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Glenn Dwight: No Wi-Fi, no worries - remembering holidays of old

Opinion: Watching an old Wānaka holiday home being demolished brings back memories.

Copycat Powerball: Lotto powerless to stop Malta company copying flagship game

Foreign gambling giant claims "you won't regret" playing Lotto Powerball copycat.

Fire crews extinguish blaze at smoke-logged Mitre 10 Westgate

The store will be closed on Sunday while the cause of the fire is investigated.

Auckland Lotto player wins $1m, Powerball jackpots to $12m

The Powerball jackpot has rolled over to $10m after going unstruck on Wednesday.

How a prison guard's phone favour for an inmate led to a brutal attack

A Corrections officer was left unconscious after his head was stomped in the attack.

Double trouble, brace for drenching – two weather systems bearing down on NZ

A second weather system will impact the North Island from Thursday.

Auckland FC withdraw stadium plan, eye extended stay at current venues

Auckland FC are seeking long-term plans for a high-performance centre at North Harbour.

Samoa closes schools as fight against dengue ramps up after second child dies

Hospitals are under considerable strain, with an average 100 new cases reported each week.

Why Auckland's new hysteroscopy service is a game changer for women

Patients can have assessment and procedure in one visit.

Drug farmer built 'shanty' on Waikato swampland to harvest cannabis plots

Jason Evans and powerlifter co-offender, Jayson Woods, were caught cultivating cannabis.

'This is home': Family's plea as 7yo boy with epilepsy faces deportation

Joshua, 7, faces deportation because his health issues are deemed a burden.

Helipads in Westmere, dogs in Three Kings and the soils of Pukekohe

OPINION: What's fabulous and what's frustrating in and around Auckland Council right now?

Where there's smoke: 'Firefighter Cody' praised for quick actions

The quick-thinking student acted on instinct after seeing smoke while he was driving home.

Send in the drones: Call for aerial crackdown on dirt bikers

Spate of vandalism by dirt bikes inspires innovative solution - but is it feasible?

Large fire breaks out at former Auckland university campus

Five crews have spent the morning tackling the blaze in derelict buildings.

'State-of-the-art': Golf club completes $3m development

Club's state-of-the-art driving range now open alongside huge new practice green.

From an "act of vandalism" to cultural icon: Auckland Museum's extraordinary origin story

A century ago, the foundation stone was laid for the city's most ambitious civic project.

South Island leads economic recovery as regional divide widens

Otago and Southland are NZ's best performing regions in Kiwbank’s Annual Regional Note.