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Batten down the hatches: Stormy weather to hit North Island

Gusts of 130km/h hour are set to blast Wellington.

Focus: Severe wind and rain ahead

Weather warnings in place for much of New Zealand.

Police seek Scribe for meth, weapon charges

Police issued appeal for information about the 38-year-old's whereabouts.

Focus: Scribe - warrant for arrest

Rapper Scribe is wanted for drug-related offences.

Focus: Elvis rocks towards top of the charts

40 years after his death the king approaches the top of the album charts with his 50 Greatest Hits

Dangerous cables being ripped out of new buildings

A central Auckland high-rise and six other buildings affected by faulty electric cable

Focus: Fears more Auckland buildings fitted with faulty electric cable

Worksafe is appealing to anyone who's had work done by Lyon Electrical to report it

How much water really is in your chicken breasts?

How much water really is in your chicken breasts?

Focus: How much water really is in your chicken breasts?

Chicken Soup: we test how much water is released when frying a supermarket chicken breast.

Editorial: National desperate to change the subject

National's boot camps and parent fines look like a desperate grab for attention.

Trevett: lock up your kids - vote grabs abound

Irony the victor as claims of 'half-baked' policies fly.

Focus: Real estate agents want LVR rules relaxed

Analysis from Herald Business Editor

Focus: Labour v National: Who’s winning the battle of the brands?

Brand guru Simon Wedde explains what the political parties are doing right, and wrong, when it comes to getting their message to the voters.

Focus: Aussie Dep PM possibly NZ citizen

Barnaby Joyce learns he may be a NZ citizen, refers himself to High Court

Focus: Kids start money club

Students from Parnell District School start a club called Banquer, to encourage their peers to save money

Focus: Charlottesville shaken by white nationalist protests

The usually quiet college town of Charlottesville has became a bloodied symbol of America’s roiling racial and political divisions.

Focus: 'Toot' author has died

Joy Ramirez was a children's writer from Auckland.

Focus: Mortgage rates - 'fix or float'?

With the Official Cash Rate likely to remain at its current record low for at least a year, is it time to fix or float your mortgage rates?