A traditional Cantonese restaurant with live seafood in tanks, and a mean Peking duck.

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Rie Morris speaks with urgency at all times. Her work is essential, and she knows it. Her students are never far away — the nearby walls cannot contain their rhythmic footsteps and waiata. You can ...

It is midnight in Antarctica, and the sky is the foamy yellow-blue of a summer afternoon. I’m in the front seat of a helicopter, its doors and windows flung open to the icy air, four pairs of eyes ...

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It’s always fascinating coming across politicians with unbridled tenacity and determination to succeed — attributes that can be both a blessing and a curse. Simeon Brown is one of those politicians.

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Wayne Brown sees himself as the next mayor of Auckland, the only man ready and able to fix the city’s woes. Former two-term mayor of the Far North, he thinks he’s got the nous and ability to restore ...