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![King's Birthday Honours obscure edition: Steve Braunias on services to plumbing](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
King's Birthday Honours obscure edition: Steve Braunias on services to plumbing
Steve Braunias meets three Kiwis awarded honours this King's Birthday Weekend.
![Living a life of adventure - with MS](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Living a life of adventure - with MS
MS hasn't stopped 41 years of globe-trotting and adventures.
![Cook Strait ferry service: Who's really paying?](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Cook Strait ferry service: Who's really paying?
Independent operator says billions could be blown at both ends of strait.
![Canadian professors speaking in Whanganui about historic ship](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Canadian professors speaking in Whanganui about historic ship
The Canadian professors are visiting the Alexander Heritage & Research Library on April 7.
![I’m a visitor from the US and I'm told Picton is perfect. But is it?...](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
I’m a visitor from the US and I'm told Picton is perfect. But is it?...
Picton can’t possibly be this perfect, can it?
![The key questions for KiwiRail as it fronts on ferries](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
The key questions for KiwiRail as it fronts on ferries
Editorial: It was an annus horribilis for KiwiRail - but can our mega ferries be salvaged?
![Collapse of an empire: How a South Island gang boss was brought down from inside](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Collapse of an empire: How a South Island gang boss was brought down from inside
Kurt Bayer reports on the fast rise, and even faster fall, of an underworld kingpin.
![Best things to do in Picton](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Best things to do in Picton
It's the last stop in the South Island, but it's worth a visit, says Elisabeth Easther.
![Ferry project cancellation a ‘heavy blow’, says Waitohi Picton iwi](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Ferry project cancellation a ‘heavy blow’, says Waitohi Picton iwi
The iReX project would have seen major developments at the ports of Picton and Wellington.
![Interislander project faces ‘funding shortfall’](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Interislander project faces ‘funding shortfall’
The Government has given KiwiRail options to ensure iRex can continue.
![Watch: Waves crash on to ferry's deck as wild weather hits](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Watch: Waves crash on to ferry's deck as wild weather hits
Video of the sailing shows how rough the Cook Strait was.
![Mongols gang pad raided by police after reports of stabbing](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Mongols gang pad raided by police after reports of stabbing
It comes after Mongols descended on South Island for meet-up.
![Picton crash passenger feels 'empty' after crash kills 7 in his family](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Picton crash passenger feels 'empty' after crash kills 7 in his family
'Sometimes I have flashbacks. I get really scared. Sometimes I can't breathe.'
![Collapse of an empire: How a South Island gang boss was brought down from inside](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Collapse of an empire: How a South Island gang boss was brought down from inside
Kurt Bayer reports on the fast rise, and even faster fall, of an underworld kingpin.
![Wagon shunted into harbour cost $500,000 to recover](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Wagon shunted into harbour cost $500,000 to recover
Nobody was injured in the incident, the report confirmed.
!['I'm still waiting': Survivor of horror van crash desperate for answers eight months on](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
'I'm still waiting': Survivor of horror van crash desperate for answers eight months on
Pedro Clariman says he's lonely and traumatised after losing 7 family members in crash.
![‘Are we a third-world country?’ Anger at weeks-long ferry delays](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
‘Are we a third-world country?’ Anger at weeks-long ferry delays
The Bluebridge ferry has cancelled all its sailings, and rebooking vehicles is impossible.
!['Very annoying': Travellers still dealing with ferry cancellations](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
'Very annoying': Travellers still dealing with ferry cancellations
Frustrated people trying to cross Cook Strait still dealing with cancellations, delays.
![Interislander’s Kaitaki ferry cancellations extended, passengers told no standbys available](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Interislander’s Kaitaki ferry cancellations extended, passengers told no standbys available
The Kaitaki ferry's woes continue, with the gearbox problems taking longer to fix.
![Interislander ferry to resume passenger sailings after mayday](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Interislander ferry to resume passenger sailings after mayday
The ferry operator acknowledges the past few weeks have been "rough" for customers.
![Staff member seriously injured by truck on Bluebridge ferry at Wellington wharf](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Staff member seriously injured by truck on Bluebridge ferry at Wellington wharf
Multiple emergency services have raced to the unfolding incident.