In an effort to squeeze in as much public transport as possible to the last day of my trip, I caught the ferry from Paihia to Russell. The crossing took 17 minutes and costs $17 for a return trip.

Mad Chapman has vetoed my plan to bike the last leg from Kaitaia to Cape Reinga. It’s a bit hypocritical coming from someone who once rode an Onzo bike from Mt Eden to Huntly for a story, but she’s ...

KiwiRail maintains the train tracks up to Whangārei, but they’re only used for freight to service the port Marsden Point. The closest you can get to here on a regular passenger train is an Auckland ...

David Hill is in his ninth decade. In a touching tribute to his late friend, he challenges some myths about 'old farts'.

With Māori making up over half the prison population, the long-term societal costs are enormous, impacting health, education ...

The Māori music scene in Aotearoa is arguably as strong as it has ever been. Reo Māori waiata are topping the charts, and the ...

Without it, we can expect a lot of wasted work by 'back room' employees to pull together evidence about what we already know.

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Rattle your dags, sharpen your shears and somebody check on Oliver Driver, because it has just been confirmed that a sequel for the local horror comedy Black Sheep will start production next year, ...

Sir Robert ‘Bom’ Nairn Gillies has passed away at 99 years old. He was the last surviving member of the 28th Māori Battalion, ...

Joel MacManus attempts to travel from the bottom to the top of the country without a car or plane. Today: can he finally ...