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What ever happened to the Nek minnit guy?

24 Aug, 2019 6:17am

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'I will never forgive you': Family's heartbreak at driver

24 Aug, 2019 6:00am
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SPORT

'Should be ashamed': England explodes in Ashes

24 Aug, 2019 5:55am
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Speedway crash investigator 'initially refused entry to track'

24 Aug, 2019 5:00am
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Audrey Young: Simon Bridges makes a comeback - why Labour is worried

24 Aug, 2019 5:00am
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Mary Holm: Single again and starting over?

24 Aug, 2019 5:00am
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SPORT

All Black's World Cup dream in jeopardy after mysterious injury

24 Aug, 2019 6:00am
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NEW ZEALAND

Leighton Smith: Nothing wrong with telling Jacinda to put a sock in it

24 Aug, 2019 5:00am
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Residential price growth for properties on Auckland's North Shore have dropped fairly rapidly since 2015, new research shows. Photo / Michael Craig

BUSINESS

Revealed: The epicentre of of New Zealand's property boom

24 Aug, 2019 5:00am
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New Zealand's most expensive suburb was at the heart of rapid house price increases.

Beauden Barrett stands alongside Richie Mo'unga a 2019 Rugby Championship Test Match. Photo / Getty Images

NEW ZEALAND

Who should be Auckland's night mayor?

24 Aug, 2019 5:00am
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Here's our picks for night mayor in Auckland.

Shaun Johnson and Kayla Cullen talked about their relationship and his parting from the Warriors. Photo / Getty

SPORT

Revealed: The photo that changed Shaun Johnson's life

24 Aug, 2019 7:30am
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Shaun Johnson opens up on life across the ditch ahead of clash against the Warriors.

The rise of antibiotic resistant bacteria could kill 10 million people a year by 2050, the WHO says. Photo / 123rf.com

NEW ZEALAND

'Illness, disability and death': Warning about superbugs in confidential report

24 Aug, 2019 5:00am
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A confidential report has outlined the huge threat of superbugs to Kiwi patients.

The Skycot: This mum's savvy Air New Zealand upgrade has gained praise. Photo / Supplied

TRAVEL

Mum turns Air NZ skycouch into skycot

23 Aug, 2019 3:50pm
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Pictures of the mum's savvy flight upgrade have attracted thousands of comments.

Three men forced their way into her home on June 11 and stole all of her jewellery. Photo / 123rf

WORLD

Woman burgled by men posing as police dies of 'broken heart syndrome'

23 Aug, 2019 7:51pm
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Three men told her they were police officers before ransacking her house in front of her.

NEW ZEALAND

Herald morning quiz: August 24

24 Aug, 2019 5:00am
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Win a premium holiday for two to New York

20 Aug, 2019 2:20pm
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There's been a clear change in the political positioning and tactics of National Party leader Simon Bridges in recent months. Photo / NZME

NEW ZEALAND

Channelling Trump? Bridges and National go populist

23 Aug, 2019 3:33pm
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Comment: Is Simon Bridges trying to channel Trump? Or is he taking his cue from ScoMo?

John Key knows from his days as PM that disclosure goes further than the way ANZ's auditor has interpreted it. Photo / File

BUSINESS

ANZ — the time for an inquiry is now

24 Aug, 2019 5:00am
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COMMENT: Reserve Bank must scrutinise culture and governance.

A Rohingya Muslim reads from the Quran in one of the few undamaged mosques in Maungdaw, Myanmar. Photo / Adam Dean, The New York Times

WORLD

Squalor, monsoons and rampaging elephants: Home still scares them more

23 Aug, 2019 5:00pm
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New York Times: 730,000 Rohingya fled Myanmar. Here's why only a few dozen returned.

SPORT

Gregor Paul: Put down the phone! How ABs can get the real Rieko back

23 Aug, 2019 3:00pm
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COMMENT: Instagram will not lead Ioane back to promised land, time to ditch the phone.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern outside the Tūrangawaewae Marae in Ngāruawāhia. Photo / NZ Herald

NEW ZEALAND

Beehive Diaries: War of the daffodils and Tamaki's new trick

23 Aug, 2019 2:02pm
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Claire Trevett looks back at the week of flowers, swear words and MPs angry at Air NZ.

