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Floodwaters continue to rise in lower North Island
4:14 PM Homes have been evacuated, highways closed, and sewerage systems overloaded.
Rifle scare sparks AOS callout
![A male was found dead in a Lower Hutt driveway. Police and Armed Offenders Squad units were called to the scene.](/web/20150620045754im_/http://www.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/3/7/j/t/0/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.15f0jb.11ys6n.png/1434775291561.jpg)
4:13 PM Armed Offenders Squad called after person seen on balcony with rifle in Hamilton.
Spieth, Reed lead at US Open
![Masters champion Jordan Spieth plays his way onto the sixth green at the US Open at Chambers Bay.](/web/20150620045754im_/http://www.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/5/f/0/p/1/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.15f0mj.11ys6n.png/1434775291561.jpg)
4:14 PM Jordan Spieth stayed on track for a rare double at the year's first two majors, grabbing a share of the lead in dramatic second round.
Road trip from hell finally over
![Jetstar passengers wanting to fly to Queenstown were stranded in Christchurch after 24-hour ordeal.](/web/20150620045754im_/http://www.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/5/e/b/a/i/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.15ezd3.11ys6n.png/1434775291561.jpg)
Frustrated Jetstar passengers finally reach destination after 36 hours of detours.
800 homes still cut off
![Power lines are down in a snow-covered Woodbury.](/web/20150620045754im_/http://www.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/5/e/d/c/f/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.15eymh.11ys6n.png/1434775291561.jpg)
3:08 PM Some homes in Canterbury could be without power until Monday, with more snow forecast for the region.
Attempted arson in Auckland
Two men were seen running from an Auckland home after an arson attempt on Saturday morning.
![Manakau woman Kerrie Fox on the patio of her home with water left pooled on her lawn from overnight flooding.](/web/20150620045754im_/http://www.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/5/e/z/9/7/image.related.StuffLandscapeThreeByTwo.300x200.15ez6p.11h8q4.png/1434768023160.jpg)
Residents trapped by water
Kerrie Fox and her husband Jeff were forced to hunker down in their home on SH1 overnight.
'No room for hating'
![Dylann Roof appears by closed-circuit television at his bond hearing in Charleston, South Carolina.](/web/20150620045754im_/http://www.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/5/e/y/y/7/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.15eyxq.1082x1.png/1434765595955.jpg)
Relatives of some of the nine black people gunned down offered tearful words of forgiveness to Dylann Roof.
NK claims it can cure MERS
North Korea has announced it has developed a cure for MERS, Ebola and cancer.
![US Army 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) arrive in Monrovia, Liberia to provide assistance during the Ebola crisis. Returning US army personnel are being quarantined at a US base in Italy.](/web/20150620045754im_/http://www.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/1/d/c/2/c/image.related.StuffLandscapeThreeByTwo.300x200.15eza9.1082x1.png/1434759857923.jpg)
'Abhorrent' troop training
The license of a former US Army doctor was revoked after finding that he gave students hypnotic drugs.
How erotic is your workplace?
![Joan introduces Peggy to the highly eroticised workplace that Mad Men revolves around.](/web/20150620045754im_/http://www.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/5/e/z/2/y/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.15ez2n.11jm2n.png/1434757551228.jpg)
Sexual relations are an uninvited guest in many businesses. A guest who won't be easily evicted.
Scam targeted the gullible
It looked like the answer to many people's prayers. An investment that just kept on giving.
![Short term mortgage rates offer instant savings over current floating rates, but people wanting to fix for longer are being stung by movements overseas.](/web/20150620045754im_/http://www.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/2/s/8/x/z/image.related.StuffLandscapeThreeByTwo.300x200.15c483.11jm2n.png/1434703982427.jpg)
To fix or float?
With short term mortgage rates plunging lower, what should a homeowner do?
Painful wait for house
![An artists impression of Springpark housing estate in Mt Wellington, Auckland.](/web/20150620045754im_/http://www.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/5/c/1/a/8/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.15aay0.11jrlo.png/1434424113270.jpg)
Couple who paid a $46K deposit for a home in Auckland housing project still wait two years on.
Fight mould on a tight budget
Landlords love to blame mould and moisture on tenants, but both sides have to do their bit.
Nelson products star in Malaysia
![Nelson made products Pic's Really Good Peanut Butter, Proper Crisps and CHIA dominate the shelves at Malaysian mart Jaya Grocer Intermark.](/web/20150620045754im_/http://www.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/5/c/9/7/6/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.15c7f7.11k44k.png/1434661782332.jpg)
From a small city in New Zealand to a grocer in Kuala Lumpur, unique Nelson products are proving they can go a long way.
