Rurawhe was Speaker in the last Labour Government’s second term and was an MP in the Te Tai Hauāuru electorate since 2014.
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Trinidadian singer and songwriter hailed as a living legend and the greatest calypsonian of all time
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Trailblazing political scientist and former Human Rights Commissioner Dame Margaret Clark has died aged 85. Victoria University of Wellington this afternoon...
A social movement trailblazer who galvanized generations of young women and girls, Gloria Steinem passed away peacefully at her home on September 2, 2026.
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Cassandra Wilson, the two-time Grammy Award-winning jazz singer, songwriter and producer has died.
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Wendell Berry has died at age 92 He was a beloved American poet, novelist, essayist, and farmer.
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Tim Curry, who played Dr. Frank-N-Furter in The Rocky Horror Picture Show and Pennywise the Clown from Stephen King's It, has died at 80.
In a statement to PEOPLE on Aug. 25, reps for the country star confirmed that the “Jolene” singer’s death at 80 on Tuesday followed a “brief battle with cancer.” The type of cancer was not disclosed.
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The Total Eclipse of the Heart singer died last month in a hospital in Portugal.
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Singer with one of the first ‘girl groups’, the Chantels, whose 1950s hit Maybe sold more than a million copies
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Glen Hansard, the Irish singer who won an Oscar for the musical movie Once and the led the bands The Frames and The Swell Season, died on Wednesday. He died following a motorcycle crash in Dublin.
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Former Finance Minister Sir Bill Birch, who is being remembered for his “legendary diligence”, will be farewelled today at a funeral set to be attended by...
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Former West Indies allrounder passed away at his home in Barbados
News of the Jurassic Park star's death was confirmed on social media today.
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After her death this week aged 86, colleagues of The Good Life actor remember a star who remained kind, funny and grounded despite her formidable stage presence
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Last week, the music world lost two genuine legends. Here are tributes to them both from Canadian stars and industry notables.
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Best-known as co-creator of sitcom Cheers, Burrows directed more than 1,000 episodes of other classics including the Big Bang Theory and Will and Grace.
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He was subversive and bold, yet also playful and accepting – putting the fun into pop art and finding freedom and fulfilment amid the blue skies and pools of California. David Hockney, who has died aged 88, lived and painted the truth
Few New Zealand lawyers have reached the heights achieved by Sir Kenneth Keith: a Supreme Court justice, a seat on the International Court of...
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Ngāti Raukawa leader and champion of te reo Māori Professor Whatarangi Winiata has died, aged 92.
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“As your Koro, my task was to explain the legacy so that each of you can hold it in your hands, absorb it, share it, add to it what you already know and finally cherish it.” — Tā Hirini Moko Mead, who died last week, aged 99, writing to “the mokopuna generation of the nation”.
Dame Jools was the slightly older twin of the famous sisters who entertained Kiwis for some four decades.
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Tā (Sir) Tamati Reedy, a Ngāti Porou leader and celebrated academic, has died aged 89. Reedy, who was knighted for his services to education in his hometown,...
In September 2018, Turner revealed he was diagnosed with Lewy body dementia in an interview with "CBS Sunday Morning."
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Singer, songwriter, guitarist and co-founder of the British rock group Traffic who clashed with the frontman Steve Winwood
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