WEEK 6: Saturday 6 February - Friday 12 February 2010

Local - The Good Word, Saturday 6 February, 9.10pm: New Zealand's exciting television book show, The Good Word, returns to TVNZ 7 with its lively mix of reviews, views and stories from the world of books.

This week is Diabetes Awareness Week and Tariana Turia is calling on the whanau of people with diabetes to take practical steps to support their loved ones.

His Royal Highness The Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex KG KVCO met and presented Gold Award Certificates to seven teenage parents from Taonga Education Centre who have completed their Duke of Edinburgh's Hillary Award Programme through the support of Max Fashions Ltd.

At the Maori Party annual general meeting in Auckland at the weekend, I was asked by the 200-strong supporters in attendance about whether or not I would be retiring at the end of this term.

This morning in Saint-Tropez began with grey skies and calm conditions, but by noon the sun broke through and the wind had picked up.

Health and Disability Forum; Porirua; Friday 28 August 2009

Hon Tariana Turia, Associate Minister of Health

(delivered by Hekia Parata, on her behalf)

I was really looking forward to coming out here today.

Based on a book by a Pulitzer Prize winning author, Elegy is a film which ploughs headfirst through the entanglement of emotions we call love and does so with an elegance and grace too often missing in mainstream cinema.

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The King of the Bays this Sunday is the final event in the Sovereign NZ Ocean Swim Series and will see upwards of 1200 people of all backgrounds take on one of 3 events on offer, from the Sovereign OceanKids to the 750m event to the 2.8km King of the Bays.

Wellington, April 8 NZPA - Family of an elderly man killed following an alleged road rage incident in Auckland have described him as peaceful, honest and hard working.