Inventor hopes to hook funding
Nelson inventor Darren Hodgson is trying to take his recreational fishing product to the world.
Google to remove revenge-porn
![The web company says an online form will soon be available to submit revenge porn removal requests.](/web/20150620045754im_/http://www.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/5/c/9/n/l/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.15ezt4.zvl7t.png/1434766349193.jpg)
Google will remove revenge-porn images and web links from search-engine results.
Stephen Elop to leave Microsoft
Stephen Elop, the former top boss at phone-maker Nokia, is one of four high-level executives leaving Microsoft Corp.
![Drone racers Bruce Simpson, left, and Gordon Hudson with their drones, POV video goggles and deck chairs are all ready for a bit racing in a forest area near Tokoroa.](/web/20150620045754im_/http://www.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/5/e/n/s/x/image.related.StuffLandscapeThreeByTwo.300x200.15ca8c.zvl7t.png/1434691102131.jpg)
Drone wars take off in NZ
Drone racing is exploding onto the sporting scene, not just internationally, but in New Zealand too.
My dad taught me how not to be
!["Your dad's basically James Bond" friends would say of the man the author has disowned. But he wasn't at all as cool as Daniel Craig's character or any Bond before him.](/web/20150620045754im_/http://www.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/5/6/6/d/7/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.15ez5j.118kt5.png/1434759397144.jpg)
We poured him a glass of milk. He threw the drink in our faces. "The milk's warm, you morons!"
Lessons learnt from Kim's style
You may not care for her rubber maternity dresses, but you can't deny that she's leading a change.
![Cara Delevigne and St. Vincent at a Cannes Film Festival party in May.](/web/20150620045754im_/http://www.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/5/e/y/f/b/image.related.StuffLandscapeThreeByTwo.300x200.15eyex.118kt5.png/1434759397144.jpg)
Cara D in love with girlfriend
Meet the woman making the it model so happy.
The fasting diet better than 5:2?
![Do we really need to fast every week to reap health benefits? One professor thinks not ...](/web/20150620045754im_/http://www.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/5/e/y/n/c/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.15eyen.118mbv.png/1434765853812.jpg)
Meet the professor who has devised a diet that 'mimics' fasting and improves health.
Small talk tips for the shy
Rather chew your own arm off than make chit-chat with a stranger? There is a solution.
![Screening for Down syndrome is common in pregnancy, but says nothing of the inherent worth of people with Down syndrome.](/web/20150620045754im_/http://www.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/5/e/j/j/j/image.related.StuffLandscapeThreeByTwo.300x200.15egeb.118mbv.png/1434765853812.jpg)
Don't wipe out Down syndrome
OPINION: Systematic screening will result in the elimination of a group of happy people.
A look at Depp's French village
![Yes, Johnny Depp owns an entire village. As you do.](/web/20150620045754im_/http://www.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/3/0/z/d/z/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.15eysh.118l16.png/1434763340275.jpg)
Important facts - he owns an entire 19th-century village and the wine cellar is Pirates of the Caribbean themed.
You should grow hellebores
Their hardiness and early flowering make them a great antidote to winter's gloom.
![Rodney Times\Supplied: Architect Joseph Long's Omaha House.](/web/20150620045754im_/http://www.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/5/e/g/q/p/image.related.StuffLandscapeThreeByTwo.300x200.15eg42.118l16.png/1434753456061.jpg)
Auckland's best architecture
A woolshed conversion, a township's bedraggled pub polished up and a small home with big design ideas.
Award winner no flash in the pan
![Roots restaurant owners Giulio Sturla and Christy Martin. They have been named Cuisine restaurant of the year and earned two hats.](/web/20150620045754im_/http://www.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/5/b/7/y/y/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.15b3wh.118ols.png/1434675095333.jpg)
The rise of Lyttelton chef Giulio Sturla of Roots, Cuisine's 2015 Restaurant of the Year, could hardly be more spectacular.
How to make fried ice-cream
Want to impress dinner party guests? This cool dessert will do the trick.
Dairying damage continues
![Landcorp's forestry to pasture development near Taupo. Dairy conversions in the Waikato and other regions have led to a call for a moratorium.](/web/20150620045754im_/http://www.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/5/9/y/a/2/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.15ej89.11jq0k.png/1434699871170.jpg)
Dairy farming is continuing to damage water quality the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment has said.
Leading farming technology
The world's largest robotic dairy barn, situated in South Canterbury, is home to 1500 cows.
Mariah Carey is dating him?!
