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Investing in art better than money in the bank

Charles Ninow, head of art at auction house Webb's talks about good investments.

Can a2 Milk recapture the great growth rates of the past?

Will former sharemarket favourite, a2 Milk, ever recapture the great growth rates of past.

Where is her body? Murderer's brother calls on him to confess

Times: 20 years on, still haunted by his brother's actions, Alix Sharkey wants answers.

How one of the world's biggest ships jammed the Suez Canal

New York Times: Four months after ship got stuck, critical issues haven't been addressed.

'This whole monsterisation of Broadmoor itself is a kind of crime fiction'

"Evil" is a kind of state of mind that probably any of us could get into - Gwen Adshead

Sex, lies and betrayal: Grappling with shock revelations after a divorce or breakup

Readers tell the Herald their heartbreaking stories.

'I don't know if there's a girl who hasn't experienced sexual harm ...': Breaking the code of silence

Why teenage girls aren't going to take it anymore.

Inside Eric Watson's insider trading case: Iced tea, crypto and the FBI

Eric Watson, free from a London prison cell, was charged with insider trading in the US.

The dark side of chess: Payoffs, points and 12-year-old grandmasters

New York Times: When is a grandmaster's title less than grand?

Inside the Children of God cult: 'Some girls had to marry their dads'

Times: The sect was notorious for exploitation and sexual abuse. So why did parents stay?

Lax enforcement let Florida towers skirt inspections for years

New York Times: Building regulations rules have been enforced unevenly, or not at all.

Exclusive: 'Extensive' backlogs at Waikato heart services, govt adviser's warning

Patients needing urgent heart care were waiting more than six months, emails reveal.

Her family owned slaves. How can she make amends?

New York Times: Stacie Marshall is trying to address a generations-old wrong.

NZ's meth crisis: The rural towns bearing the brunt

Wastewater data obtained by the Herald provides a stark view of our national drug problem.

Inside the tumultuous years before the Florida condo collapse

NY Times: Board knew towers needed repairs. It didn't know it was a race against time.

The sad life and lonely death of pensioner who found she didn't own her home

The missing house, the dead body, the secret affair, and the SFO investigation.

Every dog has its day: The rising popularity of doggy daycare

Leaving your dog in the garden for the day could be a thing of the past.

Diamond life: Inside Auckland's luxury jewellery scene

Where all that glitters is definitely gold - and we're not talking nine carat.