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Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and Revenue Minister Stuart Nash, announcing Cabinet has agreed to investigate a new tax on multinational companies targeting digital revenues photo / Mark Mitchell

NEW ZEALAND

PM warns Google, Facebook: Time to pay your fair share

19 Feb, 2019 5:00am

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NEW ZEALAND

Rental squeeze hits teachers, students and pensioners across NZ

19 Feb, 2019 5:00am
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BUSINESS

One year on: What's it been like having a four-day week?

19 Feb, 2019 7:01am
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WORLD

'I love you, I've been shot at work': Last text from a massacre

19 Feb, 2019 6:11am
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NEW ZEALAND

Tropical Cyclone Oma's path of destruction still unclear

19 Feb, 2019 5:23am
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ENTERTAINMENT

Wife of MAFS' adult virgin shocks him with her past

19 Feb, 2019 6:15am
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BUSINESS

Backpacker's social media post for farm work turns ugly

18 Feb, 2019 6:42pm
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LIFESTYLE

William and Harry preparing for royal split

18 Feb, 2019 1:48pm
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Otago Equine Hospital vets Peter Gillespie and Stephanie Bransgrove reflect on the marathon stitching operation. Photo / Otago Daily Times

NEW ZEALAND

Miniature horse stabbed over 40 times in vicious attack

18 Feb, 2019 9:53pm
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The incident took place in a Waitati paddock at midnight on Sunday.

SPORT

Dirty rumour devastates tennis star after shock split from coach

18 Feb, 2019 7:20pm
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Australian Open champion Naomi Osaka was crushed a hurtful accusation has been floated.

Tyre marks can be seen on Massey Rd where a woman crashed and died on Sunday night. Photo / Stephen Parker

NEW ZEALAND

'She's dead... She's gone': Witness tells of emotional crash site scene

19 Feb, 2019 7:00am
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The death of a Reporoa woman in a crash last night has rocked the small community.

ENTERTAINMENT

Sideswipe: Answer to our housing shortage

19 Feb, 2019 5:00am
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Water tanker operator Henry Ngawhika gets another water tank refill under way in the parched community of Mangawhai. Photos / John Stone

NEW ZEALAND

Town on waiting list for water deliveries

19 Feb, 2019 6:00am
4 minutes to read

Mangawhai water carriers want urgent action as people run low on tank water.

AT&T Stadium is an example of what can happen to a city with a major sports venue on a downtown waterfront site. Photo / Mike Scott

NEW ZEALAND

San Francisco could teach our city a lesson on stadiums

19 Feb, 2019 5:00am
5 minutes to read

While the city contemplates more Eden Park funding, its leaders should look to the US.

ENTERTAINMENT

Watch: John Oliver helps NZ get back on the map

18 Feb, 2019 8:24pm
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NEW ZEALAND

Childhood centre numbers soar as teacher shortage bites

19 Feb, 2019 6:00am
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Spark was forced to drop Chinese telco Huawei as its 5G partner. Photo / AP

Liam Dann: Where to next for NZ-China relations?

New Zealand has work to do to balance diplomatic demands as US/China tensions grow.

Marlon Williams performs with the APO at Villa Maria in Auckland. Photo/Getty

This music festival banking system needs to wop off

Music festival service AWOP is as useless as a leaf blower, writes Chris Schulz.

Invercargill MP Sarah Dowie and Botany MP Jami-Lee Ross in 2016. Photo / Supplied

Sarah Dowie and that text: what the police won't tell you

Even the home base of detectives on the text message investigation is secret.

Lima Feleti, right, was sentenced to ten months' home detention after pleading guilty to the manslaughter of Hamuwera Holloway, left.

Family's anguish over home detention for brother's killer

'He gets to eat his mother's cooking and has a second chance at life. My brother doesn't.'

Whole unhulled hemp seeds are high in both soluble and insoluble fibre. Photo / Getty Images

Hemp: Should you start adding it to your diet?

Is hemp truly a wonder plant? Nikki Bezzant weeds out the truth.

National's latest ad has been accused of mansplaining. Photo/File.

Comment: The mistake National keeps making in its terrible ads

Comment: National doesn't have a great track record with advertising.

