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Choreographer one of three in family
A leading choreographer who has been acknowledged in the Queen's Birthday Honours list is one of three generations in her family to receive the nod.
A leading choreographer who has been acknowledged in the Queen's Birthday Honours list is one of three generations in her family to receive the nod.
For acclaimed Kiwi Pacific author Albert Wendt, writing is like breathing.
John Adshead doesn't quite have the stature of Sir Edmund Hillary, nor was he quite as good at lugging around 20kg at high altitude, but he considers himself something of a Hillary of New Zealand soccer.
Sitting in the sunshine at Tahuna Marae, which borders the Manukau Harbour, Dame Nganeko Minhinnick touches the moko kauwae on her chin.
Advertising veteran and global chief executive of Saatchi & Saatchi Kevin Roberts has been made Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit.
Queen's Birthday means one thing besides a holiday: It brings an honours list. The nation will wake tomorrow to learn who has been brought to the Queen's attention - well, to a committee of ministers in Wellington, anyway - for commendation.
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Arise, Sir Ted. Graham Henry has been knighted for his services to rugby.