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Is this Auckland's worst motorway pinch point?
This interchange defies more than a few well-established principles of driving. Shelley Bridgeman has devised a series of manoeuvres to help you through.

Watch NZH Local Focus: Waikato Home and Garden Show gets a makeover
For the first time in 32 years the Waikato Home and Garden Show is in new hands. Made with finding from NZ on Air

Town embarrassed by selfie statue
Residents of a US town are up in arms over the instalment of a bronze "selfie statue" that depicts two smiling girls taking a photo in front of City Hall.

Child destroys $21,000 Lego display
It took a man three days to build and a child just seconds to destroy.

Awards name top Kiwi designers
Innovations in the health sector, newspaper print and car safety are among winning designs judged over seven categories.

Reno Rumble brings out the best of The Block
The Block host Scott Cam is back with a new building show, Reno Rumble - and he's looking forward to presenting us with some good honest television.

Prefab homes get green tick
Prefabricated homes offering up to 15 per cent reductions in building costs are gaining a powerful boost from a green think-tank seeking sustainable ways of tackling the housing crisis.

More women doing DIY
The Kiwi bloke is a key part of NZ's collective self ideal, but new research shows it is now almost as likely to be his wife or daughter getting ready to roll up her sleeves.

Come on in - fancy homes on show
Lovers of innovative architecture will get the chance to step inside some of Auckland's most stylish homes in two upcoming house tours.

Architect's block design wins apartment competition
A rustic-style timber-clad high rise apartment block, has won a design competition to showcase more intensive Auckland building styles.

Top architects use their blocks
Hate apartment blocks? Then take a closer look at these five, shortlisted in a competition to win over Aucklanders sceptical about their city's intensification.