Alix Skeel and his ex-girlfriend Jordan Worth, who has been sentenced to jail after abusing him. This image was posted in 2016 on Skeel's social media page.

WORLD

'Days from death': Father tortured by controlling girlfriend

18 Feb, 2019 9:33am
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In a harrowing documentary, Alex Skeel details the abuse he suffered by his girlfriend.

Lawrence Aldred, left, suffered fatal injuries and H Dwight received minor injuries in a head-on crash involving seven cyclists in a race at Mangere, Auckland in 1930. Photo / Herald, National Library

NEW ZEALAND

Two races, one road and a fatal head-on crash

19 Feb, 2019 5:00am
3 minutes to read

Cycle races were held on the same Auckland circuit at the same time, resulting in tragedy.

What current film starring Taraji P. Henson is a loose remake of a 2000 Mel Gibson film? Photo / Getty Images

NEW ZEALAND

Herald morning quiz: February 19

19 Feb, 2019 5:00am
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Current events, geography, history, trivia. Test your knowledge with our morning quiz.

LIFESTYLE

Why New Zealand's obsession with lawns needs to end

18 Feb, 2019 1:59pm
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Kiwi's obsession with having their backyard sets us back ecologically and socially.

Russian President Vladimir Putin may stay in power by swallowing Belarus. Photo / AP

WORLD

Putin's 'retirement' plan: Russia's alarming move in Europe

18 Feb, 2019 3:30pm
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The dominoes are once again beginning to fall in Europe.

SPORT

Huge hint: The obvious clue that reveals next All Blacks coach

18 Feb, 2019 2:30pm
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It probably won't be Scott Robertson as the next All Blacks head coach, which leaves....

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Is this NZ's most luxurious eco mansion?

18 Feb, 2019 2:00pm
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Multi-million-dollar home for sale in Queenstown.

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Workplace problems you only know about if you have big breasts

18 Feb, 2019 9:26am
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Cleavage is a divisive subject, even among women.

New Zealand's Liam Lawson wins the NZ Grand Prix and claims the Castrol Toyota Racing Series, NZ Grand Prix, Manfeild, Feilding, New Zealand, 10 February 2019. Photo by John Cowpland / alphapix

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Kiwi teenager signs deal to become Red Bull F1 Junior driver

19 Feb, 2019 5:00am
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Fresh from winning the NZGP, Pukekohe ace Liam Lawson makes big 2019 announcement.

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NEW ZEALAND

Ambassador Madam Wu says differences between China and NZ have to be properly handled

19 Feb, 2019 5:00am

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NEW ZEALAND

Hawkesby: Nats must be thinking about pulling the pin on Bridges

19 Feb, 2019 6:35am
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NEW ZEALAND

PM warns Google, Facebook: Time to pay your fair share

19 Feb, 2019 5:00am
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NEW ZEALAND

'Annihilation': Drainage work stopped after pile of dead eels found

19 Feb, 2019 6:00am
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NEW ZEALAND

Town on waiting list for water deliveries

19 Feb, 2019 6:00am
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NEW ZEALAND

Cyclone Oma's uncertain path: NZ may be in firing line with heavy rain set to strike

19 Feb, 2019 5:23am
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NEW ZEALAND

Two races, one road and a fatal head-on crash

19 Feb, 2019 5:00am
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BUSINESS

Liam Dann: Where to next for NZ-China relations?

18 Feb, 2019 10:00pm

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Members of the Carey family looking at the river which flows their farms. Photo / Hunter Calder

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Would you drink river water from a dairy farm?

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Rod Emmerson: What lies ahead for political cartoonists

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Steve Braunias on the Malcolm Rewa trial: A deadly serious case with elements of farce

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Fans have questioned Ariana's tanning habits after she appeared on stage even darker than Nicki Minaj. Photo / Getty Images

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BUSINESS

Focus: Building San Francisco's AT&T Stadium beside a harbour

18 Feb, 2019 10:00pm
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NEW ZEALAND

Focus Live: Controversial professor Jordan Peterson speaks in Auckland

18 Feb, 2019 10:00pm
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Focus Live: More bad news for Simon Bridges in latest political poll

18 Feb, 2019 10:00pm
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Focus Live: Internet giants face surprise New Zealand tax

18 Feb, 2019 10:00pm
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Focus: Sister of Hamuwera Holloway says his killer 'broke our family'

18 Feb, 2019 10:00pm
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The four-day week allows people to upskill on their own terms. Photo/Getty Images.

