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Analysis - Luxon is loath to spend too much time looking backwards, and invited to share any lessons from his first year as PM, he draws something of a blank.

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Zvi Kogan, a representative of a religious movement of Hasidic Jews, had been missing for days before his body was discovered ...

Tens of thousands of people lined Auckland's CBD for Sunday's annual Santa Parade. Crowd favourite Bluey the blue heeler pup ...

Mark Jones, whose daughter Bianca died in Laos, has pushed for the local government to act and prevent further tragedies.