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For the first time in its 119-year history, Aotearoa’s iconic soft drink, L&P, is swapping its signature brown plastic bottle for clear. To mark the milestone, the seven-metre-tall bottle statue…

Raw, organic guitar-driven sound is the focus of new music album The Light by Dylan Wade Lajunen.The Coromandel-based singer-songwriter and guitarist has produced a work of introspection and healing, probing…

“We’re not going away.”That was the message at a recent public meeting held at Bupa Tararu, to discuss the ongoing ministerial review of the Retirement Villages Act 2003.Brian Peat, the…