Why do some of the forums links not work?

The forums contain a wide range of links to external sites, starting from January 2003. Since those links were posted, many websites have been upgraded, changed or have otherwise disappeared and the link now longer points to the correct page. This is a problem that is mostly beyond our control.

Two sites that deserve more mention: -

• Stuff has a policy of expiring content after a few weeks so they can sell access to their archives. For this reason we recommend not linking to Stuff articles if you can find the content on another site.
• The New Zealand Herald maintains their articles online and is a preferable source for linking to news articles in the forums. Note that recently the Herald has updated their website so old links in the forums will turn up the Herald home page. The article still exists, so you may be able to find it by searching for keywords suggested in the forum posts.