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US man brutalised in N Korea dies

9:31 AM  Otto Warmbier, a warm and brilliant man reduced to a shell, has died after his return home.

Secret National payout

The secret taping has resulted in a secret payment to former Government staffer Glenys Dickson.

Clandestine taping of an employee by an MP resulted in a secret payment from former PM John Key's leader's budget.

'No silver bullet' for Oracle

Oracle's own rule change backfires on them, with their speed-building options limited.

Gurney in nasty cycle crash

6 min ago  Multisport man Steve Gurney breaks five ribs crashing into a post on a cycle trail.

Marked-up meth house on market

A rehabilitated Hamilton P house is back for sale with the asking price bumped by almost $200k.

Sinkhole floods Chch street video

Video shows torrents of water bubbling up from under a suburban street.

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national

Grieving mum's plea denied

Chris Briggs died of a suspected suicide just three hours after he was released from Palmerston North Hospital.

8:40 AM  Chris Briggs died in a suspected suicide. He was unable to get help, but mental health services won't be reviewed.

Child punched in supermarket

An 18-month-old was allegedly punched in the face by a stranger at a North Shore Pak 'n Save.

Zircon crystals from Mt Tarawera are helping scientists understand magma and how it behaves in the lead-up to an eruption.

Eruption warning clues

9:02 AM  Results of study of huge ancient NZ volcanic blast may make it easier to know when a volcano is at risk of erupting.

Video

Power savings run out

Dry start to winter boosts prices and proves uncomfortable for some people signed up for variable pricing.

world

Van attacker was dad of four video

Darren Osborne lives in Wales with his partner and children.

UK father of four Darren Osborne drove into crowd and said "I'm going to kill Muslims".

'Hero' imam stopped terrorist

Mosque's imam protected alleged terrorist from angry victims of van attack in London.

Holidaymakers enjoy the high temperatures on Blackpool beach as the UK has been officially put on heat wave alert.

Killer heat waves on rise video

"The United States is going to be an oven," new study on deadly heat waves shows.

business

Aussie banks downgraded

Moody's didn't think a sharp housing downturn was a core scenario, but said it had to take into account the risk posed ...

19 min ago  Soaring house prices mean households have more debt than credit rating agency is comfortable with.

We know our chocolate milk

Millions of American adults think the flavoured milk comes from brown cows, but Kiwi kids aren't buying it.

The revelation that banned materials were used in the Grenfell Tower has prompted thousands of urgent inspections at ...

Tighter control wanted after fire

9:24 AM  After the fatal London blaze, call to stop flood of cheap, inferior building materials coming into NZ.

technology

Bid to ban kids buying phones

Anesthesiologist Tim Farnum  is not convinced smartphones are beneficial for children.

9:29 AM  A father in the US trying to get his state to establish legal limits on smartphones sales to children.

Copier erases what you've printed

The printer uses erasable toner - allowing a single piece of paper to be reused several times.

The iPhone wasn't just Apple co-founder Steve Jobs' idea.

Book tracks rise of the iPhone

8:57 AM  In the last 10 years, the Apple iPhone has changed our lives in more ways than we can imagine.

homed

Couple's eco extreme house video

Rochelle and Joel Payne stand in front of their first rammed earth wall - they are practising the technique, building a ...

6 min ago  This Auckland couple is pulling out all the stops to build the most sustainable house in the country.

Blogger's rainbow apartment video

She started with a pink flower wall... and didn't stop. The result is remarkable.

Original rimu sarking and Japanese-style shoji doors feature in this Mid-century gem for sale in Titirangi.

70s architecture gem wows video

8:44 AM  There's a Mid-century Modern gem for sale in Titirangi - but you'd better not mess with it.

life & style

New study reveals truth about cats

Modern-day cats all trace their roots to one subspecies of wild cat, Felis silvestris lybica, that is native to northern ...

0 min ago  A new DNA study sheds light on when and how wild cats began to pave their way into our homes and heart.

I'm pregnant, he has doubts

Q&A: My partner is having second thoughts about the baby and I'm trying hard not to panic.

Sometimes you don't need to say a thing for people to know you're stressed out.

