![Event organiser Jason Wawatai with Baxter in front.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170205134339im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/h/1/x/z/m/image.related.StuffSplash.300x400.1h18on.13qakt.png/1486277909142.jpg)
Riding wild and ruff
Yes, that was a dog riding on a motorbike.
Beach victim dies
![A man was pulled from Wellington Harbour near Eastbourne.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170205134339im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/h/1/z/g/c/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1h1zxi.13qakt.png/1486287475288.jpg)
"Heroic" beachgoers attempted CPR on a 30-year-old man who was pulled out of Wellington Harbour.
Bed bugs on the rise in Wellington
These critters are thriving in the capital. And the bad news is they "don't die easily".
Awaiting E coli verdict
More than 70,000 people are hooked up to the tap water from an affected reservoir.
The face behind 111 calls
Five fatal crashes, a stabbing and a childbirth are all in a weekend's work for Claire Gilroy.
Eagle lands Rongotai nod
Wellington deputy mayor will stay on in role despite eyeing national politics.
Horse freed after crash
Trailer carrying a horse jack-knifes and rolls on busy Hutt Valley road.
Legal action against gyms
![Configure Express in Centre Place, Hamilton, closed in June last year.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170205134339im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/e/x/z/t/7/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1h1ma6.png/1486178404445.jpg)
Configure Express' woes worsen as customers vent and a legal row continues.
The Kiwi taking our coffee global
![Steve Gianoutsos, head of Mojo, is excited about a move to Chicago.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170205134339im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/g/c/6/9/h/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1gcf4o.png/1486171555186.jpg)
Mojo founder Steve Gianoutsos is spreading his coffee empire to the United States.
The Man of Steel
![Former Steel & Tube chief executive Nick Calavrias](http://web.archive.org./web/20170205134339im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/g/y/1/o/o/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1gyd0s.png/1485994516191.jpg)
Nicolas Calavrias was instrumental in turning a struggling business into an enormous success story, writes Bess Manson
Garner: 6 ways to win an election
![Where will this election be won and lost?](http://web.archive.org./web/20170205134339im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/h/1/0/3/9/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1h0w2w.png/1486163451212.jpg)
OPINION: The economy's doing okay; hence Labour's attack on Bill English as a ''follower'', not a leader.
What voters really want
![Election year make-over - Andrew Little has ditched the glasses and smartened up his wardrobe.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170205134339im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/g/y/m/c/x/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1h10x3.png/1486092037415.jpg)
Opinion: Do politicians really know how you are going to vote even before you do?
Stark questions for fuel companies
![There's disagreement about whether petrol companies "coordinate" their prices - a legal practice that involves ...](http://web.archive.org./web/20170205134339im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/g/y/5/6/4/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1h15y5.png/1486093085108.jpg)
OPINION: Why are Wellington petrol prices so much higher than those scarcely more than an hour's drive away?
Trump and restrained reporting
![Donald Trump has severed the torch-bearing arm from the Statue of Liberty and plunged America into darkness, according ...](http://web.archive.org./web/20170205134339im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/g/z/s/y/b/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1gztcx.png/1485987225477.jpg)
Opinion: The internet makes it easy for a person to hunt out news sites that only confirm their prejudices.
Editorial: Bill English's mixed bag
![New Zealand Prime Minister Bill English gives his State of the Nation speech in Auckland.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170205134339im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/h/0/7/j/s/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1h0at3.png/1486006924821.jpg)
OPINION: Which English will dominate this year – the thoughtful social policy-maker, or the politician happy to resort to election cliches?
Crossword solutions: Saturday, February 4
![crossword generic](http://web.archive.org./web/20170205134339im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/1/k/x/d/r/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1gtxv5.png/1485247494937.jpg)
Find the solutions to The Dominion Post's backpage puzzle here.
Born post-GN'R
![Guns N' Roses lead singer Axel Rose plays to Wellington's Westpac Stadium.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170205134339im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/h/0/k/l/1/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1h0rzc.png/1486090205858.jpg)
Axl Rose would mumble something, the crowd cheer. Confused me would look at the dude dancing like a boss by himself.
GN'R praise hardy capital
![Guns N' Roses lead singer Axl Rose and lead guitarist Slash doing what they do best.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170205134339im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/h/0/k/k/z/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1h120i.png/1486103064042.jpg)
It may have been a bit damp but the rockers are little bit in love with Wellington.
Guns N' Roses 'touch and go'
![Guns n Roses empty Wellington stadium about 6.15pm.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170205134339im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/h/0/k/k/r/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1h0pni.png/1486084981190.jpg)
As torrential rain and strong winds whipped Wellington, the band's crew struggled to get the stage erected.
WOW appoints new Head of Show Production
![Stephen Blackburn has been appointed as WOW Head of Show Production.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170205134339im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/g/z/q/n/6/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1gzqrb.png/1486075319669.jpg)
As World of WearableArt continues to grow into a global art experience, it's adding a permanent production position to its senior management team.
The Kiwi taking our coffee global
![Steve Gianoutsos, head of Mojo, is excited about a move to Chicago.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170205134339im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/g/c/6/9/h/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1gcf4o.png/1486171555186.jpg)
Mojo founder Steve Gianoutsos is spreading his coffee empire to the United States.
Walk through history at Antrim House
![Antrim House, built in 1904 for the founder of Hannah's fotowear, is now the national office of Heritage New Zealand.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170205134339im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/g/y/8/i/x/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1gxetx.png/1486021198567.jpg)
Edwardian office of Heritage NZ has been a family home, a hotel and a hostel.
A day in the life of a North End brewer
![North End head brewer Kieran Haslett-Moore.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170205134339im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/h/0/o/0/o/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1h0o0c.png/1486065239111.jpg)
Each week, we ask a high-profile New Zealander to share a photo memory.
2000 pollen samples studied
![Joe Prebble of GNS Science has used fossilised pollen to look at climate change over the last 34 million years.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170205134339im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/h/1/4/v/0/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1h15uq.png/1486089045466.jpg)
Fossilised tree pollen is giving us a better understanding of climate change over the last 34 million years.
Canon Summer Photo Competition Winners
Congratulations to the winners of our 2016/2017 Canon summer photo competition!
Cory Timu aims high
![Jovaan Hanley's Poneke-Kilbirnie team lost 3-0 to Hutt Valley Dodgers on Saturday.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170205134339im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/h/2/2/2/s/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1h228q.png/1486276334434.jpg)
Six Wellington softballers are headed to Auckland for the six-team international series.
Firebirds stay top with another win
![Wellington Firebirds seamer Iain McPeake celebrates one of his four wickets against Otago, removing Michael Bracewell ...](http://web.archive.org./web/20170205134339im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/h/1/z/g/9/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1h1zzj.png/1486269488182.jpg)
Victory over Canterbury on Wednesday will ensure a home semifinal for Ford Trophy leaders Wellington.
Sevens could be Auckland bound
![If the Nines goes, Ateed want to bring other events to Auckland.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170205134339im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/h/1/y/g/2/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1h1yie.png/1486263389309.jpg)
Losing the Nines tournament could result in Auckland making a pitch to host the Sevens.