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Smiling like villains as foreign ministers meet in Washington

What a gig. That was probably the first thought of the career diplomat assigned to New Zealand’s Foreign Minister, Winston Peters, for his meeting with United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio.

God cares about who we really are, not what we look like to the world

A fine show, but was it from the heart? PHOTO: GETTY IMAGES

God cares about who we really are, not what we look like to the world

Words are fine but meaning matters, Sarah Auld writes.

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Railway station worth a look

The flower garden at the Green Island Railway Station, which was bracketed with Wingatui for second place in the competition recently promoted by the Otago Women’s Club, presents a very beautiful...

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Cartoonist's view - Yeo

Today's cartoon from Shaun Yeo.

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Thank goodness for taco

The swords have not exactly been beaten into ploughshares yet, but some sort of uneasy truce seems to have been reached in the Middle East.

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Wrong start for OIA review

We have become used to big talk about Official Information Act reform in election years.

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Mussolini survives — by a nose

Italian prime minister Benito Mussolini, after he was shot at and wounded in the nose by Violet...

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Mussolini survives — by a nose

Rome, April 7: While Signor Mussolini was leaving the International Congress of Surgery, an elderly woman fired a revolver almost point-blank, wounding him slightly in the nose. Signor Mussolini...

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Cartoonist's view - Yeo

Today's cartoon from Shaun Yeo.

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Fanatics facing a belligerent US

Jag Vasant transfers LPG in Mumbai after successfully getting through the Strait of Hormuz. PHOTO...

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Fanatics facing a belligerent US

We don’t have to look very far to find a useful historical analogy for the current crisis in the Middle East.

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On being given plenty and then giving back

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On being given plenty and then giving back

The first quarter of the uni year has been a whirlwind, with almost no time to pause and think.

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Pork belly and pagan superstition reign

Pork belly, but touch wood not 13 pieces. PHOTO: GETTY IMAGES

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Pork belly and pagan superstition reign

Well now, we’re a quarter of the way through the 21st century and we’re still eating pigs like our caveman forebears, or at least I am.

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Fifa initiative seeks to shrink male-female coaching gap

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Fifa initiative seeks to shrink male-female coaching gap

Women are less likely to put their hands up for sporting roles.

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Cartoonist's view - Yeo

Today's cartoon from Shaun Yeo.

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London, April 6 (Received April 7, at 5.5pm): The Duke and Duchess of York have moved to 17 Bruton street where the Duchess lived prior to her marriage. This will in future be their town house. — A...

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Value of pounamu protected

Fourteen pieces of pounamu have been returned. Photo: Supplied

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Value of pounamu protected

Cases heard at the Manukau District Court seldom have a profound impact on the South Island, but a prosecution nearing completion in that Auckland courthouse has resonated deeply here.

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