![If holding hands and travelling around on a luxurious yacht are anything to go by, these two are dating.](/web/20150620045754im_/http://www.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/5/e/z/o/2/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.15ezmt.117jqz.png/1434766151320.jpg)
James Packer and a diva? Yes, well if travelling around Europe on a yacht together is anything to go by.
Has Kristen Stewart come out?
Kristen Stewart is back in the spotlight over her relationship with a woman.
![Jon Stewart gets real about how the Charleston shooting would be responded to if the shooter had been foreign.](/web/20150620045754im_/http://www.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/5/e/y/h/l/image.related.StuffLandscapeThreeByTwo.300x200.15eyh6.117jqz.png/1434748068420.jpg)
'Sorry... no jokes' says Stewart
The host delivers an unusually emotional Daily Show segment in the wake of the Charleston shooting.
Chinese ladies learning etiquette
![Wealthy Shanghainese matrons learn the fine points of afternoon tea, Western style.](/web/20150620045754im_/http://www.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/5/e/z/d/7/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.15ezdc.108gna.png/1434760841604.jpg)
Shanghai's wealthy are spending money on lessons in how to behave out in the world.
'In limbo' after Jetstar flight
Jetstar passengers finally arrive Queenstown after a detour and road closures.
![Sheikh Zayed mosque is the largest in the United Arab Emirates.](/web/20150620045754im_/http://www.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/5/e/n/3/w/image.related.StuffLandscapeThreeByTwo.300x200.15en0u.108gna.png/1434760841604.jpg)
Abu Dhabi stopover holiday
What's the best way to beat jet lag? Try rocketing through the air on the world's fastest roller coaster.
How to change school rules
![300714.tempo.photo: Nick Reed / Fairfax NZ
looking to see if kids are Individualising high school uniforms around Hamilton. Kids are wearing hoodies under school jerseys, incorrect socks and bearing long arcrylic nails.
Hamilton.](/web/20150620045754im_/http://www.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/5/e/g/h/8/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.15egz0.11z3d7.png/1434701875070.jpg)
School rules are there to be obeyed, not broken, writes John Foster. If you don't like that, try this.
Readers' top travel photos
This week's travel photo entries take us from Rarotonga to the Grand Canyon.
![2509 2014 Photo: ROSS GIBLIN/FAIRFAX NZ
Victor Vito during Wellington Lions training at Rugby League Park.](/web/20150620045754im_/http://www.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/5/e/w/j/4/image.related.StuffLandscapeThreeByTwo.300x200.15ewni.11z3d7.png/1434701875070.jpg)
Victor Vito ‘dream NZ 7s captain’
Current NZ Sevens captain DJ Forbes would be out in favour of Victor Vito in Waaka Watene's dream team.
Porsche flies in dramatic smash
![Somehow the two occupants of the Porsche managed to escape unharmed.](/web/20150620045754im_/http://www.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/5/e/z/a/c/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.15ezan.11h2i3.png/1434772560290.jpg)
The "epic flight of the Porsche Cayman" has been caught by a dash camera.
'Extraordinary' car for sale
Here's a rare chance to buy an "extraordinary" car from a Sean Connery movie.
![In terms of pampering seating, luggage suitability and weather protection, the Kawasaki is comparable with the incumbent Bavarian tourers.](/web/20150620045754im_/http://www.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/5/7/o/x/3/image.related.StuffLandscapeThreeByTwo.300x200.157os9.11h2i3.png/1434700021341.jpg)
More muscle for 'Mr Versatile'
There wasn’t much wrong with the parallel-twin-powered Kawasaki Versys 650 that a few extra ponies couldn’t fix.
Hansen has some wriggle room
![Israel Dagg faces a nervous wait to see if he's still in the All Blacks' World Cup plans after an injury riddled season.](/web/20150620045754im_/http://www.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/4/b/1/9/0/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.15ex26.11gn2s.png/1434774546914.jpg)
The All Blacks coach won't break too many hearts in naming his 41-strong squad for upcoming test matches.
NSW centre Jennings arrested
4:27 PM Two days after he starred for the Blues in State of Origin II, Michael Jennings is in trouble with the police.
![Senegal's Sidy Sarr competes for the ball with Mali's Diadie Samassekou at Auckland's North Harbour Stadium.](/web/20150620045754im_/http://www.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/5/f/0/i/o/image.related.StuffLandscapeThreeByTwo.300x200.15ezjv.11gn2s.png/1434774546914.jpg)
Mali claim third place at cup
3:41 PM Mali overcame the resistance of 10-man Senegal to take a deserved third place at the Fifa U-20 World Cup.
