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Lonely? How to make a new best friend in adulthood

While you can ask someone, “Are you single?”, there's no question, “Are you friended?”

'The lost, the lonely, the battered, and the bruised': The man fixing broken people

Poverty in Paradise: The team that takes on 'those who are in the too-hard basket'.

'He was ... going berserk': Families of teen vaping addicts speak out

Others say vaping 'ripped' a family apart and left a teen looking 'like death'.

Merepeka Raukawa-Tait: Only luck has prevented more tragedies like Loafers Lodge

OPINION: Boarding houses were common in many New Zealand towns and cities after the war.

Premium Debate: Quiet quitting makes sense if extra effort only gets you more work

OPINION: Subscribers have their say.

From tailgating to trailblazing: The ultimate traffic hack for commuters

Opinion: Say goodbye to congestion - a solution to New Zealand's traffic woes.

Local Focus: Backyards in front line to making BoP predator free

The battle to bring native birds back to our backyards has begun.

Te Pūkenga proposal would cut more than 400 jobs

The national vocational education organisation has been briefing its 10,000 staff.

PM says ‘gangs contribute nothing to society', gunshots reported in Whakatāne

Mongrel Mob Barbarians president Steven Taiatini was killed on Friday in Ōpōtiki.

'I was his. I was property. I wasn’t a human': Woman tells jury of 'wild' affair

"Physically I was his puppet," woman says at trial of leading entertainment figure.

Opinion: People hiding from gangsters in chillers - how did it come to this?

Someone has to take responsibility for antisocial behaviour in CBDs.

Ōpōtiki Mongrel Mob procession: Police vow to impound vehicles, issue fines, charge drivers

Mongrel Mob Barbarians president Steven Taiatini was killed on Friday in Ōpōtiki.

Waihī Estuary health improvement targeted

Developing a catchment-wide monitoring and restoration programme is the first job.

Gang leader killed: 50 extra police sent to Ōpōtiki ahead of funeral

'We’re taking due precautions to have the resources in the right place if they’re needed.'

Demolition job: Replacement retirement village to feature four-storey complex

Meet the 81-year-old resident who was at the digger controls when demolition began.

Letters to the editor: The interesting intersection of pothole repairs and insurance

Opinion: Our readers have their say.