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'Dr Strangelove' secretary dies

Bad PR move for museum

Summits of achievement

Villagers wait for the Duke to come home

Tanna legend says that Prince Philip will visit the island in 2010.

Couple give island to Auckland

Benefactors have funded a 99-year lease of Rotoroa Island to create a conservation park.

Residents fight to keep their 'cultural marae'

Sewage pipe to be kept as monument

One of Auckland's oldest eyesores - the concrete sewer pipeline across Hobson Bay - is to join the city's list of 14,000 historic sites.

Spywatchers pick Mossad signature

Was Mossad, Israel's intelligence agency, behind the assassination in Dubai?

Germans struggle with Hitler manifesto

Iran: Security forces break up protests

Britain urged to follow NZ example in case of executed Boer War pair

Fears memorial park will be sold

Flag debate: Give it a Pacific look, say Islanders

Flag debate: Maori split on need for new design

Many Maori would welcome a new flag if it reflected tangata whenua. However, concerns remain about disrespect for the current ensign.

Tehran braces for fresh protests

Tonight, Iran begins marking 31 years since the country's Islamic revolution.

Flag debate: Lessons for NZ in symbol for new era