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Drink warning after fatal swim
A man's fatal decision to go swimming after drinking at a party has his family urging others not to make the same mistake.

Stature a better indication of a nation's wealth than GDP - researcher
A person's height and body mass should be used to measure a nation's wealth and wellbeing, says a researcher. Professor Les Oxley

CTV presenter haunted by dreams of dead colleagues
In his dreams, Rob Cope-Williams still walks the corridors of the old Canterbury TV...

Rawiri Taonui: Paul Holmes, a cheeky Pakeha?
It is a sad day when a great writer repeats the prejudices of the past. The latest offering from Paul Holmes regarding Waitangi Day

'The bike path is shite' -Tamaki Drive's deadly course (+ crash map)
Sarah Payne knows exactly where her best friend, Jane Bishop, made the fateful decision...

Jarrod Booker: My year of living shakily
The big picture of Christchurch, the broken city, is all too familiar. But what of the details of everyday life as its people journey down the long, rough road to recovery?

Paul Holmes: Are NZers getting in their own way?
The summer continues in its refusal to be one with drizzle becoming...