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Love, Actually: Best present of all

Sophie Douglas, 19, arrived back from London to meet dad Chris Douglas, 50, her mum Janet Harvey, 54, and brother Nick, 16, at Auckland Airport.

De-sexing stops kitten caboodle

This year, SPCA Auckland took in 11,000 animals - and of the 82 received in the past few days, 71 of those were kittens.

The Great Family Film Poll: Wall-E

The <i>Herald</i> and <a href='http:// Flicks.co.nz' target='_blank'>Flicks.co.nz</a> are on the hunt to discover New Zealand's favourite family film. Today TV presenter Matt Gibb tells us why he loves Wall-E.

Love, Actually: Back for Christmas

Abby Whitham, 32, was met by mum Jan Whitham and nephew Quinn Caulfield, 5, at Auckland International Airport.

Love, Actually: Abby Whitham back for Christmas

Abby Whitham, 32, was met by mum Jan Whitham and nephew Quinn Caulfield, 5, at Auckland International Airport.

Quirky stories captivate readers

This year's weird and wonderful tales range from mystery pool poos to a Nelson couple's surprise baby.

Love, Actually: Friends reunited

Stephen Boniface, 56, and his wife Ruth Boniface, 59, were greeted by their friend Carolyn Lotawa, 48, at Auckland International Airport.

Joy-riding can soon turn nasty

Every day over summer, the SPCA Auckland responds to about a dozen calls regarding dogs locked in cars that are quickly overheating.

Act changes life for humble hero

The image of Harman Singh helping Daejon Pahia circulated around the world. The Herald finds out what's been happening to his life.

NZ's most successful models

The former student from Hamilton, won Miss Waikato in 1996 and was runner-up in Miss New Zealand the following year.

Have tequila, be friends

Ana Cecilia Mijangos moved to New Zealand from Mexico with her partner Luis Cabrera in 2009 with little English and no clue about what she was going to do here.

Immigrant's 'hell of a journey'

Filipino immigrant Anthony Eltanal, 43, described his path to New Zealand residency as "one hell of a journey", but one that was well worth it.

Know your neighbour: Church 'central focus' for couple

More than 155,000 people, or 3.9 per cent of the population, identify with the Indian ethnic group, making it the second largest Asian ethnicity after the Chinese.

Day in the life of a bus driver

Mr Pettigrew, 62, hardly misses a beat in greeting or thanking and farewelling each passenger boarding or getting off his bus.

When the chute malfunctions

Last month reporter Morgan Tait completed a jump with Skydive Auckland when her parachute malfunctioned. Today she describes the experience.

Where are they now: True Bliss

TrueBliss were the first manufactured pop group of the reality TV era. The five-member girl group were born out of the series Popstars in April 1999, where Joe Cotton, Megan Alatini, Carly Binding,....

A children's picture book author

Down a driveway in a modest house in Hamilton's university suburb is where the magic happens.

'Haven' for Africans to feel refugees no more

Dave Tomu, 55, moved to Auckland from Masvingo, Zimbabwe, in 2000 not long after his first marriage broke up.