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![Success: Partners sell Kiwi expertise to Asia](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Success: Partners sell Kiwi expertise to Asia
NZ firm sees growing market for green energy technology.
![Book Review: <i>We Had It So Good</i>](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Book Review: <i>We Had It So Good</i>
Here's a story about how to become middle-aged and middle-class - without noticing it.
![Stronger trade with Asia means more jobs - Key](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Stronger trade with Asia means more jobs - Key
Stronger trade ties with Asia's major economies will strengthen NZ's economy, John Key says.
![Key: Gillard visit likely to help align economies](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Key: Gillard visit likely to help align economies
Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard is to visit NZ for talks early next year likely to yield progress in aligning the two nations' economies, says John Key.
![Bumpy journey to Vietnam for PM](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Bumpy journey to Vietnam for PM
After what had potential to be a very bumpy journey after a weather radar problem on the plane, New Zealand has arrived at the East Asia Summit.
![<i>Cafe Hanoi</i>, Auckland CBD](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
<i>Cafe Hanoi</i>, Auckland CBD
Anyone who has been to Vietnam knows that the best food comes from the north.
![Kiwi Vietnam war hero dies](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Kiwi Vietnam war hero dies
A former New Zealand Vietnam war hero who was recently presented with a bravery award for saving the lives of Australian soldiers has died.
![Apocalypse then](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Apocalypse then
As a soldier in Vietnam, Karl Marlantes came face-to-face with war. Thirty years later he has turned that experience into a New York Times best-seller.
![Charges over freak fatal motorway accident](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Charges over freak fatal motorway accident
A freak road accident where a truck wheel came loose and killed a man in a bus on Auckland's southern motorway earlier this year is heading to court.
![Ask Lonely Planet: All that's eco is not green in Vietnam](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Ask Lonely Planet: All that's eco is not green in Vietnam
Eco-tourism in Vietnam is often promoted by companies who either by ignorance or outright unscrupulousness do not adhere to the ethics that would constitute viable eco-tourism projects.
![Kiwi war hero rewarded by Australia](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Kiwi war hero rewarded by Australia
A former New Zealand artillery officer has been given a bravery award by the Australian Government.
![Vientiane, Laos](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Vientiane, Laos
Laos' bizarre capital is a languid collection of wide French-style avenues furnished with cruising tuk tuks, and plane-tree studded neighbourhoods dotted with Buddhist temples and French colonial architecture.