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![Cyclone headed for Raoul Island](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Cyclone headed for Raoul Island
Tropical cyclone Bune, which is heading for Raoul Island, about 1100km northeast of New Zealand, weakened slightly this afternoon to a strong category 2. It may cause dangerous rips and surf along the east coast next week.
![Missing American tourist found](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Missing American tourist found
Police have found an American tourist who was missing in the Urewera National Park for two nights.
![Tropical cyclone may reach NZ next week](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Tropical cyclone may reach NZ next week
A tropical cyclone formed near Fiji today is on track to bring strong winds and heavy rain to New Zealand next week, forecasters predict.
![<i>Yvonne Tahana</i>: More deserve to experience kapa haka fest](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
<i>Yvonne Tahana</i>: More deserve to experience kapa haka fest
Herald Maori affairs reporter Yvonne Tahana on the at times frustrating job of covering national kapa haka festival Te Matatini o te Ra.
![Greedy 'sharks' circling Ngati Porou](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Greedy 'sharks' circling Ngati Porou
Greedy "sharks" are already circling Te Runanga o Ngati Porou as it gears up to grow its $110m treaty settlement. The tribe's chairman has already received letters from outsiders promising all sorts of riches for the iwi if it would let
![Iwi leaders talk asset sales with PM](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Iwi leaders talk asset sales with PM
Two big iwi leaders met with Prime Minister John Key to discuss state assets sales today at the national Te Matatini kapa haka competition.
![Baby attacked by dog](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Baby attacked by dog
A 10-month old boy is in hospital after being attacked by a dog at a Gisborne house yesterday afternoon.
![Lifeguards save two at remote beach](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Lifeguards save two at remote beach
An exhausted swimmer and her boyfriend have narrowly escaped drowning after being rescued by the support crew of the six lifeguards circumnavigating the country in two small rescue boats.
![Late night quake rocks Gisborne](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Late night quake rocks Gisborne
A magnitude 3.1 earthquake, centred 30 kilometres south of Gisborne, struck just after 10pm last night.
![Quakes rattle Gisborne area](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Quakes rattle Gisborne area
Gisborne and Northern Hawke's Bay were rocked by a series of earthquakes on Monday between magnitude 4.2 and 3.3 at a relatively shallow depth, but no damage has been reported.
![Fake NZ doctor lied about London bombings](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Fake NZ doctor lied about London bombings
A fake NZ doctor hailed as a hero after London's 2005 bombing lied about her role in helping the victims, an inquest has been told.
![<i>Weather Watch</i>: What does Cyclone Wilma mean for NZ?](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
<i>Weather Watch</i>: What does Cyclone Wilma mean for NZ?
Another weekend and meh, another cyclone.