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Live: Cabinet's dilemma - can lockdown end in 16 days?; US braces for 'saddest' week

6 Apr, 2020 5:49am

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Lee Paaki and Aroha Nicola only had a few minutes with their baby boy before he died. Photo / Supplied

NEW ZEALAND

Grief in isolation: Young mum loses newborn son, soon after brother dies

6 Apr, 2020 5:00am

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A drive-through coronavirus testing station on Auckland's North Shore. Photo / Alex Burton

NEW ZEALAND

Covid-19: Holes in data used to guide critical virus decisions

5 Apr, 2020 9:34pm

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NEW ZEALAND

Hospice's strict lockdown: One visitor for a loved one - and they can't leave

6 Apr, 2020 5:00am
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BUSINESS

Liam Dann: 8 reasons NZ is in good shape to get through this

5 Apr, 2020 5:00am
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NEW ZEALAND

Cases pass 1000, defiant surfers, lockdown rules: All you need to know

6 Apr, 2020 5:47am
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BUSINESS

Finance company mortgage borrowers fear losing their homes

6 Apr, 2020 5:00am
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NEW ZEALAND

Lockdown tips: Bubble of one enough to make you scream

6 Apr, 2020 5:00am
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BUSINESS

Revealed: What Covid has done to property market and who's hunting bargains

6 Apr, 2020 12:01am
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NEW ZEALAND

15-year-old critically injured after incident at Tawharanui Peninsula

5 Apr, 2020 9:20pm
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BUSINESS

How NZ companies will prepare for the Covid-19 storm

6 Apr, 2020 5:00am
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Britain's Queen Elizabeth II, pictured on March 9 at he annual Commonwealth Day service at Westminster Abbey in London. She is to make a rare address this morning. Photo / AP

LIFESTYLE

Queen invokes Blitz spirit in message of hope

6 Apr, 2020 6:21am
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Queen Elizabeth II to make rare address to British nation over coronavirus.

Foundation owners Claire and Paul Gibson. Photo / Supplied

BUSINESS

Full house to ghost tables: Virus dines out on hospo success

5 Apr, 2020 3:58pm

Hanging on for dear life: anatomy of a business meltdown.

WORLD

Americans brace for 'hardest, saddest' week of their lives

6 Apr, 2020 5:27am

BUSINESS

$9m Waiheke sale sets national record but owner gets shock

5 Apr, 2020 7:37am

Winston Reid hasn't played since an All Whites friendly in November. Photo / Getty Images

SPORT

Winston Reid waited two years to play competitive football. Then Covid came.

6 Apr, 2019 5:00am
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Reid it and weep: All Whites skipper stuck on the sideline as top-level return on hold.

Lockdown gingerbread men. NZ baking blogger One Handed Baker having a little fun in the kitchen ... They're even sticking to social distancing!

ENTERTAINMENT

Sideswipe: April 6: Lockdown gingerbread men

6 Apr, 2020 5:00am
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A daily column looking at some of the more humorous, satirical and simply strange news.

These neighbours won't let lockdown get in the way of their catch up drinks. Photo / Tik Tok

LIFESTYLE

'Kiwi ingenuity at its finest': Lockdown drinks through plastic wrap, at the fence

5 Apr, 2020 2:23pm
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These neighbours won't let the lockdown get in the way of their catch-up drinks.

Joseph Maldonado-Passage, also known as Joe Exotic, is the star of hit Netflix series Tiger King. Photo / Supplied

ENTERTAINMENT

Burning question after stunning Tiger King twist

5 Apr, 2020 1:18pm
4 minutes to read

One particularly shocking event in the hit Netflix show left us all asking the same thing.

NEW ZEALAND

Interactive: How prepared is your DHB for a Covid-19 outbreak?

5 Apr, 2020 9:39pm
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SPORT

'So irrational': 89 year-old Formula 1 billionaire to become dad again

5 Apr, 2020 9:22am
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Joe Schoendorf Tech Investor Accel Partners at Craggy Range Winery

BUSINESS

Silicon Valley veteran shares secrets of tech success

5 Apr, 2020 11:22am
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'Go fast or go home', is Silicon Valley veteran Joe Schoendorf's advice.

