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Dispute over cause of flood
Ask them what put their small town under water and Edgecumbe residents point to the dam.
Canes hold on to win
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17 min ago Beauden Barrett sees red as Hurricanes blow massive lead to set up nervy finish.
Live: '23 of 59 missiles hit targets'
10:31 PM Russia says it doesn't know where 36 US missiles landed in Syria, but it will be helping Bashar al-Assad beef up air defences.
'Fraud, scandal and blood feuds'
The Westland District Council has descended into utter chaos. How did it all begin?
Cop flies into storm
Kapiti constable under investigation over alleged reaction to being booted out of flying club.
Councillors confirm suspension
9:39 PM Westland councillors have voted in support of the chief executive's suspension.
Like a 'river in the sky'
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The storm that swept the country dropped three times the April rainfall in three days.
Council fells wrong trees
Tree-a culpa: Council sorry for mistakenly cutting down mature native trees.
![Emma Eagle and her daughter Lily Eagle, 4, place flowers at the Wakefield Quay Port Nelson wharf where Leo ...](http://web.archive.org./web/20170407111839im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/i/d/p/o/o/image.related.StuffLandscapeThreeByTwo.300x200.1idgir.11h8q4.png/1491546031757.jpg)
'That is someone's baby'
From one mum to another, Emma Eagle wants Leo Lipp-Neighbours' family to know the people of Nelson are thinking of them.
Barrett red-carded, Canes win
Beauden Barrett sees red as Hurricanes blow massive lead to set up nervy finish.
'40 martyrs from one family'
![Abdul Hamid al-Youssef is distraught while visiting his children's graves.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170407111839im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/i/e/1/q/w/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1ie1qa.1082x1.png/1491563193138.jpg)
11 min ago Hours before the US air strikes in Syria, Abdul Hamid al-Youssef was mourning up to 40 members of his family.
All eyes on Trump
ANALYSIS: Donald Trump's view of America's role as the "free world's policeman" was, until now, unclear.
![Andreea Cristea died in hospital while being treated for her injuries.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170407111839im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/i/d/z/v/s/image.related.StuffLandscapeThreeByTwo.300x200.1idzre.1082x1.png/1491561103593.jpg)
Westminster attack victim dies
Weeks after plunging into the Thames as a knifeman rampaged in London, Andreea Cristea has died.
Insurers, banks help flood victims
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More than 1200 claims have been filed with two major insurance companies in the wake of Cyclone Debbie this week.
A small step to cheaper housing
It won't solve the housing crisis but it's a valuable step on the way, economist says.
![Ohai with snow covered Takitimu Mountains. The Solid Energy coal mine is behind the earth embankment beyond the fence.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170407111839im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/i/d/q/g/e/image.related.StuffLandscapeThreeByTwo.300x200.1idn06.11jm2n.png/1491542143471.jpg)
Solid Energy Southland mines sold
Ohai and New Vale mines sale to Greenbriar final.
Apple blocks drone strike app
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Apple apparently thinks users of its iPhone are so sensitive that it needs to shield them from a news app.
Apple aims for more control
The iPhone maker is determined to take greater control of the core technologies in its products.
![Clips lets customers take videos and add animated captions and titles, complete with colourful emojis.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170407111839im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/i/3/r/n/h/image.related.StuffLandscapeThreeByTwo.300x200.1id2hw.zvl7t.png/1491559576865.jpg)
Clips is smart, fun, and unnecessary
10:06 PM Apple have made a smart and fun video app. Why?
Remember this L'Oreal model?
![Thylane Blondeau has just turned 16 and signed a L'Oreal contract.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170407111839im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/i/d/c/g/9/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1id7sd.118kt5.png/1491533608340.jpg)
L'Oreal signs Thylane Blondeau, star of controversial French Vogue shoot
Stick-thin mannequins back
Parents are slamming Topshop's decision to revert to using mannequins which "promote eating disorders".
![Don't paint him with too broad a brush – maybe he is socially anxious or awkward.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170407111839im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/i/d/n/b/x/image.related.StuffLandscapeThreeByTwo.300x200.1idmvq.118kt5.png/1491533166396.jpg)
We can't stand the boyfriend
He's rude, grumpy and taciturn. Should we tell our teen daughter she's selling herself short?
What goes first? The butt
After five days of hard cycling, Jeremy Rees discovers some things begin to hurt more than others.
