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<i>Kerre Woodham:</i> I'll go for fire and brimstone

Mega-rich go on seasonal splurge

Beauty: Rated red hot

Emergency rescue options for summer.

Mobile stores a bad deal

<i>Wendyl Nissen:</i> Bach to the future

Tis the season

Confused about what to watch this week in the lead-up to Christmas?

Festive plays cause offence

Frenetic festive spend up give retailers huge boost

Kiwi shoppers made more than a million purchases yesterday, giving retailers a boost after last year's recession-hit Christmas.

Finish shopping and put your feet up

Six shopping days to go and in a present panic? The <i>Herald</i> gives six recommendations for easy-to-find presents for the whole family.

<i>Noelle McCarthy:</i> Team Santa - that has a ring to it

<i>Cartoon:</i> What's it got to do with santa

Angry passengers wait for fate on flights

<i>Diane Robertson:</i> Mission Incredible: A mass celebration

Church defiant in face of outcry

A paint-bomb attack on a controversial Christmas billboard will not stop the church from continuing its campaign, church leaders say.

Feeling much better with extra cash

Billboard depicting Mary, Joseph in bed defaced

St Matthew-in-the-City Church's mischievous biblical bedroom billboard was defaced just over five hours after it was erected in downtown Auckland today.

Anger at biblical bed scene

A billboard put up outside the St Matthew-in-the-City church in Auckland is set to stir more than a bit of Christmas spirit.

Charity inspires pupils to pick up a book