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Suicide attempts 'disturbing'
![Erica Hume with dog Hunter. This was the last picture taken of Erica before she died.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170216063324im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/h/9/3/a/v/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1h9mvy.png/1487226618714.jpg)
Parents of suspected suicide victim upset others still at risk at hospital.
NZ brands that aren't Kiwi made
![The iconic Buzzy Bee is actually made in China.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170216063324im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/a/9/4/k/q/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1ha950.png/1487226440097.jpg)
Pineapple Lumps and Jaffas may be on their way out, but what other 'Kiwi' products have already left our shores?
The Port Hills – a ruined landscape
![Fire damage at the Christchurch Adventure Park.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170216063324im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/h/a/d/2/4/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1hacdg.png/1487226097078.jpg)
It's only from the air you get a real sense of the extent of the devastation of the Port Hills fire.
Fires: What you need to know
![Miranda Newbury can't access her house](http://web.archive.org./web/20170216063324im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/h/a/a/z/f/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1h9hby.png/1487224520940.jpg)
Up-to-date information regarding evacuated areas, evacuation centres, advice, safety and general welfare.
Laser strike sparks search
![New Zealand Air Force helicopters helped police search for a person who shone a laser light at one of their aircraft.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170216063324im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/h/9/n/t/d/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1h9mib.png/1487224774502.jpg)
Police and air force helicopters scoured Palmerston North suburbs after a laser light attack.
Evacuees can't get back
![Miranda Newbury took this photo minutes before evacuating the home she shares with husband Craig and their daughters on ...](http://web.archive.org./web/20170216063324im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/h/a/9/9/d/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1ha89n.png/1487223430413.jpg)
Miranda Newbury was told to leave her home immediately. She couldn't find the cats.
English checks on Kawarau Falls Bridge
![NZTA's Southern Business Unit Manager Ian Duncan with Prime Minister Bill English at the Kawarau Falls Bridge ...](http://web.archive.org./web/20170216063324im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/h/a/9/a/7/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1hacen.png/1487222382807.jpg)
English and Bridges visited the building site of Kawarau Falls Bridge in Queenstown on Thursday.
Cycleway a boon for business
![East Coast Inn owner Jim McDougall in front of the yellow-stickered building in Ward, south Marlborough.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170216063324im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/h/a/a/z/1/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1ha0e9.png/1487221049983.jpg)
Business owners in earthquake-affected Seddon and Ward welcome cycleway proposal.
Optimism for Pike River families
![Dame Fiona Kidman and her husband Ian at a Pike River protest.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170216063324im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/f/v/8/0/t/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1h9um7.png/1487223166639.jpg)
Pike River families leave select committee feeling like they had a win in their battle to re-enter mine.
Smart cameras to fight crime
![Integrated CCTV cameras and software could provide numberplate information to police immediately.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170216063324im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/5/2/4/f/m/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1h9sj2.png/1487220310532.jpg)
5:45 PM A system of cameras that can recognise numberplates is being considered to tackle crime.
Bash leads to the big house
Fourth offender still on the run after terrifying incident.
Bank closure 'disaster'
![ANZ Molesworth Street, Wellington has been closed since the November earthquake.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170216063324im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/h/9/m/b/p/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1h8sjc.png/1487216795792.jpg)
ANZ Molesworth Street closure is "disappointing" for an area in need of recovery.
27,000 claims from quake
![Thousands of houses were damaged in the November 14 earthquake, including Tony Guthrie's home in Kaikoura.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170216063324im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/h/9/c/w/l/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1h9d5k.png/1487192044951.jpg)
Over 18,000 claims for building damage and nearly 3000 for building and contents.
The rapidly changing river
![Clarence River Rafting staff at the site of new rapids created by the Papatea Fault, from left, guide Clinton Fee, owner ...](http://web.archive.org./web/20170216063324im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/h/8/y/a/r/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1h85mm.png/1487189327473.jpg)
Rafters on the post-quake Clarence River can attest to the old saying, 'you never step foot in the same river twice'.
