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Summer reads: No body, no crime? How does a missing person case become a murder?

Senior Herald reporters take an in-depth look at true crime cases.

'It just kept dragging on': Frustrations with growing backlog of judge-alone trials

Lawyers fear some people are pleading guilty because their cases keep being adjourned.

Du Val downfall: From champagne, private jets to receivership and $250m debt

It was a lifestyle of flashy opulence - until the money ran out.

Summer questions: ‘There is not one single lever’ - Ronald McDonald House NZ boss Wayne Howett

Wayne Howett talks positives, challenges and the approaching year.

I read 50 books each year. Here's how you can too

The good news? It doesn't take hard work, just a smart system.

Matthew Hooton: Government faces death by a thousand cuts

OPINION: Five of the top columns of the year from Matthew Hooton.

Summer reads: From builders to dairy farmers - the power lists of 2024

From the building industry to charity executives - who are the power players in NZ?

House prices in 2025: What can we expect from the market?

Interest rates, inflation, migration - the experts gaze into their crystal balls.

Melissa Chan-Green opens up on past abusive relationship

'Going to work was my happy place,' the AM host tells Steve Braunias.

Summer reads: Vaccines, cancer fees and rare surgeries - the year in health

A look back at some of the biggest health investigations of 2024.

Why stricken rugby star Shane Christie will donate his brain to medical science

Former rugby star Shane Christie fears head trauma has left him with CTE.

Sober in your 20s: Why some young Kiwis are saying no to alcohol

What it's like to quit alcohol in a country with a culture of binge drinking.

The tricks and tips Kiwis need to know before buying a home in Australia

Kiwis need to be careful when buying in Australia or they could be hit by hidden taxes.

Ponsonby shooting inside story: Why gunman was refused entry to bar and what happened next

'He had the glassy eyes... it was like he wasn’t all there.'

Anna Sarjeant: I used to hate kids – now I’m excitedly expecting my second. What happened?

OPINION: The perceived horrors of parenthood that were quashed after I had a child.

Richard Prebble: Luxon had the worst honeymoon of any elected PM

OPINION: Five of the top columns of the year from Richard Prebble.

Take a tour through the most expensive homes sold in 2024

Dare to dream: check out how the other half live.

The drug-dealing Mongrel Mob boss who had $68k cash in a Louis Vuitton handbag

The gang leader was seen in a pub carpark buying 1kg of meth for $140,000.