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<i>Audrey Young:</i> Key plans pitch on free trade deal to Japanese
John Key will make a bold pitch for a free-trade agreement between Japan and New Zealand tonight.
Grandmas: Good for girls, bad for boys
Study shows only granddaughters are likely to benefit from having their paternal grandmothers involved in their early lives.
Rugby: Smith dropped to Aussie bench
The Wallabies are ringing in the changes ahead of Saturday's Bledisloe Cup test in Tokyo.
Flying cars, heated pants: Why can't we buy this stuff?
Jet packs! Motors that run for ever! Centrally heated pants! We've been promised these wonders, and many more, for ages. So what's the hold-up?
<i>Fran O'Sullivan:</i> Free trade deal buoys Fonterra
Fonterra chairman Sir Henry van der Heyden says the dairy co-operative will step up investment within Asia because of the Malaysian free trade deal.
PM: Trade deal big step for economy
John Key says the signing of a free trade deal with Malaysia is another vital move towards a "step change" for the NZ economy.
Mongolia: Hospitable desert
Intrepid explorer David Farrier finds there's more to Mongolia than the dreaded Death Worm.