![It sounds too good to be true: you just stand there and the vibrating exercise machine moves for you. So does it work?](http://web.archive.org./web/20170407111839im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/i/c/j/1/u/image.related.StuffLandscapeThreeByTwo.300x200.1icilq.118mbv.png/1491446340854.jpg)
Does vibration therapy work?
It sounds too good to be true: you just stand there and the vibrating exercise machine moves for you. So does it work?
Azalea, Young selling pad
A couple no more, the Aussie-born rapper and the NBA player sell the home they once shared.
![I stick to grafted 'Ophelia' plants (in the Enrich with Nature range). Though the fruit is smaller, each plant produces ...](http://web.archive.org./web/20170407111839im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/i/2/a/m/9/image.related.StuffLandscapeThreeByTwo.300x200.1i261i.118l16.png/1491539085463.jpg)
Veges that thrive on neglect
Gardening guru Lynda Hallinan lists eight of her favourite easy-care vegetables.
Under-22 ban at bar above board
![The Longroom in Ponsonby has adopted a new R22 age policy on patrons wishing to enter the popular night club. INSET: The ...](http://web.archive.org./web/20170407111839im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/i/c/k/9/j/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1ick0w.118ols.png/1491460282032.jpg)
Bars can have age "recommendation" policies, human rights lawyer says.
World's best restaurants named
For the first time since 2004, an American restaurant has been named top restaurant in the world.
Flooded, but still at work
![EastPack and Fonterra are the biggest employers in the town of 1638 people.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170407111839im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/i/c/z/7/d/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1idc69.11jq0k.png/1491534763265.jpg)
Their houses may be underwater, but some Edgecumbe residents aren't letting that stop them from going to work.
Wet fields infuriate farmers
Sodden paddocks leading up to winter are irritating Manawatu and Rangitikei farmers.
'Go suck up a swamp'
![Comedian Don Rickles, who died on Thursday, aged 90.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170407111839im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/i/d/3/c/1/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1ido35.117jqz.png/1491542255391.jpg)
Comedian Don Rickles died on Thursday, aged 90, but his barbed insults slayed a few heroes in his time.
Artwork replaces old eyesore
It's been an eyesore for Hutt residents for the last three decades but it's finally being covered up.
![Iconic Auckland venue The Kings Arms.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170407111839im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/i/8/w/u/w/image.related.StuffLandscapeThreeByTwo.300x200.1idfvy.117jqz.png/1491542255391.png)
Another blow for Kings Arms
US band pulls out of show at iconic venue over concerns noise complaints will shut them down.
Crazy things we got away with
![The requirements for flight attendants back in the Sixties would have feminists wincing today.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170407111839im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/e/w/2/b/z/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1idjsi.108gna.png/1491537762336.jpg)
From in-flight smoking, to getting sloshed at 35,000ft, things have changed since the golden age of flying.
NZ's Disneyland: Diggerland
Try your hand at driving bulldozers, skid steers and excavators at the digger-based theme park.
![Part of the Lord of the Rings' success is that they were filmed in locations so beautiful as to look like they've been ...](http://web.archive.org./web/20170407111839im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/i/d/b/c/8/image.related.StuffLandscapeThreeByTwo.300x200.1idaec.108gna.png/1491537762336.jpg)
World's 10 best film locations
Want to recreate the famous water-lift scene from Dirty Dancing? Or discover the splendour of Middle Earth?
BMW drops a diesel model
![New Zealand's BMW 2-Series Active Tourer range is now all petrol.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170407111839im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/i/c/t/w/1/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1icoho.11h2i3.png/1491558506145.jpg)
BMW points finger at NZ's road user charges as it drops a diesel engined vehicle from its 2-Series selection.
New Aston Martin wrecked
A 15-day-old Aston Martin DB11 has been wrecked in a crash in Mexico.
![The scene that stunned a passing motorist shows a man sitting on long lengths of pipe to help hold them to a towing car.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170407111839im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/i/d/n/k/i/image.related.StuffLandscapeThreeByTwo.300x200.1idndo.11h2i3.png/1491558506145.jpg)
Man rides 20m pipes
People do some crazy things to move items by car.
Diggity-dog Kano
Little Kano partakes in all the usual puppy pastimes, but he's something of an expert at gardening.
