Aucklanders are being pushed out of their own housing market and are responsible for one in five house sales in cities including Hamilton, Whangarei and Tauranga.
NZH Focus reveals, in an exclusive report by investigative journalist Olivia Carville, the "forgotten victims" of the 2011 Christchurch quake.
The disaster killed 185 people but, as Laura McGoldrick and Tristram Clayton explain, many other deaths have been linked to it since.
And, NZH Focus has more details on the precious missing pooch which was tracked down by its owners through its DNA. Essie is one of just 500 Boston Terriers in New Zealand.
When she went missing, her owners were determined to get her back.