Steve Hansen has pretty much seen it all. Photo / Brett Phibbs

SPORT

Perfect under pressure: Why Steve Hansen still has the magic touch

24 Aug, 2019 5:00am
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Written off in some quarters, Steve Hansen proves he's still the best man for the job.

Six elderly Connecticut residents have been arrested for allegedly having sex in a public conservation area. Photo / Supplied

WORLD

Five elderly men and an 85yo woman 'arrested for public sex'

23 Aug, 2019 10:11am
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Police caught the amorous seniors during a crackdown on the popular hookup spot.

Prince William, Duke of Cambridge and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex attend a service together. Photo / Getty Images

LIFESTYLE

Why Diana wouldn't be happy about William's budget flight

23 Aug, 2019 1:19pm
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William's budget flight would have normally been good news — but is there more to it?

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Roopkund Lake, in the Indian Himalayas, is frozen for much of the year. But in warmer months it delivers a macabre performance, earning the nickname Skeleton Lake. Photo / Abhijeet Rane

The mystery of the Himalaya's Skeleton Lake just got weirder

New York Times: Every summer, hundreds of ancient bones emerge from the ice.

'Women are competing with each other for one seat at the table,' says writer Andrea Kramer. Photo / 123RF

What's holding women back in their careers? (Hint: It's not other women)

Financial Times: Unpicking bias in work culture that leads us to think harshly of women.

Specialist Mario Picone works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Photo / AP

What to fear in coming months: How a recession could happen

New York Times: The chances the US will fall into recession have increased sharply.

Starting a trade war with Europe would truly be a lose-lose proposition for Trump. Above, the Frankfurt downtown area. Photo / 123RF

The world has a Germany problem

New York Times: The debt obsession that ate the economy.

Emelie Forsberg had her first child in March and resumed training two weeks later after getting the nod from her doctor. Photo / Emelie Forsberg Instagram

The rise of ultra mums: Meet the women who run ultramarathons while breastfeeding

Times: Inspiring tribe of mums changing the perception of what women are capable of.

Faster than a speeding bullet: Keanu Reeves as Neo in The Matrix. Photo / Supplied

From bullet dodging to trench coats: How The Matrix shaped modern culture

Telegraph: Matrix fever first swept the work in 1999. A look back at the film's legacy.

The All-Japan Abacus Championship at Kyoto International Conference Centre, in Kyoto, Japan, this month. Photo / Chang W. Lee, The New York Times

The right answer? 8,186,699,633,530,061 (An abacus makes it look almost easy)

New York Times: Japanese students use the abacus to perform dazzling mathematical feats.

From bullet dodging to trench coats: How The Matrix shaped modern culture

Telegraph: Matrix fever first swept the work in 1999. A look back at the film's legacy.

Nyo, 17, back home in Myanmar, after being trafficked by brokers who sold her and her friend to men across the border in China. Photo / Minzayar Oo, The New York Times

'Ma, I've been sold': Brides trafficked to China

New York Times: She didn't know where she was. She did not speak the language. She was 16.

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Revealed: The epicentre of NZ's house price boom

24 Aug, 2019 5:00am
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New data shows flashpoint for rising prices and the epicentre of market slowdown.

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Are millennials forced to choose work over relationships?

24 Aug, 2019 2:06am
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Generation is delaying finding a partner - but there may be an upside.

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Pristine, vintage Toyota Hilux is the perfect Barry Crump throwback

23 Aug, 2019 5:43pm
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Is this clean 34-year-old Hilux a classic-car steal?

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The sudden stratospheric warming event has been dubbed the

NEW ZEALAND

'Beast from the east' vortex to bring bitter cold burst

23 Aug, 2019 11:00am

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NEW ZEALAND

'I will never forgive you': Family's heartbreak at driver

24 Aug, 2019 6:00am
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NEW ZEALAND

Speedway crash investigator 'initially refused entry to track'

24 Aug, 2019 5:00am
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NEW ZEALAND

'The worst day of my life': Faces of quad bike deaths

24 Aug, 2019 5:00am
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NEW ZEALAND

Who should be Auckland's night mayor?