Jai Bhasin and his mother Suman, 80, are also stranded in India. Photo / Supplied

NEW ZEALAND

'We just feel so helpless': Stranded Bay residents trapped in India amid Covid 19 crisis

6 Apr, 2020 5:00am
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An Aucklander stuck in India says he wants the NZ government to take urgent action.

The Redoubt Bar in the Waikato township of Matamata is at the centre of a cluster of Covid-19 cases. Photo / Alan Gibson

NEW ZEALAND

Inside the Matamata Covid 19 cluster: A case of Russian roulette

4 Apr, 2020 12:30pm
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A pub, a St Patrick's Day party and a highly contagious virus. What could go wrong?

A shopper in Otahuhu, Auckland, during the Covid-19 crisis. Photo / Michael Craig

NEW ZEALAND

Five big things we need to go our way to come out of this alive

4 Apr, 2020 5:00am
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We can make it through this, but only if we commit to making a lot of things go right.

NEW ZEALAND

Audrey Young: Where is the global response to Covid-19?

4 Apr, 2020 5:00am
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COMMENT: Winston Peters has been conducting crisis diplomacy from Whananaki Central.

Coronavirus: What you need to know

The threat of coronavirus has plunged New Zealand into a four-week lockdown. How soon will it be before we have a vaccine? Photo / NZ Herald

Coronavirus: How scientists stop the virus explained

A vaccine to stop the coronavirus ravaging the world is at least a year away. Why?

Medical laboratory staff are considered essential services and remain working. Photo / 123rf

Revealed: The full list of 'essential' businesses that can stay open

Govt reveals which jobs will be among those considered to be 'essential'

New lockdown laws: What's officially banned (including swimming) and police powers

It's official: Swimming, surfing and hunting are illegal during the lockdown.

Fourteen-thousand people could die if Covid-19 spreads out of control in New Zealand - and more if our intensive care units are overwhelmed. Photo / Michael Craig

Worst-case scenario: 14,000 could die if Covid-19 spreads out of control in NZ

A team of Otago Uni researchers have provided the modelling to the Ministry of Health

There's much to be understood about the novel coronavirus Sars-CoV-2 - seen here in yellow - driving the current pandemic. Photo / US National Institutes of Health

Big Read: How Covid-19 has perplexed scientists everywhere

Four months on from the birth of Covid-19, scientists have perplexing questions to answer.

What the lockdown means for parents with shared custody

Can children still go between households during the lockdown?

Wellington City councillor Sean Rush says tough choices need to be made. Photo / Mark Mitchell.

NEW ZEALAND

Leaked email: Call to dump 1 million litres of waste sludge into Cook Strait each day

5 Apr, 2020 3:57pm
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Covid-19 fallout: Wellington's sludge trucking operations costs $680,000 per week.

Dr Wagstaff has been studying the drug and its ability to kill off viruses for over a decade. Photo / Getty Images

WORLD

Head-lice drug gives new hope in fight against Covid-19

5 Apr, 2020 12:40pm
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A cheap head lice medication has killed Covid-19 cells in a petri dish.

Dr Mann said the Covid-19 lockdown would forever change the way we work. Photo / AP

NEW ZEALAND

Coronavirus: What's a 'do-gooder impostor' and how can we help?

5 Apr, 2020 6:47pm
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It is important to remind frontline workers of how special their actions are.

Go NZ!

Make it beautiful - this is no ordinary camping trip. Photo / Getty Images

Glamping at home: Your fanciest camping trip awaits

In need of a change of scenery? Bring the campground to you.

The Magner whānau, (from left) Anais, Gerry, Tarquin and Simone. Photo / Simone Magner

Lockdown: 'It's almost like we have been planning for this'

From Mōtītī Island to Ohakana in Whakatāne, how has life changed?

