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Bethune and Sea Shepherd cut ties in bitter row

Pete Bethune has alleged Sea Shepherd ordered him to scuttle the Ady Gil after its collision with a Japanese whaling vessel.

TVNZ PR manager offers resignation

The TVNZ spokeswoman who defended Paul Henry's offensive comments about Sir Anand Satyanand has apologised to staff and offered her resignation.

<i>Fiji Times</i> gets new editor

In a move set to raise concerns about the newspaper's independence, <i>Fiji Times</i> publisher Dallas Swinstead said editor-in-chief Netani Rika had quit because of perceptions he was anti-government.

Pro-choice protest at Court of Appeal

US dean accused of 'student slavery'

The dean of a New York university has been accused of ordering students to do housework - or lose their scholarships.

Hopes grow for Suu Kyi's release

<i>Paul Thomas</i>: Atheists are best informed about religion

<i>Kris Gledhill:</i> How New Zealand is setting the world to rights

Newspaper accepts: drug cartels in control

It's a sad day for journalism when a newspaper is pressured into stopping its reports on crime.

<i>Gwynne Dyer:</i> Road to riches could be ruination of all

The world has seen major improvements in key areas like literacy, access to clean water and infant mortality, writes <i>Gwynne Dyer</i>.

<i>All in a day's work:</i> The magic number - 90 days?

90 days is currently the magic number.

Saving the world just got harder

The chances of meeting any of the United Nations' Millennium Development Goals seem remote.

When it doesn't pay to care

<i>Irfan Yusuf:</i> Hate that can change the world

<i>Tariana Turia:</i> New bill reopens door to possibility of justice

Tariana Turia, co-leader of the Maori Party, writes about the foreshore and seabed debates and tides of change.

<i>Garth George:</i> Screening on slippery slope to eugenics

Garth George writes that an expanded screening programme for Down Syndrome may go against the rights of the disabled.