Here we go again

14 min ago  Bearing down on NZ, tropical Cyclone Cook could bring even more rain than Debbie.

Blast hits team bus

The Borussia Dortmund bus took the impact of an explosion at its rear.

11 min ago  Three explosions hit Borussia Dortmund football team bus in Germany, with a player hurt.

Wine exporter killed video

American pinned fatally against a Queenstown retaining wall had just begun a new adventure.

Auckland Airport evacuated

6:45 AM  Auckland Airport was evacuated this morning. Why? Because of burnt toast.

David Bain's home is for sale

David Bain's Christchurch home is on the market, with "must move" in the listing title.

United lampooned for response video

Twitter users and TV comedian mock United Airlines for 're-accommodation'.

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Live: More flooding on its way

Edgecumbe residents are bracing for another extreme weather event just days after being evacuated amid severe flooding.

14 min ago  Worse case scenario: higher rainfalls than the previous two storms.

Solo mum's Back Beach brawl

She punched, bit and pulled the hair of the tourists who called the police after she crashed her car.

Train driver Alan Messiter with daughter Scarlett, 3.

Car thief's narrow train getaway

Alan Messiter has no sympathy for a train-clipping driver who put his kids at risk.

Video

Fury rates Parker above Joshua

WBO title challenger says the Kiwi is the pick of the heavyweight division for skill and hunger.

world

Removal sparks outrage video

A fellow passenger's video showed the man being dragged through the aisle.

Images of bloodied passenger being forcibly removed from a flight draws condemnation in China.

Meteor flash shocks woman video

"Did you guys see that?": US video blogger catches breath as bright meteor streaks across night sky towards her.

Stockholm truck attack suspect was rejected Uzbek asylum seeker

Man admits Swedish terror video

5:39 AM  Driver of hijacked beer truck that mowed pedestrians on Stockholm street says he's a terrorist.

business

Virtual reality opens wallets

Jaguar Land Rover customers can use virtual reality to see a customised version of their car.

It's only a matter of time before virtual reality advertising is used to pull at consumer emotions.

Let down by the system video

People feel abandoned by NZ's mental health system, Mike King says on Maori TV's Media Take.

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Life. Lucy Corry - Three Ways With
Kiwifruit, mint and spinach smoothie for Three ...

Chart: NZ's kiwifruit heartland

One region is miles ahead of the rest when it comes to growing kiwifruit in NZ.

technology

Cameras struggle, photos boom

Smartphones are blamed for the death of cameras, but they may actually give the industry a boost.

Smartphones are blamed for the death of cameras, but they may actually give the industry a boost.

Can Oppo take on tech giants?

Oppo smartphones have finally arrived in New Zealand but how do they compare to Apple and Samsung?

Persona 5 is an absurdly imaginative game.

Persona 5: a game for cool kids

Persona 5 is a dungeon-crawler, social simulator, and time-management headache all wrapped up in one.

life & style

How to eat for happiness

The Happy Kitchen courgette, pea and coconut soup.

"Food can be a medicine or a poison to our bodies."

It's a black-and-white situation

Two neighbours are at aesthetic odds over the colour of their shared fence.

Kiwi beauty vlogger Shannon Harris has just been named in the global top 10 beauty influencers by Forbes.

Kiwi vlogger a 'top influencer'

It began as a hobby from her Palmerston North bedroom. Now she's on a Forbes top 10 list.

well & good

2-minute exercise to stop snoring

Snoring can have serious health and marital consequences.

Snoring can have serious health and marital consequences. But can a simple workout help you stop?

Finding that lost libido

I've been married to a man I love for four years and have completely lost interest in sex.

Amazing centenarian Len Darr uses different fitness equipment at Lloyd Elsomore Park Pool and Leisure Centre, guided by ...

Fit as a fiddle - at 102

He hits the gym twice a week and says he only felt his age at 100. Meet the amazing Len Darr.

home & property

Back-to-nature adobe house

The adobe house has a post-and-beam framework, which was built by a Master Builder. Owners Gary Nevin and Julie ...

Not many people can say they built their house by hand but that's precisely what Gary Nevin and Julie Burns-Nevin have done.

First home after 4 tight years video

At 21, Dave Nuttall gave himself a goal to buy a house before his 25th birthday.

Metal shavings give a rusted effect to the concrete spheres from Garden Classics in Christchurch on the deck.

Christchurch home built to move

Easily loaded on a truck, this new build is all about relocation, relocation, relocation.

food & wine

Maccas runs out of McNuggets

Some McDonald's stores are out of chicken nuggets thanks to a popular promotion.

Kiwis have chowed down on so many chicken nuggets that some McDonald's have run out.

Worst restaurant review ever?

The onions are black, like nightmares. The dessert is like a burns victim's skin. The review is cruel artistry.

Jay-Z's new bubbles cost $1200

The best Easter egg cocktails

nz farmer

Dream-catching down under

Waikato 2017 dairy manager of the year Euan McLeod says the honour was a team effort with wife Mikki, seen here with son ...

Thanks to NZ's much-envied farming career pathway, a young Scot is realising his dream.

Manuka honey to tackle frauds

Your honey might not be sweet as, but a new scientific test should help protect consumers from fakes.

Fonterra's 'unethical' payments

World honour for NZ wineries

entertainment

Eight's furious action never abates

Charlize Theron joins the all-action party in The Fate of the Furious.

REVIEW: After the last installment's relative restraint, this high-octane series is now back doing what it's always done best:

Leigh Hart's fishy business

A fishing show without any fish? Leigh Hart and Jason Hoyte 'talk a lot of rubbish on a boat' in Screaming Reels.

It all comes to a painful head for grieving father Mark Latimer in episode 6.