Rotorua: it's always on the go. Photo / Supplied

Lizzie Marvelly: Let's holiday in our own back yard

COMMENT: I'd like to propose a return to the good old Kiwi holiday.

Logan James' practice run. Photo / Supplied

Auckland dad running lockdown marathon around family home

He estimates he'll have to complete the circuit just over 600 times.

Motungarara Island. Photo / Dick van den Oever

Leaving island life to help on the mainland

Karl Webber lives on a tiny island but is self-isolating on the mainland to help others.

First she gave us the lockdown loaf, now Chelsea Winter reveals her chocolate cake

With ingredients scarce, Kiwis are now turning to alternative baking recipes.

The goal of buying a home, saving for a house.

OneRoof

NZ's lockdown housing market - who's buying, who's biding their time?

6 Apr, 2020 6:00am
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New survey finds big changes and big opportunities.

Workers are facing enormous uncertainty amid the Covid-19 crisis. Photo / Getty Images

JOB MARKET

Can my boss cut my pay due to Covid-19? Lawyer responds

2 Apr, 2020 5:44pm
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Twelve of the biggest wage subsidy questions answered.

driven

Scott McLaughlin wins! Kiwi claims Honda Indy Grand Prix iRacing victory

5 Apr, 2020 10:10am
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Kiwi Supercars champion now an IndyCar winner at Barber Motorsports Park.

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89 new cases, 2 are in a critical condition, 156 have recovered

NZ HERALD FOCUS

Reserve Bank Governor Adrian Orr on how we will get through the Covid-19 economic fallout

IN-DEPTH DOCUMENTARIES

Jessica's Tree, the full length documentary examining why Jess took her life in April 2015 and what her suicide can teach us.

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Inside New Zealand's first week in Covid-19 lockdown

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Black Caps, White Ferns winter tours in serious doubt

One year on

Short documentary - One year on from the Mosque attacks

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Professor Philip Thomas argues if lockdown measures crash the economy, this could end up costing more lives than the virus. Photo / Getty Images

Coronavirus: We will have to make it up to the young

Financial Times: Deliberately slowing our economies to halt virus will have repercussions.

Medical workers wait for patients at a special coronavirus intake area at Maimonides Medical Center in New York. Photo / Getty Images

'People are dying left and right': Inside NY's coronavirus battle

Telegraph: New York healthcare workers on what is happening at the US outbreak epicentre.

Abnormally warm waters have bleached large parts of Australia's Great Barrier Reef. Photo / Getty Images

Australia's record heat means another blow to Great Barrier Reef

New York Times: Abnormally warm water has caused a "mass bleaching" of coral.

Just ask Eva Kollisch, left, and Naomi Replansky about survival and resilience. Photo / Mary-Elizabeth Gifford via the New York Times

They survived the Spanish flu, the Depression and the Holocaust

New York Times: They lived through the worst of the 20th century. They have some advice.

A soap factory making disinfectants in Pyongyang, North Korea, this month. Photo / AP

North Korea claims no coronavirus cases. Can it be trusted?

New York Times: Fears raised over North Korea's ability to confront an outbreak.

Uprooted Venezuelans crossing the mountains of Colombia. Photo / Federico Rios Escobar, The New York Times

Doctor, refugee. Violinist, refugee. Model, refugee

New York Times: They felt on top of the world. Then the world turned upside down.

The Chinese Government used mobile data to pin the location of people during the outbreak. Photo / Getty Images

China, coronavirus and surveillance: The messy reality of personal data

Financial Times: Tech companies face pressure to hand over information tracking cases.

Some tips to help you sleep during these uncertain times. Photo / 123RF

How to get more sleep tonight

New York Times: Sleep has never been more important. Here's some tips for getting some.

Kids in the kitchen at the Purple Dragon in Chelsea, London. Photo / @prupledragonplay

Rich kids: Inside London's most fashionable family club

Times: From soft-play zones to celebrity parents - a day at the Purple Dragon.

