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Simon Wilson: When Auckland needed him most, where was Wayne?
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Dairy worker who had fingers sliced off during robbery has not returned to work
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The Ex-Files: ‘My ex is using a trust to pay less child support’
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The age of anxiety – why the snowflake generation is right to be worried
"The notion that it's a kind of psychological weakness is completely absurd."
Best TV shows of 2023: From The Bear to Succession
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Bad tabs and no sleep: Why experts are urging Kiwis to get their drugs tested this summer
A substance found in some tabs has caused deaths overseas.
What drives Christopher Luxon? The full story of the man who wanted to be PM
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Audrey Young: All the signs Ardern was about to drop a bombshell
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Summer reads: From McDonald’s to the PR industry - the power lists of 2023
From food and drink to KiwiSaver and the PR industry - who are the power players in NZ?
Confessions of a reformed shopaholic: My year without brand-new clothes
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The heart of everything: Fiordland from the sea
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Phil Gifford: The greatest All Blacks coaches of all time
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Chops, chops - cutlets. What happened to the humble hero of summer barbecues?
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11 ways to forget about work when you’re on holiday
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Sigourney Weaver: "Women hold the world together"
Forty years after Alien, the Hollywood A-lister is still playing kick-ass roles.
The inside story of Jacinda Ardern’s resignation
At the start of the year Jacinda Ardern resigned. Who had known and how did it play out?
Over 50 burgers, 100 wings and 28 pizzas: What it took to get youth off OT roofs
Oranga Tamariki have revealed the meals that helped coaxed youths off the roof.
Ask the experts: I love my partner but not his kids - do we have a future?
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Rescues, drownings and traumatic scenes – keeping swimmers safe not just a day at the beach for lifeguards
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Five things to know about super-spreading seaweed that can grow 3cm a day
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Herald cartoonist Rod Emmerson answers his critics – and picks his best of 2023
Rod Emmerson dissects the news with a sharp pencil and a razor-like wit.
Why almost everything we know about road safety has changed
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