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Natural Dairy pressing ahead with milk export plans

The Chinese company that sparked a fierce national debate last year about foreign investment in farming is ploughing ahead with plans to export millions of cartons of UHT milk from New Zealand to China.

Tenants quit death home

Family helpless as rip takes swimmer

Man who drowned at Papamoa Beach named

Elderly surf swimmer drowns in rip

Tim Balme: taking the lead

From zombie killer to Norse god, Tim Balme has had a busy career, on both sides of the television camera. He tells Rebecca Barry about juggling these roles.

NZ market closes below new 29-month high

Bearing fruit

It used to be deeply naff, drunk only by teens and maybe your nana; so how did cider get its fizz back to be the drink of the summer, asks Nicky Pellegrino.

Officials defend speed of track repairs on Mount

Dump site artillery shell a dud - police

Old artillery shell found at Tauranga tip

Sewage danger signs not enough - Mum

Tugboat tussle to thrill the crowds

For local tugboat enthusiast Baden Pascoe, there is something honourable and magical about a vessel that has been a workhorse most of its life.

Three teens arrested for burglary at Parachute festival

Strangers give cat unkindest cut

Capturing the true spirit of young Kiwis

Alison Shanks has stood on the dais to receive world championship and Commonwealth Games gold medals. But she remembers just as vividly standing at the helm of the Spirit of New Zealand.

Surf Lifesaving: Aussies loom large in lifesaving series

Surf Lifesaving: Moodie says attitude is key