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The remarkable Zed story can take another staggering leap forward in today's A$150,000 ($179,350) Grand Prix in Brisbane.

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Zed bloodline set to shine in Oz

The And Another Thing team is now back home after its six-week global excursion.

Opinion

Brian Holden: York leaves grand old impression

Positions for school boards of trustees closed this week. Around the country, schools will be hoping they have sufficient numbers of interested parents coming forward to take on the role of trustee.

Opinion

Merepeka Raukawa-Tait: Communities value school trustees

I'm bemused by all the fuss about getting in and out of the new Redwood shopping centre.

Opinion

Ingrid Tiriana: Unwilling to consider others?

In Parliament on Thursday, Deputy Prime Minister Bill English delivered Kiwis a positive Budget despite tough economic conditions.

Opinion

Todd McClay: NZ on track for stronger economy

When you tuck into your bacon and eggs - or sensible high-fibre cereal if your wife happens to be a health- conscious nurse - at the breakfast table this morning, spare a thought for one poor unfortunate soul who joined the ranks of the jobless.

Opinion

Kevin Page: Gilmore messed with the wrong man

There can be few things more shattering for families than for one of their kin to take his or her own life.

Opinion

Garth George: We've devalued sancitity of human life

Write a regular column on sustainability and it's natural to discuss climate-change facts and issues from time to time.

Rural

Big bucks back misinformation

As you read this, we'll be making the most of our last few days in Yorkshire which has been our home for the last three weeks.

Opinion

Brian Holden: York sets stage for English culture

My stepdaughter used to tell me about a boy in her class at college who wanted to be an MP.

Opinion

Merepeka Raukawa-Tait: Contrasting attributes of two MPs

China is booming. When I lived there, I managed a private English training school. We had to grow 23 per cent a year just to stand still.

Business

Fraser Newman: Juggling state with private

My Hungarian grandmother used to have a saying - if you eat everything on the table, the sun will shine tomorrow.

Opinion

Ingrid Tiriana: A taste of old fashioned table manners

Thursday, May 16, is Budget Day when Deputy Prime Minister Bill English will announce the Government's plan to get New Zealand back to surplus in 2014-15.

Opinion

Todd McClay: Budget to put us on better footing

I've never run Rotorua's iconic marathon.

Opinion

Kevin Page: A little short of a marathon effort

After reading all the thousands of words lately about privacy, or the lack of it, around events that have led to proposed changes to legislation governing intelligence gathering, I am grateful for just one thing: I still have full control over the most fundamental of all privacies - the privacy of my own mind.

Opinion

Garth George: Inside story outside privacy debate

Oh how the time flies when you're on holiday. We've been in York for a week now, and have an apartment within a pigeon's flutter of the famous York Minster and the city centre, The Shambles, overhung by teetering medieval houses.

Opinion

Brian Holden: A love of ye olde worlde stuff

The New Zealand Herald recently reported the results of a survey into the spending habits of Kiwis. The headline result was that nearly half (44 per cent) of New Zealanders are living day-to-day without any savings to fall back on.

Business

Oily Rag: Beer and cigs or own digs

We can all get frustrated at times. People annoy us. We get treated unfairly at work, picked on or so we believe. Our partner is being unreasonable, yet again, and the children show little respect for our views. Life gets us down at times and can seem unfair.

Opinion

Merepeka Raukawa-Tait: Justice finally catches up on murderer

To the families of loved ones who have passed on, te whanau a Wharerahi, a Horomia, a Grace, our deepest sympathies to you all.

Opinion

Potaua Biasiny-Tule: Old net set aside, new goes fishing

There's been debate in the past couple of weeks about whether drink-drivers should be "named and shamed" in the media.

Opinion

Ingrid Tiriana: Time to get tougher on drink drivers

Tourism plays a vital role in the Rotorua electorate and wider Bay of Plenty.

Opinion

Todd McClay: Investment boost to grow tourism

The totara tree is the king of the forest, protecting other trees from the elements. It grows in almost any soil and withstands turbulent situations. It lives long, stands strong and provides for its people.

Opinion

Jacoby Poulain: Presence that nourishes life

Mrs P and I are going out for dinner with friends this weekend. Normally we'd have them to our place but there's a very good reason why we can't do that any more.

Opinion

Kevin Page: Dinner party fruit kebabs to die for

The Primary Industries ministerial portfolio is a large, challenging one. For Horowhenua farmer and Otaki MP Nathan Guy the first few weeks on the job have been hectic, with the most severe drought since the 1940s striking the North Island and parts of the South, reports Felicity Wolfe

Rural

The farming Cabinet: Who you need to know

Doctor says drink for health and longer lifeMEDICAL OPINION: Dr Philip Norrie advocates drinking in moderation.

Lifestyle

Wine: A glass a day is more than okay

Back in 1993 when the Privacy Act was passed I observed to my colleagues at the time that there would be those who would turn it into a secrecy act.

Opinion

Garth George: Naming drink drivers a 'public good'

Menzies Hallett has been found guilty of murdering Turangi service station attendant Rodney Tahu almost 34 years ago.

News

Menzies Hallett found guilty of murder

The topic of racism is rife in New Zealand and everywhere the issue is demanding attention.

Opinion

Jacoby Poulain: Institutional racism exists in New Zealand

The And Another Thing team is reluctantly uprooting itself from their cosy, chic apartment in Honfleur, Normandy and heading across the channel to Britain.

Opinion

Brian Holden: La belle France - c'est magnifique!

The jury in the Menzies Hallett murder trial has retired to consider its verdict.

News

Jury in murder trial has retired to consider verdict

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