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Anzac Day 2026: how the poppy has endured as our symbol of war and remembrance

In 1916, in the middle of the Great War, 2nd Lieutenant Leonard (Len) James Shaw of the 2nd Auckland Battalion sent a pressed Flanders poppy in folded paper to his niece Jessie Osborne in Waikato.

The Conversation

'Very special': NSW Waratahs chase rare win in Waikato

The NSW Waratahs are preparing to face the Chiefs having not won in Hamilton since the club's famous 2014 title-winning Super Rugby season.

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Who is Tom Phillips? Quick Facts About the Fugitive Father Shot Dead, With One Child Recovered as Two Remain Missing

Tom Phillips was killed by police after four years in hiding. One child was found, but two remain missing in Waikato.

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Family of New Zealand fugitive on the run for almost four years with his children plead for his return

In a New Zealand television interview, relatives spoke of their anguish since Tom Phillips disappeared with his three children in late 2021

The Guardian - AU

Police launch new search for fugitive father and children missing in New Zealand wilderness for three years

Over the next few days police will be ‘present’ in the remote Marokopa area where Tom Phillips and his three children are believed to be hiding

The Guardian - AU

New Zealand’s two-year search in wilderness for fugitive father and three missing children

Other than a few sightings around the vast Waikato region, mystery surrounds whereabouts of Tom Phillips and welfare of his three children

The Guardian - AU

Makea drives Waikato's rollercoaster ride into semis

Waikato goes into Saturday's Farah Palmer Cup semifinal led by a woman who’s been, gone and returned - along the way becoming one of the most respected players in the country. Adam Julian reports.

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‘Like you’re in a horror movie’: pollution leaves New Zealand wetlands irreversibly damaged

Ecologists say some bodies of water may already have passed the tipping points from which they may never recover

The Guardian - AU

The Waikato town forgotten in the storm

Storm-battered Port Waikato residents say they feel neglected as they begin the slow walk to recovery

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Ewe-topia or bust: Sunny visions of tourism to come

A famously animal-shaped building in rural Waikato is up for lease - just like the hopes of the tourism sector in general

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10 is too young to be in court – NZ should raise the minimum age of criminal responsibility

Recent news that thousands of charges have been filed in the Waikato and Auckland youth courts in the past nine months once again put a spotlight on youth crime and our responses to it.

The Conversation

Consistency v Potential in FPC play-offs

After seven strong weeks of competition, be prepared to expect the unexpected in the Farah Palmer Cup semifinals, predicts rugby columnist Alice Soper.

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Where are they now? Magic champions of 2012

Exactly 10 years ago, the Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic made history lifting the ANZ Championship trophy, and their legacy lives on to this day, Merryn Anderson discovers.

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Waitangi week: The Pākehā wars

Censorship interrupts an oral history of a new book on the New Zealand Wars, longlisted for the Ockham awards

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