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Verity Johnson: If you want to get us to vote, then make politics relevant and sexy

This generation of young people are apathetic. Apathetic young people are a constant of life, like tax and Keith Richards, writes Verity Johnson.

Dangerous but predictable

Beached Az whale 'killed off' by plastic

The social media phenomenon known as the Beached Az whale has been killed off by its creators to highlight the plight of marine life ahead of World Oceans Day.

America's Cup fee headache for Team NZ

Team New Zealand boss Grant Dalton believes America's Cup authorities have eliminated any possibility of a commercially funded team from entering the next event.

Site lets you shop by shape

Women who are sick of buying clothes online only to find they don't suit or don't fit when they are delivered might have a new favourite website.

'Why didn't they taser me?'

David Taite still does not accept he should have been shot by police officers in an incident near the Central Hawke's Bay township of Otane in October 2011.

Golfers teed off at course plan

Chamberlain Park's future as an 18-hole public golf course is under threat from a plan to open up the Auckland landmark for football fields, a playground and formal garden.

'True sailor' keeps his (8) fires burning

It would appear the saying "a girl in every port" is true for one young Australian naval officer who, while staying in Auckland, wrote love letters to women around the world.

12 Questions: Wade Kernot

My dad had a country music band which played at the Waitemata Country Music Club. Mum played bass and my sister and I both sang.

$300k lost after dad's email hacked

An Auckland doctor lost $300,000 after a Nigeria-based fraudster hacked into his father's email account and, posing as the father, asked for the transfer of family money.

Lorde's plan to tackle scalpers

Lorde is wielding her star power to thwart scalpers ripping off fans.

Memory Lane's cheap houses

Areal estate brochure dug out from 1996 features a seven-bedroom villa in Herne Bay - now the country's most expensive suburb. The asking price? Just $190,000.

Hundreds of children's bodies in grave

Nearly 800 young children are believed to be buried in a mass grave beside a former home for unwed mothers in Ireland.

I saw MH370 plane 'burning' - sailor

A British woman sailing near Indonesia at the time MH370 vanished says she saw a plane 'burning' and billowing smoke before it crashed.

'He greets people with hugs, that's Rolf'

To his alleged victims, Rolf Harris is a dirty old man and serial abuser. But to those standing by the embattled entertainer he's warm, friendly and a 'great hugger'.

Our world-class traffic jams

Auckland remains one of the world's most traffic-clogged cities, although it is not as bad as it was a year ago.