7 easy-to-miss signs of stress

Whether it's your partner at home or a colleague at work, here are the tell-tale non-verbal cues that somebody is stressed.

well & good

Should you take a probiotic?

There is emerging evidence that probiotics may reduce the severity of  IBS symptoms.

Probiotics can be beneficial in certain health conditions.

How to stop self-sabotage

Sometimes the only thing preventing you from achieving your health goals is you.

While refined and rapidly digested carbs are best left on the shelf, we can't afford to shun good carbs.

Hero carbs you need to eat

While refined and rapidly digested carbs are best left on the shelf, we can't afford to shun good carbs.

food & wine

Kiwi chef winning in Melbourne

Chef Hayden McMillian.

9:11 AM  Fresh, clean and a strong focus on vegetables, Kiwi chef Hayden McMillan is taking on Melbourne.

Recipes for better breakfasts

Make sure breakfast is anything but boring with these nutritious and delicious recipes.

Are we ready to join the best?

5 of the best winter pies to try

nz farmer

Synlait drops payout price

Synlait CEO John Penno says a drop in dairy prices at the beginning of the year had forced the company to lower its ...

Synlait started the 2016-17 season with an optimistic payout but has been forced to adjust it down.

We know our chocolate milk

Millions of American adults think the flavoured milk comes from brown cows, but Kiwi kids aren't buying it.

Israeli cows world leaders

Time's up for cow-nterfeit milks

entertainment

1D stars sing for Grenfell Tower

Louis Tomlinson arrives to join UK pop stars in recording a charity single for the victims of Grenfell Tower.

9:33 AM  Simon Cowell drew members of The Who, One Direction and many more together for those affected by the fire.

Mad Max: Fury feud confirmed

9:58 AM  It got really nasty between Tom Hardy and Charlieze Theron on the set of the film. Really nasty.

Actress Michelle Monaghan fulfilled a 15 year-old dream of bungy jumping off the Kawarau bridge.

MI6 star's cracker Kiwi adventure

0 min ago  Actress Michelle Monaghan has been making the most of her trip to New Zealand.

travel

Happy Valley remains free

Ruapehu Alpine Lifts chief executive Ross Copland said playing in the Mt Ruapehu snow for free was "key to mountain fun."

Popular areas of Mt Ruapehu are to remain free of charge after proposed costs outraged locals and snow-lovers.

NZ, the new American dream?

Green rolling hills and rugged mountain ranges are selling the idea the grass really is greener in NZ.

The baby boy was Jet Airways aircraft as it travelled between Saudi Arabia and India (file photo).

Free travel for flight baby video

8:58 AM  A baby born on an international flight will have the choice of 65 locations to travel to for free after being given free tickets for life.

motoring

Wild non Merc-AMG tuners

Mansory Gronos Black Desert adds off-road function to the feral performance and body addenda.

9:23 AM  Think Mercedes-AMG makes wild cars? That's nothing: check out these.

Little e-tron makes less sense

You still have to be a plug-in devotee to buy Audi's smaller e-tron.

New Q7 is electric, but also unapologetically a full-size SUV, with strong performance and big towing ability.

Electric Audi shows power video

Electric SUV does almost everything the conventional model can. Except make you feel guilty.

stuff nation

Why I support euthanasia stuff nation

"He was always so full of life, so full of love and laughter, and that’s how I choose to remember him."

It's devastating to lose a loved one, but it would be easier if terminally ill people were able to decide when to end their suffering.

Keeping Kylie warm

She used to be an outside cat before she realised the fireplace and electric blankets lived inside.

Pet of the day

My crazy shadows

My three best mates are always by my side.

sport

It's a big day in Chiefs country

Chiefs head coach Dave Rennie and his captain Stephen Donald.

12 min ago  Some Beaver magic put paid to Wales last year, now the Chiefs want an even bigger scalp.

Cricket pay war heats up

10:01 AM  Australian cricket stars could end up holding their own unofficial matches as uncontracted players face lock-out

Sir Clive Woodward led the Lions in New Zealand in 2005.

ABs could 'crash' to Lions

All Blacks could fall to a "sea of change" since the 2015 World Cup, Sir Clive Woodward says.

opinion

Just don't blame Baby Boomers

Justin Kean: "Don't blame the Baby Boomers for taking advantage of the dumb luck opportunity that they were presented with.''