![Now that I've left Wellington, this photo helps me remember the glowing red sky of the south coast.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170407111839im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/i/c/z/y/k/image.related.StuffLandscapeThreeByTwo.300x200.1iczzc.11z3d7.png/1491462722901.jpg)
Glowing south coast sunset
Now that I've left Wellington, this photo helps me remember the glowing red sky of the south coast.
The ref who said 'I can't do this'
![In many respects, refs like Cecchin are the game's punching bag.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170407111839im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/i/d/o/z/x/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1idojg.11gn2s.png/1491557736500.jpg)
He's rugby league's most experienced whistle blower. But all he wanted to do was fake an injury.
A fickle wind behind Hoffman
Augusta's gale took Charley Hoffman to a places he could only dream. It might also slap him down to Earth.
![Highlanders midfielder Malakai Fekitoa looks to offload against the Rebels in Dunedin last weekend.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170407111839im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/i/d/t/q/b/image.related.StuffLandscapeThreeByTwo.300x200.1idn4o.11gn2s.png/1491557736500.jpg)
Fekitoa's future in his hands
Star Highlanders centre says his eye is on the catching the ball rather than overseas riches.
The secret life of props
![Ben May sucks in the big ones after a particularly big scrum.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170407111839im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/i/c/7/a/b/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1ic6zx.11z40i.png/1491529253570.jpg)
The cheating doesn't help, nor does the belief refs are clueless. What really goes on in the scrum?
The quake that changed Edgecumbe
![A scientist standing in the rift created by the 1987 Edgecumbe quake.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170407111839im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/i/c/l/c/w/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1iciu2.11z40i.png/1491558411067.jpg)
A little over 30 years ago, a 6.5-magnitude quake hit near Edgecumbe. It changed the town forever.
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Helen Clark portrait found at dump
![This 2.4m high portrait of Helen Clark was recovered from Wellington City Council's Transfer Station. It's currently on ...](http://web.archive.org./web/20170407111839im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/i/d/h/j/j/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1idgfy.png/1491550139374.jpg)
Giant portrait of Aunty Helen could be yours after going from the dump to Trade Me.
Florida's game of snakes and lads
![Nick Banos (left) and Leonardo Sanchez with their 4.6-metre python.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170407111839im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/i/d/3/z/x/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1id40e.png/1491510270464.jpg)
US state wants rid of its whopper snakes. So hunters are being paid to catch as many as they can.
Girl found living with monkeys
![The young girl was found in January and although she has adjusted to a human setting she is still unable to speak.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170407111839im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/i/d/3/r/r/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1id3mf.png/1491507549231.jpg)
Unable to speak, young girl in Indian forest was behaving like an animal, running on her arms and legs.
Don't be bros with your son
![As a parent, you are fundamentally responsible for providing care, structure and authority.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170407111839im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/i/d/s/3/s/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1idpxh.139f1a.png/1491539805254.jpg)
Getting dad-and-son tattoos is a step too far. Traditional boundaries make you a better parent.
The truth about pregnancy sex
![Team Hell Yeah and Team Forget About It: Which are you?](http://web.archive.org./web/20170407111839im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/i/d/8/w/t/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1id8ea.139f1a.png/1491536689700.jpg)
When it comes to engaging in sexy time while pregnant, there's Team Hell Yeah, or Team Forget About It.
Places where babies cry most
![This baby clearly doesn't live in Denmark.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170407111839im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/6/b/h/j/g/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1ic8tg.139f1a.png/1491536689700.jpg)
It seems Danish and Japanese parents have it easy. British, Canadian and Italian parents, not so much.
Italy's undiscovered secrets
![The rock pool of Grotta della Poesia is an ancient sinkhole.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170407111839im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/i/d/6/7/x/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1id68w.png/1491530143649.jpg)
From climbing live volcanoes, to spending the day soaking under a naturally hot waterfall, these Kiwis have uncovered Italy.
Foolish things young travellers do
![Getting that tattoo in Thailand might have seemed like a good idea at the time but what if it gets infected, or worse?](http://web.archive.org./web/20170407111839im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/i/a/i/p/q/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1iaj1v.png/1491270564582.jpg)
Getting that tattoo, going to that rave... it all seemed like a good idea at the time.
Travel tips: Airlines' carry-on limits
![Air New Zealand allows premium economy passengers the same as business: 14kg (with one item weighing up to 10kg).](http://web.archive.org./web/20170407111839im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/b/u/c/u/9/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1i9wg2.png/1491192633533.jpg)
Most of us push the hand luggage limits but it pays to know the specific allowance for each airline.