'Too many guns, too much racism'
![Charleston shooting suspect Dylann Roof is pictured in this undated photo taken from his Facebook account.](/web/20150620045754im_/http://www.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/5/e/5/f/p/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.15ey6g.11z40i.png/1434750344600.jpg)
Church attack renews perceptions that Americans have too many guns and have yet to overcome racial tensions.
Not a different species
![The Christchurch Men's Prison youth cell block. Locked doors, echoing hallways, lots of concrete and white paint.](/web/20150620045754im_/http://www.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/5/e/2/d/1/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.15a3bl.11z40i.png/1434750344600.jpg)
They came from good families. Had support. But drugs still overtook their lives.
Don't wipe out Down syndrome
![Screening for Down syndrome is common in pregnancy, but says nothing of the inherent worth of people with Down syndrome.](/web/20150620045754im_/http://www.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/5/e/j/j/j/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.15egeb.11z40i.png/1434750344600.jpg)
OPINION: Systematic screening will result in the elimination of a group of people happy being themselves.
NK claims it can cure MERS
![Kim Jong-un pays respects to Kim Il-sung at Kumsusan Palace of the Sun on January 1.](/web/20150620045754im_/http://www.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/2/g/p/c/b/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.15eysq.png/1434753079243.jpg)
North Korea has announced it has developed a cure for MERS, Ebola and cancer.
Poisoned by hot sauce, laxatives
![Health generic](/web/20150620045754im_/http://www.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/4/2/d/s/9/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.15dux7.png/1434756165449.jpg)
From teenage dares to cheap highs, there's no limit to how stupid some people can be.
Getaway turtle in capital
![Postie Gerard Dobson has found a turtle making its way up Beach St, Island Bay.](/web/20150620045754im_/http://www.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/5/e/h/r/4/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.15egra.png/1434680897477.jpg)
An escaped turtle with a rock-like appearance has been found in Island Bay, Wellington.
Toilet paper wedding gowns?
![A model wears 'The Silhouette of my Garden' a design by Mimoza Haska during the 11th annual toilet paper wedding dress contest at Kleinfled's Bridal Boutique in New York June 17, 2015. The contestants competed in the annual Toilet Paper Wedding Dress Contest, showing off their dress-making skills using only Charmin toilet paper, glue, tape, Needle and thread, for the $10,000 cash prize. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid](/web/20150620045754im_/http://www.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/5/e/7/c/v/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.15e77v.png/1434662100197.jpg)
These wedding dresses are the kind you'd expect to be silk and lace. But they're all made out of toilet paper.
Things great dads have mastered
![Most Dads wish they could spend more time with their children.](/web/20150620045754im_/http://www.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/3/7/7/i/h/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.15e02l.139f1a.png/1434697439106.jpg)
While we both often feel overwhelmed balancing home and work, I am lucky we share responsibilities.
Noodles, wee wees and lady bits
![I don't know why but I just can't bring myself to use the 'proper' words for those parts.](/web/20150620045754im_/http://www.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/2/6/o/q/c/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.15dybv.139f1a.png/1434697439106.jpg)
Maybe it's because I am British. Whatever, the case, I find it really hard to use the words 'vagina' and 'penis'.
Six tips for returning to work
![You're valuable to your employer - remember that. You're expensive to replace.](/web/20150620045754im_/http://www.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/0/q/e/8/w/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.15dqsx.139f1a.png/1434697439106.jpg)
Mums returning to work aren't the same as when they left. That doesn't mean they're not as good though.
5 things my tween taught me
![I didn't expect my tween daughter to be the one who has taught me things about social media use.](/web/20150620045754im_/http://www.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/3/4/t/8/a/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.15dqcf.139f1a.png/1434697439106.jpg)
A few years ago she was not on social media. Now that she is a 12, everything is different.
Readers' travel photos of the week
![A beautiful sunset from the beach at Rarotonga.](/web/20150620045754im_/http://www.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/5/d/5/y/m/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.15d74z.png/1434584672459.jpg)
This week's travel photo entries take us from Rarotonga to the Grand Canyon.
Sponsor kids inspire journey
![Lindsay and Dalaine Walker of Oamaru left on a 168-day world trip in May to visit the seven children they sponsor.](/web/20150620045754im_/http://www.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/5/b/6/7/5/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.158q0i.png/1434497300514.jpg)
An Oamaru couple has embarked on a world trip to visit all seven of their sponsor children.
Readers' travel pics of the week
![OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA](/web/20150620045754im_/http://www.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/5/a/d/r/2/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.15adzo.png/1434080639566.jpg)
This week's travel photo entries take us from Capri to India and feature everything from monkeys to camels.