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'Family endured difficult tenancy': Rental managers fined $9700
Tenants rented place for 18 months but tribunal upheld complaints about the Auckland home.

Here's what is new in travel this week
Tourtoises, french celebrations, Gold Coast artists, new stays, and a crocheted wharenui.

Life in the balance: What it's like to be young on a transplant waitlist
Paul was tested at 20 and told to go live her life - before she developed kidney disease.

'Negligent': First mother-baby HIV cases diagnosed in NZ in 20 years
Routine screening had effectively eliminated perinatal HIV cases – until now.

Shortland Street and Outrageous Fortune star Claire Chitham reflects on career and life lessons
How escaping the limelight brought on the actor's second act and personal fulfilment.

'Two bits of gold': How ballet and sumo transformed the All Blacks
The All Blacks learned to reduce 'turf toe' from the Royal New Zealand Ballet.

Thunderstorm risk remains as school holidays end amid showers
Thunderstorms are likely on the West Coast and around Taranaki Maunga this afternoon.

'A moment of madness and impulse': The day uni lecturer gave a lesson dressed as a woman
Ciara Cremin says life as a trans woman is hard but now she can't live any other way.

Meet Auckland's unstoppable Shens: 2 brothers, 21 awards, 2 world-class uni scholarships
The brainy brothers dream of creating the next world-changing start-up.

Landslides, flooding, fallen trees: Nelson-Tasman residents urged to stay home
The upper South Island has been slammed by severe weather yesterday and today.

'Gonna whack it': Ex-gang member with hitman aspirations finally named
The conspiracy to kill lasted only 29 hours before it was thwarted by fellow gang members.

'My moment': NZ-born boxer becomes first Māori to be crowned undisputed world champ
In her debut at Madison Square Garden, the 30-year-old produced a 'total beatdown'.

Autistic man indecently assaulted by rapist who had served 33 years behind bars
Mark Williams wore a balaclava and entered the man's home in December 2023.

'You weren’t sure who you could trust’: Sue Wood's time in ‘snake pit' National Party
Ex-National Party president Sue Wood to revisit Muldoon's 84 snap election in new memoir.

'Small localised landslide': Muriwai homes evacuated as road drops
Occupants of at least two evacuated properties have been given the all-clear to return.

New World customers warned after ‘password spraying’ attack
New World's parent company Foodstuffs says none of its systems were breached.

Former Black Caps coach claims players were 'egotistical buggers'
Andy Moles hasn't held back about Brendon McCullum and other ex-Black Caps in a new book.

Auckland man's decades of work to get 100-year-old steam ferry afloat
The ferry has been parked off Auckland's Northwestern Motorway for over two decades.

Home build dream shattered after business hacked and woman launders couple’s $150k
Sophie Winchester-Krishan earned $5k for laundering the couple's scammed money.

Auckland retiree faces eviction as ground rent jumps 344%
The Dilworth Trust increased the annual leasehold fee from $45,000 to $202,000 per year.

Dai Henwood on performing live comedy with stage four cancer
No cameras, censors or lawyers, as TV team prepares for 'rule-breaking' national tour.