Broadchurch: That horrible ending

SPOILERS: Mark Latimer's story was always going somewhere awful. But no one was prepared for this.

travel

NZ's best mobile unfriendly spots video

The only sound in Milford Sound is peace and tranquility and that isn't a type of ringtone.

You can balance precariously on a chair with your mobile aloft, itching for a wifi signal but nah...you are not getting any in these 10 spots.

Cellphones on planes 'dropped'

Plans to allow air passengers to use phones at high altitude shelved, after concerns over noise.

Runners pass through the laregly empty streets of Pyongyang.

Running for fun in North Korea

Taking on a marathon in the isolated North Korean capital is more about bucket lists than politics.

motoring

VWs set for capital time

There will be a huge range of vehicles on show in Wellington over Easter during the Qualitat 2017 VW Nationals.

6:25 AM  Wellingtonians encouraged to toot and wave when they see VWs on the region's roads over the holiday weekend.

When lost keys make a fortune

 A 21-year-old car's value may have increased by $85,000 simply because the owner lost the keys.

All sold out - New Zealand's initial allocation of 300 Subaru Impreza have all sold, and new stocks aren't expected ...

Kiss working for Subaru in NZ

6:32 AM  Less is more is a mantra that's working well for Subaru in New Zealand.

stuff nation

Sibling love at its finest

Pets

Levi and Phoebe spend their days chasing lizards and frolicking in the garden together.

Toby, the style icon

He's only three months old, but this adorable wee chap has already nailed his signature look.

Endometriosis

Endo: My debilitating reality

Experts scoffed at my self-diagnosis. It turns out I was right all along - not that this helps ease my symptoms.

sport

Warburton on track for NZ tour

Wales captain Sam Warburton is expected to be named the skipper the British and Irish Lions despite being sidelined for ...

5 min ago  Knee injury not expected to sideline Sam Warburton from Lions tour of NZ.

Fury rates Parker above Joshua

3 min ago  WBO title challenger says the Kiwi is the pick of the heavyweight division for skill and hunger.

Team New Zealand skipper Glenn Ashby is happy to have his AC50 arrive safely at the team's Bermuda base.

Team NZ eager to join action

4 min ago  Bermuda Premier greets Kiwis as boat arrives - now the rush to join practice racing and gauge rivals.

good reads

Reason: Sergio escapes the Woods

Sergio Garcia acknowledges Spanish golf great Seve Ballesteros after winning his first major title, the Masters at Augusta.

OPINION: The Spaniard is no longer the tweeting bird caught in Tiger's crushing coils.

Should we believe Uncle Sam?

U.S. President Donald Trump says he ordered a targeted military strike on the airfield in Syria from which a deadly ...

There is an assumption among Kiwi foreign policy "experts" that what the US tells us should be believed, writes Chris Trotter.

'Bat on, John'

The Fred Dagg character meant Clarke couldn't go anywhere without being mobbed.

John Clarke couldn't go anywhere in 70s NZ without being mobbed: he didn't mind it at all. By Phil Gifford.

Librarian's awful, odd downfall

Deven Black won a school librarian of the year award in 2013.

​The path that took Deven Black to his bloody death in a gritty US homeless shelter is as baffling as it is tragic.

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Mrs Kempthorne have you lost something?

Night 'n Day night worker Sue Samson hopes to return a receipt from 1965 that was dropped in the store on Thursday, April 6.

"Someone has held onto this receipt for more than 50 years, it has to be special. I mean, I've heard of having moths in your wallet but come on ..."

A few of our favourite things video

More than half don't mind getting an extra day of use out of our socks.

We now know how many Kiwis like sleeping nude, and how many don't wash socks after one use.

When lost car keys make a fortune

One lady owner, low miles. This 1996 Mercedes-Benz SL500 has a unique story.

 A 21-year-old car's value may have increased by $85,000 simply because the owner lost the keys.

Python 'on P' sent to rehab

The python had been acting in a confused and erratic manner.

It had lived in an Australian drug lab, but faced a long struggle to wean off the meth.

Parenting

Boy's blood clot after bullying

Jak's mum says bullies pushed her son and he hit his head on a metal pole.

UK mum says her son, 7, was hospitalised with a head injury after bullies pushed him into a metal pole.

Extreme measures to save baby

Naomi Facey with partner Neil Bolton and baby Emilia

The midwife held the unborn baby Emilia safe for 90 minutes. "You just have to do what you have to do."

Forced to be a mum of one

Sandy Jorgenson: 'I will always mourn the loss of the life that was taken from me, but I will myself to remain thankful ...

OPINION: Just like that, my daughter went from being a firstborn to an only-born.

Changing baby stereotypes

No prizes for guessing what gender this baby is supposed to be.

OPINION: One of the first questions asked of expectant parents is if they know the sex of their baby.

kiwi traveller

Moving to NZ: Best decision of my life

Zemira describes her first vivid sunset experience in Queenstown, which included fish and chips, as "pure magic".

Zemira Semmel has found Kiwis are more focused on "making eternal memories" than material things.

Exploring Kaua'i

One of the many highlights in Kaua'i includes witnessing a waterfall dropping hundreds of feet to the ground below.

Known for its idyllic natural settings and laid back atmosphere, Kaua'i lives up to its name as the 'garden island'.

Readers' best travel photos

This photo was taken by our driver on our day tour to the Salar de Uyuni, in Bolivia. While it looks like I blew my ...

Do you have a holiday snap that you'd like to share with the world? Send it to us and be in to win a Fujifilm camera!

Crazy things flyers once got away with

The requirements for flight attendants back in the Sixties would have feminists wincing today.

From in-flight smoking, to getting sloshed at 35,000ft, things have changed since the golden age of flying.

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