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Bradford leaves Beehive smacking of Section 59
The retirement of Green firebrand Sue Bradford this week is exposing hidden rifts in the party.
Botched facelift puts pyramid's world heritage status at risk
Conservationists say a bungled makeover of Bolivia's Akapana pyramid could see the ancient structure collapse.
Schoolboys agree to tell people of Nazi horrors
Five school students who tearfully apologised to war veterans for worshipping Nazi symbols will now teach museum visitors about the Nazis' atrocities.
Grammar boys will apologise for bowing to Nazi flag
A group of students will apologise to staff at the Auckland War Memorial Museum and explain why they were saluting before Nazi symbols.
Top 10 Olympic oddities
Live pigeon shooting? Long jump for horses? Winston Aldworth looks at some odd Olympic events.
Monumental losses
Once part of the bricks and mortar of Auckland's cityscape, a range of historic buildings are no more. Alan Perrott looks into their rise and fall.
Mantel named Booker prize winner
'Wolf Hall' - a rip-roaring historical tome about Thomas Cromwell - has won the $68,000 Man Booker Prize.