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Morning quiz: Which is the only Nobel Prize category that is not awarded by Sweden?

Test your brains with the Herald's morning quiz.

Auckland Transport plans to remove all parking on one of the city’s busiest roads

A clearway will be extended along Onewa Rd, traffic lights will be synchronised.

‘Long life’ - the ironic jewellery clue that identified murdered drug lord Mr Asia

In the final episode, hosts John Daniell and Noelle McCarthy explore the gang’s downfall.

‘World’s first’: NZ mill’s tissue machine to run on geothermal steam

The mill invested $20m to upgrade its paper machine.

Christchurch homicide victim understood to be son of murdered gang member

Despite urgent treatment, the 39-year-old died at the scene.

‘They came from nowhere’: Man attacked in ‘violent’ Auckland robbery days after moving to NZ

The man was punched in the face and chased with a baseball bat in the late-night attack.

'It went past my hand’: B'day party fatal shooting witness describes chaos as bullets flew

The woman described the final moments before the victim was shot and fell to the ground.

CCTV footage captures violent attack on recent immigrant

A man who recently moved to New Zealand was attacked by six people after a late-night supermarket trip. Video / Supplied

'Genuinely thought he’d changed:' The lawyer, the conman and $333k in stolen legal aid

Lawyer Chris Tennet gave a conman a chance, but Brian Hunter hadn't really changed.

More than 500 jobs at risk after Govt-funded school lunch supplier tipped into liquidation

Libelle Group is contracted to deliver approximately 125,000 meals daily.

Man, 52, arrested after six electric vehicles vandalised with spray paint in Auckland

Some vandalised vehicles were towed after spray paint damage left them undriveable.

Labour’s Peeni Henare facing privileges committee for haka in the House

Henare and three other MPs were referred to the committee.

Fresh child abuse charges for disgraced NZ businessman Ron Brierley

Aged 87, Brierley appeared in the Waverley Local Court in Sydney this afternoon

Why this farmer is a 'beacon of community spirit'

Sharemilker Danielle Hovmand had no idea she'd been put up for an award.

‘Never had a blind person’: Uproar after small-town museum bans woman's guide dog

The museum near New Plymouth says it was a misunderstanding and apologised.

Napier healthcare services in the spotlight at public meeting

An opposition MP and city leaders are expected at Thursday night's meeting.

370,000 to be stung by Govt's stealth student loan change

The Government is lifting the repayment threshold.

Scrapped: Food waste service bites the dust

Councillors voted 9-4 in favour of ending the service before it even began.