Latest From New Zealand

The first cluster of Covid-19 in Christchurch is linked to a rest home, officials have confirmed. Photo / File

NEW ZEALAND

Coronavirus: Christchurch cluster linked to rest home

5 Apr, 2020 8:24pm

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NEW ZEALAND

Cases pass 1000, defiant surfers, lockdown rules: All you need to know

6 Apr, 2020 5:47am
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NEW ZEALAND

Herald morning quiz: April 6

5 Apr, 2020 11:34pm
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NEW ZEALAND

'We just feel so helpless': Stranded Bay residents trapped in India amid Covid 19 crisis

6 Apr, 2020 5:00am
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NEW ZEALAND

Hospice's strict lockdown: One visitor for a loved one - and they can't leave

6 Apr, 2020 5:00am
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NEW ZEALAND

Grief in isolation: Young mum loses newborn son, soon after brother dies

6 Apr, 2020 5:00am
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NEW ZEALAND

Covid-19: Holes in data used to guide critical virus decisions

5 Apr, 2020 9:34pm
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Great journalism from the Herald

Armed Police guard the Masjid Al Noor, Deans Avenue Mosque, Christchurch. 17 March 2019 New Zealand Herald photograph by Michael Craig. WGP 21Mar19 - Armed police guard the Al Noor Mosque

The Ripple Effect: How the Christchurch mosque shootings shattered a nation's heart

Chapter One: Kurt Bayer goes inside "our darkest of days" and its aftermath.

The Ripple Effect: Life after March 15 - faith and new beginnings

Chapter Five: Some of the victims of March 15 reflect on that day and look to the future.

Sarah Sparks in 2019, seven years on from separating from husband Greg Olliver and a year away from the first substantive High Court hearing over property division. Photo / Doug Sherring

Inside a multi-million-dollar, eight-year divorce scrap

Sarah Sparks split from Greg Olliver eight years ago - and now it's heading to court.

Smartphone addiction: How to tell if you're hooked

Are you addicted to your smartphone? And can you kick the habit?

All about Grace: DI Scott Beard speaks to the Herald about the Millane murder case. Photo / Michael Craig

'Oh my God, what has he done?': Top cop reveals all about Millane investigation

Exclusive: Detective Inspector Scott Beard opens up about the Grace Millane investigation.

Fighting the Demon: Inside New Zealand's meth crisis

The Herald spent six months with users, recovering addicts and those trying to save them.

NZME's Sport News Director Steven Holloway spent eight weeks training to run a kilometre at the same pace Kenyan world record holder Eliud Kipchoge averaged late last year. Photos / Mike Scott

Chasing Kipchoge: A quest to run like the world's fastest man

Watch: 'For eight weeks I trained every day. I had no idea what I was getting into.'

Victims of the disaster came from all over New Zealand and the world. Photos / Supplied

Faces of Erebus: Families tell the stories of the 257 victims

The Herald has launched an interactive memorial

Whakaari/White Island erupted at 2.11pm on Monday. Photo / White Island Flights

White Island, black day: Inside the tragedy on Whakaari

The horror of the eruption, and the bravery that followed.

Politics

Live: Cabinet's dilemma - can lockdown end in 16 days?; US braces for 'saddest' week

PM says NZ seems to have avoided the exponential growth of Covid-19 infections.

Police clamp down on surfers at Piha Beach. Photo / Alex Burton

Cases pass 1000, defiant surfers, lockdown rules: All you need to know

Catch up on the big coronavirus stories of the day - in New Zealand and overseas.

Covid-19: Holes in data used to guide critical virus decisions

Claim: Missing pieces in our Covid-19 data puzzle threaten our response.

Police speak to surfers at Piha Beach, Auckland. Photo / Alex Burton

89 new cases, total 1039; PM on lockdown - 'some I would charitably describe as idiots'

The new cases are made up of 48 confirmed cases and 41 probable cases.

