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Pamela Barkle
Pamela Christina Barkle, 72, was named by police as a victim of the Christchurch earthquake on February 3, 2012.

Waitangi Day: How can we reclaim the day?
Buddy Mikaere imagines a Waitangi Day that will mean something special to all New Zealanders.

Key bats away talk of cronyism
The PM has dismissed accusations of cronyism in the Govt's choice of appointments to boards and working groups.

Iris Bottling
Reta Stewart, 88, was named by police as a victim of the Christchurch earthquake on February 3, 2012.

Elizabeth Sinclair
Elizabeth Sinclair, 76, was named by police as a victim of the Christchurch earthquake on February 3, 2012.

'It's not me' - Wizard can't magic away mystery debt
They've no idea what to make of the strange people who have appeared on the far riverbank....

Electrocuted man's wife also hurt in incident
A woman seriously injured when a power line fell from a pole on a Hurunui farm, killing her husband, is in a stable condition.

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Travel guide publisher offers its latest Christchurch & Canterbury content for free.

New Zealand's cops: The new blue line
The police are laying their ghosts to rest with different methods and a fresh culture, report Catherine Masters and Jared Savage

Lake Heron Station, Canterbury
Between the months of November and April, spectacular Lake Heron Station in mid-Canterbury's high country is opened up to small guided groups of trampers and cyclists.