24 Aug, 2019 5:00am
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The cat activists sneaking out in the middle of the night

24 Aug, 2019 5:00am
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Activists spend big to halt cats being euthanised by council

24 Aug, 2019 5:00am
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Politics

Who should be Auckland's night mayor?

Here's our picks for night mayor in Auckland.

At the Pacific Islands Forum in Tuvalu, Jacinda Ardern said Australia would have to

Leighton Smith: Nothing wrong with telling Jacinda to put a sock in it

COMMENT: Our neighbours need support for their greatest needs, not media focus.

Simon Bridges would not achieve the cut-through he is getting were it not for failures of Government. Illustration / Guy Body

Audrey Young: Simon Bridges makes a comeback - why Labour is worried

COMMENT: Jacinda Ardern is no longer taboo and Simon Bridges is capitalising on it.

Steve Braunias: Secret diary of Jacinda Ardern

COMMENT: Prime Minister tackles the difficult issues of weather, World Cup and skiing.

Judith Collins is writing a book about her time in politics. Photo / Mark Mitchell

Tell me something I don't know – advice for Collins ahead of her tell-all book

National MP Judith Collins will join the ranks of MPs who have books published about them.

Jacinda Ardern confirmed she did want to see the whenua herself and would

Ardern: Visit to Ihumātao 'a matter of timing'

Prime Minister says she will go - but when the stand-off is over.

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A2 Milk chief executive Jayne Hrdlicka. Photo / File

BUSINESS

Creaming it: a2 Milk's steady rise to the top

24 Aug, 2019 5:00am

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BUSINESS

New Spark boss takes tamer line on sport

24 Aug, 2019 5:00am
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BUSINESS

Brian Gaynor: Numbers reveal the scale of Fonterra's failure

24 Aug, 2019 5:00am
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BUSINESS

Revealed: The epicentre of of New Zealand's property boom

24 Aug, 2019 5:00am
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BUSINESS

Keep finger your on the pulse of smartphone technology

24 Aug, 2019 5:00am
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BUSINESS

ANZ — the time for an inquiry is now

24 Aug, 2019 5:00am
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BUSINESS

The Ex-Files: Unequal sharing - what you need to know

23 Aug, 2019 7:00pm
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BUSINESS

How UberEats wiped out $32k from a Kiwi with the press of a button

23 Aug, 2019 6:00pm
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Protesters react to teargas as they confront riot Hong Kong riot police. Photo / AP

BUSINESS

Hong Kong 'no longer the same': Kiwis consider coming home

24 Aug, 2019 5:00am
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It's not just Barfoot's clients either: agents and their friends are drawn here too.

Dairy farming in Ireland, where the milk price is much the same as NZ, but Kerry Group has a vastly higher value than Fonterra. Photo / 123RF

BUSINESS

Brian Gaynor: Numbers reveal the scale of Fonterra's failure

24 Aug, 2019 5:00am
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Focus on milk price and dividends is key to co-op's poor performance.

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A good place to get sick: the swimming hole that's more of a sewer

ANZ Sports Scene

Jofra Archer takes six wickets on day one of the third Ashes test, The Black Caps toiled hard against Sri Lanka in the second test and we catch up ANZ's newest ambassador, Para-athlete Holly Robinson

Auckland Mayoral Debate

Phil Goff vs John Tamihere

Fighting the demon: Inside NZ's meth crisis (M-C)

NZ has tried and failed to fix its methamphetamine crisis for 20 years. Now the country is facing a second wave of the epidemic.

Smokefree Rockquest 2019 (G)

This series of webisodes follow the Smokefreerockquest 2019 journey around Aotearoa.

