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Sharon Ready, who joined when she was 14, is also trying to remove the leadership.

Tommy Greene couldn't wait to get inside the hospital.

Kora Lord was born in the air over a tiny place called Hamilton Burn.

Ōpua's Marina Cove caters for those wanting a boutique getaway

While Riley sadly lost his battle a few days later, Declan is thriving eight months later.

Large events often the key to infection in 16 biggest groups.

Many are linked to big events, described as 'a mixing bowl for infection'.

NZ could be coming out of lockdown - but don't be rush for a cut and colour just yet.

Everything you need to know about the disease and the effect on New Zealand.

The active volcano has hidden Itself as the nation prepares to mark a minute's silence.

How does NZ measure up?

There are signs that pledges to give up flying are gaining traction.

The old five-day-a-week routine is fast falling out of favour.

Companies and social media users are wising up to the unrealistic world of Instagram.

Who should pay on a first date?

One family had 25 members die of stomach cancer. Scientists found out why.

Kiwi scientists grow stomachs in a lab as part of bid to help pop star's family and others

Alanah Eriksen and her partner find Northland has plenty to entertain them.

It's meant to be good for all sorts of health conditions.

Woman was shocked at the negative reaction after getting glitter art painted on her chest.

A Rotorua man is grieving the loss of his wife who died unexpectedly in her sleep

Treena Hillman was months off retiring with plans to travel, having worked all her life.

Police investigating the deaths of Raymond and James Fleet are at Rotorua's landfill

Cafe customers in amazement as car breaks all the rules of the road - and footpath.

Council imposes business rates if properties are rented out for more than 100 days.

A motorist says he could have been killed when a flying tyre smashed into his car.

When a cop gave chase to the gunman in the '80s, he ended up "stabbed under a tree".

Two women dead, man injured in 'out of the blue' shooting.

Ed Byrne did his research before performing for the Kiwi crowd.

No school today for 7-year-old after massive tree crashes over driveway.

Flight of the Conchords star Jemaine Clement took on Happy Days actor Scott Baio, an early and unwavering Trump supporter, in an explosive Twitter row.

A mid-winter mission in a muscle car is just the ticket, writes Alanah Eriksen.

A family whose beloved purebred dog was stolen turned into super sleuths to track her down, using DNA from one of her puppies.

Traffic has been crawling on the Auckland Motorway - spurred by a combination of minor crashes and holidaymakers heading in and out of the city.

A Kiwi at the Stade de France stadium in Paris said the explosions outside the arena were greeted by cheers by a crowd unaware of what they were.

Ten emerging fashion designers have been selected to open four shows at New Zealand Fashion Week in a colourful display of garments made from Indian saris.

Christopher and Robert are on the brink of extinction as children's names. But other old standards such as Brian, Kevin, Peter, Paul and Stephen are even rarer, having all but died out since last century.

Fire destroyed a couple's newly renovated home and their rare sports car when it ripped through the two-storey house.

Alanah Eriksen flies LA800 from New Zealand to Chile.

TV mogul Julie Christie has placed her Auckland Viaduct-based sports bar on the market, along with her extensive personal collection of sports memorabilia.

Kim Dotcom's estranged wife Mona celebrated her birthday dog-sledding with the Megaupload founder and their children yesterday.

Kiwis bet more than a million dollars on the World Cup semifinal between Brazil and Germany - the biggest amount of the tournament so far.

A tiny, almost untouched 100-year-old cottage with its original toilet and bath still under the house will likely sell for close to $1 million, despite needing a major renovation.

Alanah Eriksen reaches dizzy heights and has a few low moments on a culinary safari through Peru.

The average New Zealand house price rose by $98 a day or nearly $700 a week over the past year, a new analysis shows.

If you live in Auckland and neighbouring houses have sold for unheard-of prices in the past two months, you can expect your home's official value to shoot up.

Auckland house prices have surged so much that the cost of just one bedroom in the suburb of Remuera is more than four times the price of an entire house in Tokoroa.

A landlord tried to rent a North Shore studio which had the kitchen, bathroom and laundry in the same room.

A real estate company is withholding the addresses of properties it is selling, asking house hunters to send a 50c text message for details.

Areal estate brochure dug out from 1996 features a seven-bedroom villa in Herne Bay - now the country's most expensive suburb. The asking price? Just $190,000.

A two-bedroom home with its original 1950s bathroom and kitchen and not in one of Auckland's hottest suburbs has sold for $1.08 million.

The number of people buying homes with a deposit of less than 20 per cent is rising for the first time since the new mortgage-lending limits were introduced.

The country's most expensive state home has sat empty for 18 months while neighbours in the same driveway endure rowdy trespassers - sparking a government-ordered review.

An old backpacker hostel, worth $4.21m, has been bought by a company boss who plans to knock it down and build a mansion in its place.

When Acting Sergeant Steve Pike was shielding himself from a gunman who’d just shot another officer four times, he was expecting ‘‘bullets to go flying’’.

Real estate agent Jason Trowbridge didn't bother tidying up the rooms for the photos of the Grey Lynn villa he's trying to sell - he says any likely buyers will see past the mess.

It won't matter if you spill red wine on the shag-pile carpet and white sofas in this $2.65 million luxury launch — it just slides right off the specially made fabric.

Denise Halloran's Avondale home went on the market on Friday morning and she had a winning offer on it by the time she watched Coronation Street that night.