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'Avalanche of child Covid cases': Expert warns Govt to delay school return

"We need to be decisive and move fast," epidemiologist warns.

Sideswipe: Op shop finds

A daily column looking at humorous, satirical and simply strange news.

Shark attack: 'I was screaming' - teen's horror ordeal in harbour

The 13-year-old received 52 stitches after she was bitten several times by a shark.

Bad Sport Boks: ABs physio threatened, players banned from swapping gear

Revealed: Why the Springboks turned on All Black physio.

Sex-assault victim's 'horrible' wait - thousands of trials crippled by Covid

More than 44,000 court proceedings and 400 jury trials have been delayed due to Covid-19.

Herald morning quiz: January 11

Test your brains with the Herald's morning quiz.

Politicians' gardens revealed: From Christopher Luxon to Trevor Mallard

From Nicole McKee's pots of shame to Steven Joyce's wonder.

Steve Braunias: The perfect summer of 2022 is a fool's paradise

OPINION: This was the best summer ever. It's already feeling like a past tense.

Advantage, Djokovic - tennis star wins visa appeal, free to play Aussie Open

Djokovic has been holed up in an Aussie detention hotel since last Wednesday.

Kazakhstan riots: 164 reported killed

Deaths include 16 police or national guard and a four-year-old girl.

One dead as cyclone bears down on Fiji

A tropical depression is moving to the west of the island nation.

Battle against huge Wānaka blaze set to continue

The fire was estimated to have burnt through 200ha of regenerating bush last night.

'Some sick people': Pet goat Cleo found decapitated

'It's not a nice way to find your animal, something that you love.'

'Spectacular': New route through urban forest tipped as tourist drawcard

The cycleway will be a real buzz for Auckland and attract tourists, says Barb Cuthbert.

Economists pick the top five trends to watch in 2022

The outlook couldn't be more complex but here's where economists are looking for clues.

NZ urged to prepare for Omicron outbreak as child vaccine doses arrive

All new border cases are presumed to be of the Omicron variant ahead of detailed results.

VB-drinking rugby fan takes on five Kiwi craft breweries

Kevin Holmes usually only drinks VB. How will he get on with a series of craft beers?

Former All Blacks physio reveals chilling threat: 'We will burn your family'

A decision to tour South Africa with the Cavaliers resulted in death threats