Director of Public Health Dr Caroline McElnay says 700 people in close contact with confirmed cases are being traced everyday. Photo / Mark Mitchell

Keeping pace: 700 close contact traces a day but still no Bluetooth tracking

Ministry's contact-tracing has been under scrutiny with experts saying more is needed.

Locals at Piha are concerned about too many visitors visiting the west coast beach photo / Michael Craig

Popular Kiwi hotspots shun visitors, iwi want military

Signs and blockades banning visitors as iwi call for military enforcement of lockdown.

Latest From Business

Share placements, SPPs and accelerated offers are set to become the norm on the NZX. Photo / AP

BUSINESS

How NZ companies will prepare for the Covid-19 storm

6 Apr, 2020 5:00am

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BUSINESS

Silicon Valley veteran shares secrets of tech success

5 Apr, 2020 11:22am
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BUSINESS

Revealed: What Covid has done to property market and who's hunting bargains

6 Apr, 2020 12:01am
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BUSINESS

Christopher Niesche: Should Virgin be bailed out or be left to fight for itself?

5 Apr, 2020 4:02pm
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BUSINESS

Full house to ghost tables: Virus dines out on hospo success

5 Apr, 2020 3:58pm
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BUSINESS

Modelling reveals Australians face isolation restrictions for months

5 Apr, 2020 6:26pm
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BUSINESS

Time to plan for tourism after Covid-19

5 Apr, 2020 7:34pm
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BUSINESS

Only 2% of Kiwis read privacy policies - study

5 Apr, 2020 1:10pm
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Home loan borrowers are worried they will lose their homes. Photo / 123RF

BUSINESS

Finance company mortgage borrowers fear losing their homes

6 Apr, 2020 5:00am
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Finance company industry says it is working on a plan with Government.

BUSINESS

Coping with coronavirus: Mark Lister, Craigs Investment Partners

6 Apr, 2020 5:00am
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New Zealand's top business leaders on coping with the pandemic.

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Local Focus: Advice from Pāpāmoa couple stuck in Spain

5 Apr, 2020 1:10pm
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Focus Live: Coronavirus - 89 new cases, 2 are in a critical condition, 156 have recovered

5 Apr, 2020 1:10pm
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NEW ZEALAND

Focus Live: Coronavirus - 82 new cases, 127 have recovered, 10 are in hospital, 950 in total

5 Apr, 2020 1:10pm
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Focus: Interview with frontline worker Simon Tattersfield

5 Apr, 2020 1:10pm
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NEW ZEALAND

Focus Live: 25,000 kiwis could die if lockdown ends without vaccine

5 Apr, 2020 1:10pm
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Local Focus: Local Tourism business gives back

5 Apr, 2020 1:10pm
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NEW ZEALAND

Focus Live: Law change to help companies stay open and keep Kiwis in jobs

5 Apr, 2020 1:10pm
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BUSINESS

Focus: Liam Dann's Full interview with Reserve Bank Governor Adrian Orr

5 Apr, 2020 1:10pm
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NEW ZEALAND

Focus Live: 71 new coronavirus cases, 13 are in hospital, 103 have recovered, 868 in total

5 Apr, 2020 1:10pm
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BRAND INSIGHT

"You can see her face light up"

6 Apr, 2020 12:00am
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BRAND INSIGHT

NZ man's 'spy' network

30 Mar, 2020 12:00am
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Randal Scott and son. Photo / Mark Leedom.

BRAND INSIGHT

Keeping in touch with 28 whanau

23 Mar, 2020 12:00am
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The internet found his father

16 Mar, 2020 12:00am
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'Game-changers' for cleaner air

13 Mar, 2020 12:00am
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'Nightmare' over, thanks to internet

9 Mar, 2020 12:00am
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The house that has everything you could possibly imagine

5 Apr, 2020 2:07pm

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The dream house that didn't mind waiting

5 Apr, 2020 7:14am
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Family got a second chance with Mt Eden villa.

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What will happen to house prices if the lockdown lasts for months?

5 Apr, 2020 2:20pm
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COMMENT: Should we believe the doom and gloom predictions?

