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2009: A year in review
2009 - 3 News' choice of the year's top stories
It has been a big year for news; high profile court cases, tragic natural disasters and an historic election. Take a moment to look through some of the stories and pictures that shaped 2009.
New Zealanders of the Year - Inspector Gary Davey
Police Inspector Gary Davey was at the forefront of the Aisling Symes ...
Top world stories of 2009
From Obama's inauguration the karate skills of Vladimir Putin it has b...
MPs travel expenses scandal - 2009 politics review
Excessively expensive and sometimes unnecessary travel tarnished sever...
The best movies of 2009
Kate Rodger, the rest of the Film3 team and other Kiwi critics list th...
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Teenager claims McDonald's burger infested with maggots
Once booming Dubai goes bust
Antonie Dixon found dead
'Sam the Koala' story not what it first seemed
UK boy father at 13
All passengers miraculously survive American Airbus crash
Otago students' toga parade turns into shambles
Susan Boyle loses out in final of Britain's Got Talent
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Whaling solution will be dramatic success or failure - Key
2009 news wrap video
2009 in NZ Cricket
New Zealanders of the Year 10 - Peter Beck
ACC levy increases for all confirmed
Bikers gatecrash National cocktail party
Maori flag gets the thumbs up from John Key
Key condemns Harawira's 'white motherf...ers' email tirade
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'Hero' mauled to death at Lion Man's Zion wildlife park
Dalu's family say he died doing what he loved
Anti-smacking debate goes to referendum
Taito Phillip Field guilty on 26 counts
Maori flag gets the thumbs up from John Key
Bikers gatecrash National cocktail party
ACC levy increases for all confirmed
Kashin farewelled by more than 18,000 people at Auckland Zoo
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Aisling lay in drain metres from searchers
'Hero' mauled to death at Lion Man's Zion wildlife park
Key condemns Harawira's 'white motherf...ers' email tirade
Sue Bradford resigns as Green Party MP
Board recommends Wanganui be spelled with an 'h'
Campbell Live interviews Veitch and Dunne-Powell
Maori flag gets the thumbs up from John Key
Anti-smacking debate goes to referendum
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National - 2009 Review
Editor's Top Tens
2009 - Politics Review
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100 things we didn't know last year
2009 news wrap video
The biggest entertainment stories of 2009
News and the internet - the last decade
The best animal stories of 2009
The best videogames of 2009
The best movies of 2009
2009 review - a year in motorsport
The best albums of 2009
2009 in Politics
The best videogames of 2009
Top world stories of 2009
The best movies of 2009
The Maori flag debate - 2009 politics review
New Zealanders of the Year - David Tua
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Air NZ staff manuals: Racist or cultural observations?
Air New Zealand has apologised for an old in-flight manual that instructed staff to keep an eye on Tongan passengers, as they could “drink the bar dry”. Air NZ says the manual was meant as a reference guide to other cultures, but apologised for the cultural assumptions. Is such a manual healthy for race relations and understanding other cultures?