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Bigger than Hamilton: Inside Auckland's $1b boom suburb

Westgate has been identified as a key growth area - here's what it will look like.

Cliff Curtis: Hollywood v home - the two sides of making movies

Cliff Curtis - an advocate for change in the New Zealand film industry.

The bloody uprising against the Taliban led by one of their own

New York Times: Hundreds of Shiite Muslims joined an uprising led by a former commander.

Polio was almost eradicated. This year it staged a comeback

New York Times: Polio is a highly contagious and sometimes deadly enemy.

The forgotten virus: Zika families and researchers struggle for support

New York Times: Covid turned the world's attention away from the devastating virus.

'We're over 50 and having the best sex of our lives'

Telegraph: The world better get used to 'oldie sex' - there's a lot of it about.

Pigs to the rescue: How an invasive species helped save Australia's crocodiles

New York Times: Invasive species do untold damage. And also, unexpectedly, some good.

Taliban rewind the clock: 'A woman is a helpless and powerless creature'

New York Times: Years of reforms have been reversed by mounting restrictions.

NY Times: Rugby's greatest team, the All Blacks, face a worrisome prospect - decline

New York Times: The All Blacks' myth of invincibility is facing its first real test.

What happened to the families who fled the Taliban?

Times: Afghan children are still trying to find sanctuary a year after the fall of Kabul.

Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahri led a life of secrecy and violence

New York Times: Ayman al-Zawahri was a key plotter of September 11 attacks.

Twenty years strong: Is Pilates as good as everyone says?

New York Times: More than 2 decades after it first hit the headlines, Pilates is booming.

How streaming stars pay the price of online fame

New York Times: They invite viewers in virtually. What happens when they actually show up?

Trained, armed and ready. To teach kindergarten

New York Times: Mandi has taught kindy for years. Now she takes a 9mm pistol to class.

From the archives: Developer to deviant, the rise and fall of Mark Lyon

From millionaire property developer to the drug-addled owner of a sex dungeon.

How did a two-time killer get out to be charged again at age 83?

New York Times: After a promise to never re-offend, they approved her release.