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Cases pass 1000, defiant surfers, lockdown rules: All you need to know

6 Apr, 2020 5:47am

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Brothers Chris and Andrew Cuomo have the nation riveted.

WORLD

Brotherly double act enthrals US

5 Apr, 2020 7:01pm
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One is the governor of New York, the other is a CNN evening anchor.

People bow their heads during a national moment of mourning for victims of coronavirus in Wuhan in central China's Hubei Province. Photo / AP

WORLD

Covid-19 has lessons for the world

6 Apr, 2020 5:00am
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EDITORIAL: It's not just pandemics we have to worry about.

U.S. President Donald Trump has repeatedly suggested that his travel measures impeded the virus's spread in the United States. Photo / AP

WORLD

Data reveals: 430,000 have traveled from China to U.S.

5 Apr, 2020 10:26pm
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New York Times: 1,300 direct flights to 17 cities before Trump's travel restrictions.

The Ruby Princess cruise ship. Photo / Getty Images

WORLD

Police want answers over cruise ship linked to NZ virus cluster

5 Apr, 2020 9:09pm
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The Ruby Princess cruise ship is linked to a Covid-19 cluster in New Zealand.

Motoring News

Road test: Lexus' RX SUV solves an age-old issue

5 Apr, 2020 10:08am
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Scott McLaughlin wins! Kiwi claims Honda Indy Grand Prix iRacing victory

5 Apr, 2020 10:10am
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Is this New Zealand's most eye-catching Audi?

5 Apr, 2020 2:08pm
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Nostalgia Drags: NZ's best display of classic muscle on the strip

4 Apr, 2020 10:30am
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Why this Nissan Juke is worth $1.2 million

3 Apr, 2020 3:30pm
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PERTH, AUSTRALIA - MAY 06: Andre Heimgartner driver of the #7 Nissan Motorsport Nissan Altima looks on during the Supercars Perth SuperSprint at Barbagello Raceway on May 6, 2018 in Perth, Australia.

Formula 1: Young Kiwi driver to compete with the world's best

3 Apr, 2020 3:00pm
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1000HP Toyota GR Supra unveiled for 2020 Formula Drift season

3 Apr, 2020 2:00pm
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NZ car sales take expected hit, waiting for bounce back

3 Apr, 2020 10:30am
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3 Apr, 2020 8:30am
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Michael Burgess: Celebrating Radio Sport's unique chapter in NZ history

5 Apr, 2020 1:47pm

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SPORT

State of Origin for rugby: NZR reveals 'exciting' new plans to resume play

4 Apr, 2020 9:30am
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Former Wallaby's dire warning for Rugby Australia

5 Apr, 2020 5:09pm
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Racing's 'logistical nightmare': Star Kiwi horses trapped in Australia

5 Apr, 2020 3:59pm
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Radical changes considered as optimism grows for NRL return

5 Apr, 2020 2:40pm
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Paul Lewis: The pressing issues facing the Warriors

4 Apr, 2020 7:30pm
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Ranked: UK critic's top 10 rugby teams of all time

5 Apr, 2020 10:25am
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America's Cup drama: Ben Ainslie opens up on Team UK's stressful setback

4 Apr, 2020 5:00pm
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Dylan Cleaver: Move over NZ Rugby? NZ Cricket's huge advantage in covid crisis

3 Apr, 2020 3:30pm
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COMMENT: NZ Rugby have always had the upper hand on NZ Cricket. Until now.

New Zealand All Blacks captain Richie McCaw after the Quarter Final between France and the All Blacks, held at Millennium Stadium, at the Rugby World Cup 2015, Cardiff, Wales. 17 October 2015 New Zealand Herald Photograph by Brett Phibbs.

SPORT

Phil Gifford: Rating the best All Blacks captains

3 Apr, 2020 1:00pm
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COMMENT: How do the All Black captains of the last 50 years rank?

