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Stories and analysis from The Northern Express Herald.
Giant talent in rugby poaching row
A rising rugby star who dreams of playing for the All Blacks is at the centre of a poaching row between two top private schools.
Kiwi yachtie's Pacific nightmare
Alex Macdonald says he was kept in Tongan police custody for five days, accused of killing his skipper.
Kiwi in tragic mystery at sea
It's a story that reads like the plot of a movie thriller - lost in the Pacific.
Sailing holiday turned into 'voyage from hell'
A Canterbury man's holiday voyage turned into a trip from hell last week when the skipper fell overboard.
Former All Black mourns family members lost in ferry disaster
Former All Black Va'aiga Tuigamala says some of his wife's relatives were among those who perished in last week's tragedy.
Tonga: Recovery of bodies 'too costly and risky'
Depth of the sunken ferry Princess Ashika means the recovery of the 93 bodies trapped inside would be a prohibitively costly, lengthy and dangerous process.
<i>Editorial:</i> As clangers go, King's is a shocker
Tonga's King has committed an act so foolish that it bears comparison with some of the biggest political clangers of recent history.
Tonga: Images may reveal bodies - navy
Remote operated vehicle (ROV) expected to be deployed again once weather clears on Monday evening.
Sonar image shows vessel thought to be sunken ferry
A sonar image of a sunken wreck believed to be the Princess Ashika has been released by the Navy.
Tongan waters now graveyard
At least 93 people who drowned in the Princess Ashika are likely to be forever buried at sea because the wreck - found yesterday - is too deep.