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A shining new showcase for New Zealand art
<strong>As Auckland Art Gallery reopens its doors today, Linda Herrick walks through its marvellous collection of New Zealand art.</strong>
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Stories and analysis from The Northern Express Herald.
Aisling Symes inquest ends
The parents of two-year-old Aisling Symes hugged and exclaimed "it's over" after coroner Garry Evans today completed the inquest into her death.
Impaled schoolboy stayed calm
An 11-year-old boy impaled at an Auckland school this morning asked his rescuers not to amputate his leg as they cut him off a school fence. He slipped while climbing the fence but is unlikely to suffer permanent damage.
11 year old impaled on school fence
An 11-year-old boy is in Auckland's Starship Hospital after he became impaled on a steel spiked fence at school this morning.
Early morning blaze at Henderson house
One person was treated for smoke inhalation after firefighters put out a blaze at a west Auckland house this morning.
Badly beaten cop: I thought I would die
As a frontline cop lay on the ground taking blow after blow to his head, unable to fight back during a vicious attack by a burglary suspect, he didn't think he would survive.
Swimming: Boyle too hot to handle in homecoming
It was a happy homecoming for US-based Lauren Boyle at the New Zealand swimming championships in Auckland last night.
Nothing amiss in woman's death - police
Police say there does not appear to be any foul play involved in a death of a woman in west Auckland earlier today.
Constable shocked at conduct of senior accused of assault
Constable wondered whether alleged assault was just 'the way things are done in west Auckland'.
Sergeant throttled prisoner - constable
A young constable has described seeing her sergeant throttle a prisoner half a metre from her face.
Constable describes how he saw senior knee prisoner
A constable has described how he saw his senior officer knee a handcuffed prisoner, who later had to have his left testicle surgically removed.