Driven Battles

Watch some of New Zealand's most well known faces (and voices) battle it out in Driven's series of driving challenges

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NEW ZEALAND

Focus: 14 people kicked out of public gallery after waiata in solidarity with Ihumātao protest

23 Aug, 2019 6:00pm
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Local Focus: Kaitiakitanga, guardianship and biculturalism

23 Aug, 2019 6:00pm
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Local Focus: Candidate advocates spending on arts and culture

23 Aug, 2019 6:00pm
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NEW ZEALAND

Focus: PM Jacinda Ardern on why she has chosen not to visit Ihumātao

23 Aug, 2019 6:00pm
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NEW ZEALAND

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

23 Aug, 2019 6:00pm
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NEW ZEALAND

Focus: Mayoral candidate John Tamihere talks about his transport plan for Auckland

23 Aug, 2019 6:00pm
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NEW ZEALAND

Focus: NZ Herald business editors look at today's stock market results for major companies

23 Aug, 2019 6:00pm
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NEW ZEALAND

Focus: Broadcaster Greg Boyed is remembered on the anniversary of his death

23 Aug, 2019 6:00pm
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NEW ZEALAND

Focus: Commerce Commission says motorists are paying too much at the pump

23 Aug, 2019 6:00pm
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BRAND INSIGHT

Kiwis pay high price for health

24 Aug, 2019 12:00am
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BRAND INSIGHT

Kiwi shops make gains in online war

19 Aug, 2019 12:00am
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BRAND INSIGHT

1 in 3 Kiwis in health danger

15 Aug, 2019 12:00am
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BRAND INSIGHT

A sign of Auckland's future

6 Aug, 2019 12:00am
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BRAND INSIGHT

NZ lead global sporting trend

2 Aug, 2019 12:00am
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BRAND INSIGHT

When $1 million isn't quite enough

2 Aug, 2019 12:00am
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BRAND INSIGHT

Many prefer home to hospital

30 Jul, 2019 12:00am
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BRAND INSIGHT

Knowledge key for new exporters

26 Jul, 2019 12:00am
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BRAND INSIGHT

'Too much hype' surrounding AI

16 Jul, 2019 12:00am
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Property listed for $1 billion sells for $100,000

23 Aug, 2019 2:00am
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It was the world's most expensive real estate listing.

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How to crush half a million dollars worth of debt

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The flatshare rules you must never ever break

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What a difference 10 years makes: Hastings and Napier property prices soar by 80%

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But has your luxury home got a cliff-top pool like this?

22 Aug, 2019 5:35pm
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Glass-bottomed pool not for the faint-hearted.

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The biggest mistakes first-home buyers can make

22 Aug, 2019 5:32pm
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Tips to avoid the most common rookie errors.

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By the end of the summer, about 400 billion tonnes of ice - maybe more - will have melted or calved off Greenland's giant ice sheet, scientists estimate. Photo / AP

WORLD

Greenland: Land of ice a hot topic

24 Aug, 2019 5:30am

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Rescued migrants can do little else but rest on the deck of the Ocean Viking as it sails in the waters between the Italian island of Linosa and Malta. Photo / AP

WORLD

Migrant standoffs in Mediterranean becoming 'new normal'

24 Aug, 2019 5:00am
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Anxiety is growing about what is going to happen.

Federal agents hold a detainee, second from left, at a downtown Los Angeles parking lot after predawn raids that saw dozens of people arrested. Photo / AP

WORLD

FBI busts scammers who used promises of love and diamonds

23 Aug, 2019 9:47pm
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The relationship between a Japanese woman and a United States Army captain started online.

Man allegedly sexually abused girl after luring her from Sydney wharf. Photo / NSW Police Force

WORLD

Man's creepy lie to hide alleged sexual assault

23 Aug, 2019 7:56pm
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He allegedly met a 13yo at a ferry. Now his creepy lie has been exposed.

WORLD

Woman burgled by men posing as police dies of 'broken heart syndrome'

23 Aug, 2019 7:51pm
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Three men told her they were police officers before ransacking her house in front of her.

Motoring News

Scott McLaughlin tops Friday Supercars practice at Tailem Bend

23 Aug, 2019 6:45pm
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Pristine, vintage Toyota Hilux is the perfect Barry Crump throwback

23 Aug, 2019 5:43pm
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Will Volkswagen's ID.3 be star for the brand?

23 Aug, 2019 4:20pm
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Watch: Scott McLaughlin punks Greg Murphy with hand-brake 'stitch up'

23 Aug, 2019 4:03pm
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Is Opel's Corsa-e going to be the world's first factory electric rally car?

