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by Amy Williams

Sports fans will be able to watch the Pacific region’s sporting superstars, thanks to Maori TV.

Starting this week, Maori Television will broadcast daily highlights from the thirteenth South Pacific Games in Samoa.

The games, which are held every four years, include 33 sporting events contested by more than 4000 participants from 22 countries. Read more

by Angela Norton

The US military has picked up on a robotic pack mule that may help soldiers to carry large loads in the battlefield.

BigDog is the piece de resistance in engineering company Boston Dynamics’ range of artificially intelligent robots.

The robot mimics the movement of four-legged animals and can walk, run and climb on rough terrain. Read more

by Dylan Quinnell

Boobs on Bikes. What do I think?

Well, the first question that comes to mind is: why?

Parades usually have a point, ones that happen down Auckland’s main drag at midday, anyway.

The Santa parade is meant to spread a bit of cheer, and quite possibly chuck in a bit of advertising. Read more

by Amy Paterson

Scrap solar system mobiles, or archaic astronomy CD-ROMs, Google has taken viewing and learning about the night sky to a whole other level.

Google has recently released a new application that allows internet users to explore the night sky from their home computer.

The new feature, Sky, is part of the free online mapping service Google Earth. Read more

by André Hueber

The devastating bridge collapse in Minneapolis has many Aucklanders wondering whether the same thing might happen here.

All vehicles heavier than 4.5 tonnes were banned from driving on the Auckland Harbour Bridge clip-ons in May after fractures were found.

Although Transit warned in 2003 that the bridge’s two clip-ons might have to be replaced in less than 20 years Read more

by Michel Sam Mathew

Islamophobia may be the topic de jour, but AUT’s Muslim Students Association (AUTMSA) aims to look beyond the prejudice.

At the annual Islam Awareness Week, which was held at AUT last week, the association members did just that.

More than 25 members of the AUTMSA held a string of events such as movie nights Read more

by Aroha Treacher

To the uninitiated, the Fix Auckland campaign might be something of a mystery.

In a nutshell, the Fix Auckland campaign wants to abolish Auckland’s seven local authorities and regional councils and replace them with a single One Auckland Council.

The campaign calls for public feedback on abolishing the eight councils and establishing One Auckland Council Read more

by Angela Norton

Like the idea of an online directory where you can type in the name of any person in the world and get a profile of them?

What if people could search for your name and find out everything about you, without you knowing it?

This may not be far from reality. Read more

by Eloise Gibson

New Zealanders would pay more to dump rubbish to take pressure off landfills, shows a new survey.

The Green Party has a bill before Parliament that would put a $25 per tonne levy on waste taken to a landfill.

The aim is to take pressure off landfills by encouraging people to recycle or re-use waste. Read more

by Amy Williams

Bob wandered around the Sydney harbourside, enjoying the scenery, the people and the excitement of his new home.

He was so glad he’d finally joined the brain drain and fled New Zealand, along with thousands of others, for the sunny shores of Australia.

Suddenly his eye was drawn to a giant billboard Read more