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Thumbs down for Len Brown

Len Brown will find it tough to be re-elected Mayor of Auckland, according to a new <i>Herald</i>-DigiPoll survey.

Get the buzz on bees: 9 facts

To celebrate the arrival of the honey bee in New Zealand 175 years ago, we explore some amazing facts about bees.

Westboro church: 10 things to know

Controversial church plans to picket Lorde's Kansas concert and claims NZ is hated by God for its filthy manner of life, false religious systems and evil govt.

Sun sets on Ransom's Wildfire

Wildfire, the social marketing firm co-founded by Kiwi expat Victoria Ransom and sold to Google for $250m is being 'sunsetted' barely 18 months after the acquisition.

Bryce Edwards: Is Labour in crisis?

A doomed tone characterises virtually all of the political commentary about the Labour Party at the moment, writes Bryce Edwards.

John Drinnan: Maori TV flak now hitting Govt

The Government is facing flak on two fronts over issues affecting Maori Television, amid staff concerns about plans to realign its news and current affairs department.

Rock 'n' roll tour a family affair

They're alternative rock's towering giants - two men responsible for some of the biggest riffs, baddest songs and best albums of the past 20 years.

NZ boys in huge US child porn ring

Two New Zealand boys are among 251 victims of a massive international online child pornography ring busted in the United States.

Crash claims life of unborn baby

The unborn baby of a woman who was 38-weeks pregnant has died after a Hawke's Bay car crash described as the 'ride from hell'.

Shelley Bridgeman: Periods need an image overhaul

It's time to reclaim periods as a healthy, normal part of life. There's nothing shameful about them, Shelley Bridgeman writes.

Police close in on killer one year on

The jeep seized from the man identified as the prime suspect in the murder of roadworker George Taiaroa is still being held by police and is key to detectives' inquiries.

Twelve Questions: Sir Bob Harvey

Former Waitakere mayor Sir Bob Harvey on his 43 years of marriage to Barbara: "In our house we have never discussed divorce. Only murder."

Widow fights on for a 'good man'

She can see it, that moment almost a year ago when her husband was shot and killed.

We are what we produce

A passion for travel has inspired a Kiwi artist to create some of the more unusual maps you'll see.

Struggling mum has high hopes

Yvonne Costar is used to seeing Maori families around her battling on struggle street.

Kiwi hopes for taste of Mars

A Kiwi believes she has what it takes to spend a year on "Mars" - although any close encounters won't be with cute aliens but curious polar bears.

Marine life better protected

Kaikoura's world-renowned wild marine environment will be better protected by a new marine reserve.

Mum 'indebted to Dawson'

Stacey Jaundrell couldn't believe it when she heard her friend Charlotte Dawson was dead.