23 Aug, 2019 1:10pm
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Confirmed: Raptor-powered Ford Ranger FX4 is coming to New Zealand

23 Aug, 2019 11:26am
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Watch: here's what the revised 2021 Formula 1 cars will look like

23 Aug, 2019 10:05am
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Utes on a 30k budget? Here's 10 of NZ's best workhorse bargains

23 Aug, 2019 7:14am
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DETROIT, MI, - NOVEMBER 8: A Ford worker loads a battery into a Ford C-MAX plug-in hybrid vehicle on the assembly line at the Michigan Assembly Plant November 8, 2012 in Wayne, Michigan. The plant is

How autonomous driving tech has revived the Detroit motor industry

23 Aug, 2019 7:04am
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SPORT

All Black's World Cup dream in jeopardy after mysterious injury

24 Aug, 2019 6:00am

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SPORT

Gregor Paul: Put down the phone! How ABs can get the real Rieko back

23 Aug, 2019 3:00pm
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Blame it on the rain: Black Caps' hopes take major hit

23 Aug, 2019 10:40pm
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Phil Gifford: A guide to the silly things that will dominate World Cup

23 Aug, 2019 9:55am
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Revealed: The photo that changed Shaun Johnson's life

24 Aug, 2019 7:30am
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McKendry: The unsung All Black who could take World Cup by storm

22 Aug, 2019 3:00pm
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SPORT

'Should be ashamed': England explodes in Ashes

24 Aug, 2019 5:55am
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Lisa's legacy: How Carrington can be our greatest Olympian

24 Aug, 2019 5:00am
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SPORT

'It's my job to comment, not yours': Kearney shuts down Warriors CEO

23 Aug, 2019 3:50pm
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Coach Kearney sent a not-so-subtle message.

Wallabies coach Michael Cheika was reminded of the recent All Blacks humiliation during his Rugby World Cup team naming in Sydney on Friday. Photo / News Corp Limited Australia

SPORT

Doomed Wallabies? The freaky reminder as Cheika names World Cup squad

23 Aug, 2019 6:05pm
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If Aussies were hoping to forget about ABs thrashing, they had another thing coming.

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Focus: Wild weather rips roofs from houses and Auckland event venue

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Focus: A warm bed for the night

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Fighting the Demon: Inside New Zealand's Meth Crisis

24 Aug, 2019 5:00am

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Simon Wilson interviews Jordan Peterson

24 Aug, 2019 5:00am

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Road to Rhythm | R&V Festival Documentary

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Pig Politics - Full Series

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ENTERTAINMENT

What ever happened to the Nek minnit guy?

24 Aug, 2019 6:17am

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ENTERTAINMENT

The definitive ranking of James Bond movie titles

23 Aug, 2019 4:16pm
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Siena Yates: Why Celeb Treasure Island actually gives me hope

23 Aug, 2019 8:32am
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Years and Years - TV's not-so-bright vision of the future

24 Aug, 2019 5:00am
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Rockers get their own Rolling Stone on Mars

23 Aug, 2019 8:06pm
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Green light for Mr Red Light

24 Aug, 2019 5:00am
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Blinded by the Light dimmed by once over lightly

24 Aug, 2019 5:00am
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Thomas Hamill, now living in Auckland, at work with the APO and carrying on his mission to make music a life-changing force.

ENTERTAINMENT

School of rock? The unassuming teacher who used music to turn a troubled school and its pupils around

24 Aug, 2019 5:00am
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School of rock - how a mild-mannered teacher used music to turn around a troubled school.

Elmo, a very musical Muppet, has been a big part of the evolution of songs on Sesame Street. Photo / Vincent Tullo, The New York Times

ENTERTAINMENT

How Sesame Street started a musical revolution

23 Aug, 2019 6:00pm
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New York Times: Fifty years ago, the show united children's education, puppetry and songs.

Movies

MOVIES

From bullet dodging to trench coats: How The Matrix shaped modern culture

23 Aug, 2019 9:14am
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Telegraph: Matrix fever first swept the work in 1999. A look back at the film's legacy.