Optimism for Pike River families
![Dame Fiona Kidman and her husband Ian at a Pike River protest.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170216063324im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/f/v/8/0/t/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1h9um7.png/1487223166639.jpg)
Pike River families leave select committee feeling like they had a win in their battle to re-enter mine.
Assessment figures skewed
![Labour health spokeswoman Annette King says FSAs need to be followed up in a timely manner.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170216063324im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/d/j/a/t/x/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1h7qgg.png/1487218123670.jpg)
Labour accuses Government of skewing numbers for surgical and medical assessments.
Leggett moves back to Porirua
![Not retired: Nick Leggett is advising Wellington businesses.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170216063324im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/h/a/2/0/9/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1h9uok.png/1487217060261.jpg)
Eight months after moving to Wellington for a tilt at its mayoralty, Nick Leggett has headed back up the road.
Bleak lesson from ebola outbreak
![Health workers carry the body of an ebola victim for burial at a cemetery in Sierra Leone during the 2014 West African ...](http://web.archive.org./web/20170216063324im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/h/a/2/0/n/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1h9ott.png/1487226444293.jpg)
Deadly ebola outbreaks are a higher risk where deforestation changes jungle habitats, a Kiwi scientist has found.
Onslow whooping cough case confirmed
![A case of whooping cough has been confirmed at Wellington's Onslow College.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170216063324im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/g/9/4/7/k/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1ha55y.png/1487215579782.jpg)
A student at Onslow College would have been infectious from January 31.
School boy banned from bus
![Timaru Boys' High School student Corban Hodges, 15, left, waits for the school bus as Lockie, 10, is driven to Bluestone ...](http://web.archive.org./web/20170216063324im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/h/9/o/p/3/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1h7q3y.png/1487214276393.jpg)
Ten-year-old Timaru boy stopped from boarding school bus which stops at his gate to collect his brother.
Lincoln finances improving
![Lincoln University now has an operating surplus after an organisational restructure.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170216063324im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/c/z/6/f/1/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1h94jy.png/1487202771765.jpg)
University moving into "more sophisticated territory" now it has an operating surplus.
Radiology overhaul not so private
![Radiologists Andy Jamie, left, and Julia Cooke in the X-ray room at Wairau Hospital in Blenheim.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170216063324im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/h/a/9/0/f/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1h9k68.png/1487220491857.jpg)
A year after looking to go private, the DHB is told to keep parts of the service in-house.
Seventh confirmed measles case
![A child infected with the measles was at Palmerston North City Library on the morning of February 9 and could have ...](http://web.archive.org./web/20170216063324im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/h/a/a/2/t/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1ha9nm.png/1487219437426.jpg)
A child infected with the measles visited multiple public sites, potentially infecting others.
Assessment figures skewed
![Labour health spokeswoman Annette King says FSAs need to be followed up in a timely manner.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170216063324im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/d/j/a/t/x/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1h7qgg.png/1487218123670.jpg)
Labour accuses Government of skewing numbers for surgical and medical assessments.
Onslow whooping cough case confirmed
![A case of whooping cough has been confirmed at Wellington's Onslow College.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170216063324im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/g/9/4/7/k/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1ha55y.png/1487215579782.jpg)
A student at Onslow College would have been infectious from January 31.
Women of Influence winners
![WOI](http://web.archive.org./web/20170216063324im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/e/s/7/o/9/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1ep765.11mp7i.png/1476316589961.jpg)
Founder of Organic Initiative Helen Robinson took out the supreme Women of Influence title.
Making it pay the angus way
![Owen and Margaret Thomas breed angus on their farm near Oxford, Canterbury, where they've planted hundreds of poplar as ...](http://web.archive.org./web/20170216063324im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/h/9/e/7/9/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1h9eb6.11jq0k.png/1487199611498.jpg)
A Canterbury couple have found a way to make a small holding viable by breeding angus for the prime beef market.
Apples up to $6 a kilo
![Apple prices are sky high at the moment.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170216063324im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/h/8/0/i/n/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1h7z0s.11jq0k.png/1487199611498.jpg)
An apple a day may keep the doctor away - but they may also hurt your pocket.