OPINION: Justin Kean has some controversial solutions to make housing more affordable.

What's next after What Next?

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Supplied image of Nigel Latta and John Campbell for TVNZ live
political debate show What Next?

OPINION: Latta and Campbell's show was a step in the right direction. But more than one step is needed to discuss NZ's future.

Allies on the inside

The Green Party's shift, from Outsider to Insider status, is all-too-evident in the way they present themselves to the ...

OPINION: The smarter sort of capitalist needs to enlist the Greens as their allies on the inside – and quickly.

Big gains from small tricks video

Peter Burling and the Team New Zealand crew keep their low profile working for them in the America's Cup match in Bermuda.

OPINION: The difference is in the detail as Team NZ's designers trump Oracle again.

good reads

Austin hits the high notes

Anna Marie Lewis and Denny Freeman play The Continental in Austin, Texas.

In the space of one kilometre, a traveller can encounter neon, cops, Catholics, classical architecture, food, drink and shopping.

From homeless to helping homeless video

Naylar Uisa and her team head out to the streets of central and west Auckland, feeding and clothing those less fortunate.

Winter's a tough time for the homeless. She knows it, and hopes to ease their plight.

Frozen: New Zealand's cryonic man

After Cam Christie's death his brother injected his body with anti-freeze, put it on ice and shipped it to the Cryonics ...

Solving the mystery of the one NZer known to have been cryogenically-frozen was the ultimate cold case.

Inside (outside) NZ's only bush school video

Baillie Rishworth had to learn proper safety techniques before being given unsupervised access to knives.

Kids play with knives, catch and eat possums and and are free to roam.

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Grand theft avo: $411,000 theft

Avocado prices have jumped as high as $7.50 each in NZ.

Soaring avocado price prompts US men to steal huge haul and sell them on vegetable black market.

Fun, sun and leg numbness video

Dressed for the conditions, from left at the Plimmerton Midwinter Dip are Dianne Khan, and the Gear family of ...

The pain lasted only till the numbness set in. Freezing is no sweat for these midwinter dippers.

Gunning for Malone's statue

Stratford's gun will be moved from outside the RSA to beside the Colonel Malone statue.

He was probably killed by his own artillery, so should a howitzer be placed beside war hero Colonel Malone?

Walkway dogged by poo video

A YouTube video has highlighted a dog poo problem on New Plymouth's Coastal Walkway.

Doo-do you have a problem with dogs being on the Coastal Walkway?

Parenting

Mums who regret motherhood

All parents have their bad days, but what do you do when you realise too late that having children wasn’t right for you?

All parents have their bad days, but what do you do when you realise too late that having kids wasn’t right for you?

Beyonce gives birth - report

Beyonce and Jay Z welcomed twins earlier this week, according to multiple sources - but the couple are yet to confirm this.

The singer and her husband Jay Z welcomed twins earlier this week, according to multiple sources.

How I overcame my IVF fears

Articles, blogs and "mummy boards" do little to ease a woman's fears about going down the IVF route.

OPINION: Blogs and "mummy boards" only fed into my worries, so I decided to look into the real IVF risks.

All Blacks become Super Dads video

Wyatt Crockett, Israel Dagg and Sam Whitelock talk about what makes a Super Dad.

As NZ drags in child health and well-being, rugby stars team up to celebrate the joys of fatherhood.

kiwi traveller

Enjoying open-minded Hamburg

Rebecca Young likes by the town hall, the Hamburg Rathaus.

Wellingtonian Rebecca Young loves the diversity, relaxed lifestyle and natural attractions of Hamburg.

New Zealand's grape expectations

Savour a drop or two of pinot noir or riesling at Vynfields, in the boutique wine growing region of the Wairarapa near ...

New Zealand is awash with vineyards in beautiful settings, offering delightful food and wine experiences.

Family skiing for less

Copper Mountain, Colorado is a great family-friendly skiing option in North America.

Which are the best options for beginner skiers on a budget? Email us a travel@stuff.co.nz

Readers' travel photos of the week

Death Valley in Eastern California, USA after a night of heavy rain. Shallow lakes had formed (a very rare event) giving ...

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