BUSINESS

One year on: What's it been like having a four-day week?

19 Feb, 2019 7:01am

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BUSINESS

'Digital gangsters': UK wants tougher rules for Facebook

19 Feb, 2019 6:47am
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Watchdog has beef with Vodafone price increase

19 Feb, 2019 5:00am
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Backpacker's social media post for farm work turns ugly

18 Feb, 2019 6:42pm
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BUSINESS

Internet giants face surprise NZ tax

18 Feb, 2019 4:45pm
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Shares dip on fears of widening New Zealand-China rift

18 Feb, 2019 4:41pm
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Liam Dann: Digital tax move timely but hardly a bombshell

18 Feb, 2019 2:28pm
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Huawei headache for Ardern as UK govt clears 5G deal

18 Feb, 2019 10:33am
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Sky secures Netball World Cup, extends Indycar deal

19 Feb, 2019 6:19am
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Sports deals ahead of new boss starting on Thursday.

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High Court Judge kicks Viagogo injunction to touch

18 Feb, 2019 3:57pm
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The Commerce Commission sought ban on ticket selling.

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18 Feb, 2019 12:00am
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China's young people in debt

18 Feb, 2019 12:00am
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15 Feb, 2019 12:00am
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21 Jan, 2019 12:00am
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WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND - APRIL 09: A general view of houses in the suburb of Woodridge on April 9, 2016 in Wellington, New Zealand. Increased demand for property in Wellington has seen house prices

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18 Feb, 2019 1:58pm

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China's rush to buy Aussie homes could boost Auckland house prices

17 Feb, 2019 9:20am
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Expert says Aussies could look to buy in NZ if foreign buyers flood Australian market.

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18 Feb, 2019 1:56pm
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17 Feb, 2019 8:20pm
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Terra and Josh Pinkard, who was killed in the shooting.

WORLD

'I love you, I've been shot at work': Last text from a massacre

19 Feb, 2019 6:11am

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President Donald Trump speaks during an event in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington last week. Photo / AP

WORLD

Trump prepares to issue first veto of his term over border wall

18 Feb, 2019 8:39pm
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Senior adviser said 'president is going to protect his national emergency declaration'.

From left, Timothy Law, President of the ECA (Ending Clergy Abuse) organisation, Denise Buchanan and Peter Isely, both founding member of the ECA talk to each other outside the Vatican. Photo / AP

WORLD

Organisers of Pope Francis summit to meet with sex abuse survivors

18 Feb, 2019 8:25pm
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Activists have demanded an end to decades of cover-ups by church leaders.

US President Donald Trump gestures to the audience as he heads to the Oval Office. Photo / AP

WORLD

Comment: How to screw up an emergency declaration in 10 easy steps

18 Feb, 2019 4:52pm
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Trump wrecked his own, already dismal case for a border wall, writes Jennifer Rubin.

President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe pose for photographs before bilateral meetings in the Oval Office in 2017. Photo / Getty Images

WORLD

Did Japan's PM nominate Trump for Nobel Peace Prize after president asked him to?

18 Feb, 2019 4:46pm
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Trump boasted during a White House press event that Abe nominated him.

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Kiwi teenager signs deal to become Red Bull F1 Junior driver

19 Feb, 2019 5:00am
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Me & My Car: investigating a curvaceous Porsche 356 outlaw

18 Feb, 2019 8:00pm
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18 Feb, 2019 6:05pm
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18 Feb, 2019 4:36pm
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18 Feb, 2019 4:00pm
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18 Feb, 2019 12:15pm
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18 Feb, 2019 9:55am
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Savea just one of many All Black stars 'under-delivering' overseas

19 Feb, 2019 6:52am

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Caster Semenya, current 800-meter Olympic gold medalist and world champion, arrives for the first day of her hearing at the international Court of Arbitration for Sport. Photo / AP

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Caster Semenya arrives for landmark case

19 Feb, 2019 6:01am
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Caster Semenya arrived at the Court of Arbitration for Sport for a landmark court case

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'The right time to go': All Blacks star off to Japan

18 Feb, 2019 6:43pm
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San Francisco could teach our city a lesson on stadiums

19 Feb, 2019 5:00am
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Dirty rumour devastates tennis star after shock split from coach

18 Feb, 2019 7:20pm
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Blues winger heading to England

19 Feb, 2019 6:18am
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Blues and Auckland winger Melani Nanai has signed a deal to play in English

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Comment | Savea-bashing millionaire a clown of the worst order

18 Feb, 2019 2:30pm
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Patrick McKendry: Boudjellal's nonsensical rants should serve as warning to NZ players.