Chris Hemsworth and Elsa Pataky arrive at the Los Angeles premiere of Once Upon a Time in Hollywood at the TCL Chinese Theatre, Monday, July 22, 2019. Photo / Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP

MOVIES

Chris Hemsworth's insane Avengers payday revealed

22 Aug, 2019 3:10pm
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The Rock has topped Hollywood's richlist - but Chris Hemsworth also scored big.

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TVNZ's Breakfast team: From left, the departing Daniel Faitaua, Hayley Holt, John Campbell and Matty McLean.

Who will join John Campbell on Breakfast couch?

23 Aug, 2019 10:39am
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The Breakfast team will say their final goodbyes to Faitaua next week.

Toni Street on the Seven Sharp wardrobe malfunction that went viral

22 Aug, 2019 8:55am
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The "boobgate" incident made it all the way to the Daily Mail.

Choreographer and dancer Parris Goebel, pictured in Auckland in 2017. Photo / Supplied

Parris Goebel reveals dramatic new look

21 Aug, 2019 3:25pm
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The choreographer shared her dramatic Britney-inspired hairstyle on Instagram.

'Happy to be the villain': Sam Wallace hits back at haters

21 Aug, 2019 10:28am
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Celebrity Treasure Island's Sam Wallace has hit back at claims he is the show's villain.

The Hits' Sam Wallace is one of the contestants on the current season of Celebrity Treasure Island.

Has Sam Wallace had 'work done'?

20 Aug, 2019 12:56pm
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The Celebrity Treasure Island star has been on the receiving end of some mean tweets.

Drop everything, Matty McLean just won Treasure Island with a sick burn. Photo / TVNZ

Matty's epic clap-back: 'Don't underestimate a gay man's ball skills'

20 Aug, 2019 10:44am
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After being thrown under the bus on Treasure Island, Matty had an epic clapback.

Brett and Angel Renall from TV show Married at First Sight. Photo / Greg Bowker.

MAFS sweethearts celebrate two years of wedded bliss

18 Aug, 2019 10:58am
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Can you believe it's been two whole years already?

Shaun and Kayla's wedding prep revealed

18 Aug, 2019 6:00am
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The countdown is on for Silver Fern Kayla Cullen to walk down the aisle.

Inside Sam Hayes' beautiful baby shower

18 Aug, 2019 6:00am
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Newshub presenter Samantha Hayes had her best girlfriends to thank for her baby shower.

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Are Kiwis prone to making bad workplace decisions?

23 Aug, 2019 2:03am
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New Zealand doesn't rank well when it comes to beating unconscious biases.

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21 Aug, 2019 10:43am
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Delicious as a side or a main, this bake is creamy, yet light and makes a great lunch.

Tamarillo brioche pudding

Any dessert that includes baked fruit topped with French toast is a definite yes.

Oven pumpkin risotto

It's one of those dishes that goes well when paired with everything.

Naked spinach and ricotta dumplings

In Italian these are known as gnudi (nu-dee) and they are absolutely yum.

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Mum's world famous mac 'n cheese

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Dark and stormy sorbet

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One young adult in every five, according to a recent report, has sought mental health treatment in the past year. File image / Valery Kachaev

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Editorial: Generation Anxious reaches out for help

24 Aug, 2019 5:00am

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Doctor's tips for good health: Fasting, forest swimming and cold showers

24 Aug, 2019 5:00am
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Wife seeks divorce because husband doesn't argue, loves her too much

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Danielle Hawkins - the rural romance stories taking the farmer and vet to the best-seller lists

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Caramilk could be about to return to New Zealand

23 Aug, 2019 12:13pm
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Simon Wilson: Hands up, art lovers

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A husband who suffers from dementia has remarried his wife of 12 years after he proposed again because he couldn't remember their first wedding. Photo / STV News

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Couple remarry after husband with dementia forgets wedding, proposes again

23 Aug, 2019 7:10pm
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Bill had forgotten he married his wife 12 years ago. So he popped the question again.

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Why Diana wouldn't be happy about William's budget flight

23 Aug, 2019 1:19pm
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William's budget flight would have normally been good news — but is there more to it?

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