

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Queen's funeral: Final route of coffin from London to Windsor revealed

After the funeral, the King and members of the royal family will walk behind the Queen’s coffin to Wellington Arch before it is driven to Windsor on the state hearse

Daily Mirror

Who really will get Wellington moving?

The three people vying for Wellington's top job each have different transport preferences and a different level of ambition around climate change.

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New Zealand reflects on te reo journey

Te reo Maori has been celebrated in Wellington, marking the 50th anniversary of a turning point for New Zealand's indigenous language.

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Couples therapy

A Wellington poet on the front lines of living

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A three-way race to decide Wellington's future

Whoever leads the city's 16-seat council after the October election may well set the direction of Wellington's development for decades to come.

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Apathy in New Zealand – but little desire for change – as King Charles’s reign begins

Despite an apparent indifference to the new king, New Zealand also seems to have no real appetite to sever ties with the crown

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New Zealand scraps most Covid rules as coronavirus battle winds down

WELLINGTON: New Zealand will no longer require people to wear masks in indoor public spaces or to be vaccinated to work in certain roles, as the country winds down its pandemic battle and learns to live with Covid-19.

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Mittens, move over: Aotearoa's most iconic animals

Mittens the cat may be cute, but Aotearoa has many animals far more worthy of immortalising in bronze.

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Book of the Week: Speed, LSD and other thrills

Philip Matthews on a reissued stoner classic

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New Zealand's Colin de Grandhomme retires from international cricket

WELLINGTON: New Zealand all-rounder Colin de Grandhomme on Wednesday announced his retirement from international cricket.

The Times of India

Disgraceful high tackle sparks outrage among fans as headshot only leads to yellow card

Wellington hooker Asafo Aumua can count himself a little lucky not to have received a sterner saction

Wales Online

Bret McKenzie: ‘It was different writing songs that weren’t d*** jokes’

After finding fame with comedy duo Flight of the Conchords, the New Zealander is leaving the laughs behind on his debut solo album ‘Songs Without Jokes’. He talks to Kevin E G Perry about winning an Oscar with The Muppets, pissing off Morrissey with The Simpsons, and Taika Waititi’s detachable…

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NZ to force supermarkets to give small stores access to wholesale units

WELLINGTON: The New Zealand government said on Wednesday it plans to introduce regulations that would force the wholesale arms of supermarkets to give small retailers fair access to their products.

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New Zealand’s latest ‘freedom’ protest is a sad farce staged by a doomed cause

What the incoherent events in Wellington show is that the conspiracists, while dangerous, are already losing

Reuters

Anti-government protesters gather outside New Zealand's parliament

About 2,000 anti-government demonstrators gathered outside New Zealand’s parliament on Tuesday to vent their frustration on a range of issues nearly six months after protesters were forcibly removed from the grounds of the legislature.

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NZ 'people's court' adjourns peacefully

About 1500 anti-government protesters have staged a mock trial outside New Zealand's parliament, in a move snubbed by Jacinda Ardern's Labour Party.

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Radical protesters to return to Wellington

As protesters return to NZ's capital, authorities are keen to avoid a repeat of the three-week occupation that followed an anti-vax rally earlier this year.

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NZ's best young bookseller, 60

Happy birthday to a Wellington bookseller

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Millie Lies Low review – ingenious satire of career-faking on social media

Michelle Savill’s poignant film follows a would-be architect pretending to take up a prestigious New York internship without leaving her home town of Wellington

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Greater Wellington first to set binding climate target

Greenhouse gas emissions in Wellington, Wairarapa and the Kāpiti Coast will halve by 2030 under the regional council's new target, which goes further and faster than central government.

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DH Lawrence in NZ

Steve Braunias on the visit of a genius 100 years ago today

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Meteors seem to be raining down on New Zealand, but why are some bright green?

New Zealand may seem to be under meteor bombardment at the moment. After a huge meteor exploded above the sea near Wellington on July 7, creating a sonic boom that could be heard across the bottom of the South Island, a smaller fireball was captured two weeks later above Canterbury.

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Ardern strikes a softer tone on China

Speech struck a friendlier tone towards China, perhaps reflecting realisation that in the first six months of the year NZ went too far with pro-Western foreign policy, says Geoffrey Miller

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Road warriors Phoenix relish ALM return

After two whole seasons away, Wellington Phoenix will start the next A-League Men's campaign with two home games.

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