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One long-standing tradition meets another at the sprawling Massachusetts music center.

AN IRVINE café set up and run by people with additional support needs has been forced to close after just three years.

Tony Kelly/Supplied Seaview Marina in Lower Hutt is close to opening 46 new berths with plans for 31 more because of high demand for moorings. Covid-19-related boat buying could be behind the spike in demand. Last week, police rescued a man clinging to a pool noodle from Wellington Harbour after a homemade dinghy sank. Senior Constable Philip Elder​ of the Wellington Police Maritime said at the time police had been encountering more inexperienced boaties, many of whom had redirected their at...

Authorities lost track of the launch, called Kahu, until it was struck by a commercial fishing boat about 16 kilometres away, near Cape Jackson, at 10pm. It then drifted towards Transpower’s underwater electricity and telecommunications cables in Cook Strait, before it was spotted by seamen and towed to Wellington. Ross Giblin/Stuff On Saturday, emergency services were called to the 11.8-metre launch boat as it began to sink near near Ngāwhatu Kai-ponu/The Brothers Islands around noon. S...