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18 Feb, 2019 7:20pm

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Wife of MAFS' adult virgin shocks him with her past

19 Feb, 2019 6:15am

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Friends stars escape horror flight

18 Feb, 2019 11:32am
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Experts forced to intervene after MAFS couple becomes volatile

18 Feb, 2019 7:00am
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Comment: I doubted Smollett, now I might be right

18 Feb, 2019 10:09am
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Fans praise star's 'life saving' fashion choices

18 Feb, 2019 8:50am
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Trump reacts furiously to SNL sketch

18 Feb, 2019 8:36am
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Sideswipe: Answer to our housing shortage

19 Feb, 2019 5:00am
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Acclaimed writer and filmmaker Peter Wells dies

18 Feb, 2019 6:39pm
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The 69-year-old died surrounded by friends and his husband, Douglas Lloyd Jenkins.

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Watch: John Oliver helps NZ get back on the map

18 Feb, 2019 8:24pm
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English comedian John Oliver has taken the mickey out of New Zealand once more.

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MOVIES

Ryan Reynold's close call with a grizzly bear

16 Feb, 2019 7:43am
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The Deadpool star "screamed bloody murder" when he came face-to-face with a black bear.

Daniel Radcliffe in a scene from Harry Potter: The Order of the Phoenix.

MOVIES

Daniel Radcliffe reveals his favourite Harry Potter film

15 Feb, 2019 12:47pm
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Daniel Radcliffe has revealed his favourite film from the Harry Potter franchise.

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Drum n bass titan to Air NZ: 'Can I produce the next song?'

18 Feb, 2019 2:42pm
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The Belgian drum and bass producer Netsky has just touched down in Auckland.

Hayley Holt gives Drake her 'Ed Sheeran treatment'

18 Feb, 2019 10:35am
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Hayley Holt has given another superstar the "Ed Sheeran treatment."

Secret wedding, first baby: Why Matilda won't be on DWTS

17 Feb, 2019 7:00am
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The happy couple are expecting their first child together!

Inside new Heartbreak Island star's bed-hopping antics

17 Feb, 2019 7:00am
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Secrets spilled during Heartbreak Island's season 2 launch.

Who's that girl? Meet Westside's new Cheryl

17 Feb, 2019 7:00am
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Fans will find their favourite Westie looks a little different.

Kiwi stars get polo ready

17 Feb, 2019 7:00am
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Stars are lining up for next Saturday's Land Rover NZ Polo Open

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The film that sent Melanie Lynskey into labour

15 Feb, 2019 3:25pm
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Melanie Lynskey and her husband Jason Ritter welcomed a baby girl in December.

Jeremy's shock gift for Hilary Barry

15 Feb, 2019 8:54am
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We all know Jeremy for his tongue in cheek humour – but has he taken it a step too far?

The best advice given to Kiwi celebs

15 Feb, 2019 7:18am
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Watch: KJ Apa's hilarious 'cup' prank

13 Feb, 2019 9:18am
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The Kiwi Riverdale star has been busy at work pranking his cast and crew on set.

Mike McRoberts to withdraw from Dancing with the Stars?

13 Feb, 2019 8:55am
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"To be honest, I shed a few tears," Mike says.

Westside star says baby 'felt right'

12 Feb, 2019 9:49am
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Antonia Prebble and Dan Musgrove are expecting their first child together.

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16 Feb, 2019 5:41pm

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16 Feb, 2019 6:02am
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15 Feb, 2019 4:01pm
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Is the way you cook a roast dinner deadly?

18 Feb, 2019 9:08am

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18 Feb, 2019 3:00pm

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