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Focus: New Zealanders prepare for lockdown

4 Apr, 2020 5:00pm

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Christchurch Mosque Shootings | Chapter Five | Where are we now

4 Apr, 2020 5:00pm

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Christchurch Mosque Shootings | Chapter Four | The Fallout

4 Apr, 2020 5:00pm

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Christchurch Mosque Shootings | Chapter Two | What Happened Next

4 Apr, 2020 5:00pm

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Christchurch Mosque Shootings | Chapter Three | The Day After

4 Apr, 2020 5:00pm

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Christchurch Mosque Shootings | Chapter One | The Beginning

4 Apr, 2020 5:00pm

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Focus: The White Island body recovery operation begins

4 Apr, 2020 5:00pm

NEW ZEALAND

Grace Millane's killer convicted - a summary of events

4 Apr, 2020 5:00pm

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Grace Millane murder trial: Accused admits to disposing of body

4 Apr, 2020 5:00pm

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Focus: Operation Frontia. Massive amount of meth caught on the coast

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Latest From Entertainment

ENTERTAINMENT

Burning question after stunning Tiger King twist

5 Apr, 2020 1:18pm

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The Flash actor Logan Williams dies suddenly at the age of 16

5 Apr, 2020 2:12pm
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Jessie J and Channing Tatum have split up again

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Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom reveal gender of their baby

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The Spy Party is coming. And you're invited.

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Madonna donates $1 million to fund working to create vaccine

5 Apr, 2020 9:09am
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Pink reveals she and son Jameson had coronavirus

4 Apr, 2020 4:51pm
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Marianne Faithfull in London hospital after testing positive to virus

5 Apr, 2020 10:06am
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The singer was in lockdown in London when she began feeling unwell.

Elton John was concerned HIV sufferers might be forgotten during the pandemic. Photo / Getty Images.

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Covid 19 coronavirus: Elton John to donate $1 million to HIV charity to ensure it isn't 'forgotten' amid pandemic

5 Apr, 2020 8:20am
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The music icon was concerned HIV/Aids suffers would be hit with a 'double whammy'.

Movies

Madeleine Swann (Lea Seydoux) talks to James Bond (Daniel Craig) in Spectre. Photo / File

MOVIES

007 is the real sex object, says latest Bond girl

2 Apr, 2020 5:51pm
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Actress Lea Seydoux says women like Bond with his shirt off.

Dustin Hoffman in Outbreak, a virus thriller. Photo / Supplied

MOVIES

Outbreak was a hit in 1995. Now we're living the sequel

2 Apr, 2020 5:00pm
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New York Times: A look at retro box office numbers for viewing ideas during the lockdown.

Daily puzzles, quizzes and horoscopes

Puzzles

Challenge yourself with the latest Code Cracker, Sudoku, Wordsearch and Crossword puzzles

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Quizzes

Herald morning quiz: April 6

Horoscopes

Discover what your stars say with today's horoscopes

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The Spy Party is coming. And you're invited.

5 Apr, 2020 5:00am
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Cooking in lockdown with Josh Emett and family

5 Apr, 2020 5:00am
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The star chef is resurrecting his kitchen web series to provide lockdown inspiration.

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Covid 19 coronavirus: How the celebrities are surviving lockdown

29 Mar, 2020 5:00am
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Many celebs are sharing helpful ways on how to stay happy during the lockdown.

Dance floored: DWTS judge and star left in limbo after show put on hold

29 Mar, 2020 5:00am
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Stars are staying positive in isolation limbo as filming gets delayed due to lockdown.

The Bachelorette: Are we in for a second season?

29 Mar, 2020 5:00am
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Will there be a second season of The Bachelorette? Spy's heard some whispers...

Shortland Street Supplied to Spy March 2020 Dawn (Rebekah Palmer) and Marty (Scott Smart).

Shortland St's virus: The nation's crystal ball - unfortunately

22 Mar, 2020 5:00am
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Shortland Street's storylines way ahead of the curve when it comes to social prophecy.

Coronavirus: Spy - socialising in the new 'normal New Zealand'

22 Mar, 2020 5:00am
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