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ABs' emphatic blow to Gatland
OPINION: Lions kept squandering chances. That's no way to beat the All Blacks.
Hansen: 'Job only half-done'
All Blacks coach lauds his captain and star wing, but calls for quick refocus.
'Trump's worst nightmare'
Enron, Watergate, the mob: Robert Mueller's cracking Russia probe team has high stakes experience to spare.
Tragedy was 'very, very wrong'
Tears and anger as Mary-Elizabeth McKee, who died in boat tragedy in Bermuda, was laid to rest.
All Blacks counting injury toll
Concern for Ben Smith and Ryan Crotty, after on-field injuries forced a mid-game reshuffle.
Kitesurfer 'got into trouble'
![Emergency were called to the incident on Muriwai Beach after 4pm.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170624143606im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/h/3/r/1/d/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1jztbr.11h8q4.png/1498299913571.jpg)
Kitesurfer drowned in "strong winds and very messy surf" on a beach on Auckland's west coast.
Prime Minister joins snapchat
Snapchat users, brace yourself for pizza selfies and election campaigning.
![No one took out the top prizes though nine ticket holders won the second division prize.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170624143606im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/i/3/8/r/1/image.related.StuffLandscapeThreeByTwo.300x200.1jztqr.11h8q4.png/1498298102372.jpg)
Lotto: No-one wins the big one
No big winners tonight, so prizes roll over to midweek draw.
Carnival and carnage at festival
Queenstown's lake front was a scene of carnival and carnage as near-nude men and women fell over one another and rafts lost crew.
27 buildings fail fire tests
![The Chalcots estate tower building in Camden has alumium cladding. Tenants have been evacuated while the council ...](http://web.archive.org./web/20170624143606im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/j/z/t/7/l/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1jzt7e.1082x1.png/1498298938207.jpg)
Fifteen councils across Britain affected, as residents evacuated from towers blocks in London.
Trump turns on investigator
US president suggests man leading Russia probe is biased, says "we'll have to see" if he should step down.
![Rescue workers work at the site of a landslide that destroyed some 40 households, where more than 100 people are feared ...](http://web.archive.org./web/20170624143606im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/j/z/r/z/w/image.related.StuffLandscapeThreeByTwo.300x200.1jzr7n.1082x1.png/1498297181986.jpg)
140 feared buried in landslide
Entire Chinese village reported to have disappeared after torrential rain.
More play, less work
![Connie Munoz of Maroubra works for a PR agency for seven months, saves all her money, and then takes unpaid leave and ...](http://web.archive.org./web/20170624143606im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/j/z/t/x/h/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1jztx2.11jm2n.png/1498296195407.jpg)
The secret to having more holidays, tailor your life to work, not the other way round.
Aus shopper slips on grape, sues
Her right foot went backwards and she tripped forward onto her knees and elbows.
![The authority said the horticultural company had to pay the hefty fine as a deterrent for other employers](http://web.archive.org./web/20170624143606im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/j/p/2/e/p/image.related.StuffLandscapeThreeByTwo.300x200.1jzowe.11jm2n.png/1498294259287.jpg)
Horticultural firm fined $57,000
Horticultural company failed to pay seasonal workers properly, or give them employment contracts.
Old rules that explain the internet
![Three rules have managed to stay useful. Appropriately, they cover irony, Nazis and porn, writes Abby Ohlheiser.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170624143606im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/i/t/i/d/k/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1jzmu0.zvl7t.png/1498242996994.jpg)
OPINION: Three rules have managed to stay useful. Appropriately, they cover irony, Nazis and porn.
Review: Sony A6500 camera
This is camera to buy if you want it to last and not be overtaken by tech advances.
![The Apple HomePod is due to go on sale later this year.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170624143606im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/j/l/3/d/z/image.related.StuffLandscapeThreeByTwo.300x200.1jy1ry.zvl7t.png/1498094348038.jpg)
The round speaker revolution
Round is all the rage - cylinder-shaped sound-makers that fire off good vibrations in all directions.
Why renting is right for us
![How important is it to you that you own your home?](http://web.archive.org./web/20170624143606im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/j/y/t/p/d/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1jyqld.1im9je.png/1498258046185.jpg)
After decades of owning a home, I'm sick of being asked when we're buying a house and the look of shock when we say we're not.
Don't move, improve your home
Thinking of moving to something better? Try investing those moving costs into home improvement instead.
![The awesome thing about building your own house is that you get to design it for how you like to live.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170624143606im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/j/z/3/w/b/image.related.StuffLandscapeThreeByTwo.300x200.1jyk6g.1im9je.png/1498255687137.jpg)
The Drents: Part 20
The awesome thing about building your own house is that you get to design it for how you like to live.
Positive effect of plus-size models
![A recent Nike campaign featuring plus-size model Paloma Elsesser had the fitness world in a frenzy.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170624143606im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/h/l/9/o/h/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1jzru6.118kt5.png/1498294992025.jpg)
'There is a clear psychological advantage when the media shows more realistic body types than the traditional thin model...'
Maybelline makes it happen
Six rounds of chemo haven't held back Katie Rose Clausen's artistic talent.
![Martha is big and cuddly.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170624143606im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/j/z/u/b/v/image.related.StuffLandscapeThreeByTwo.300x200.1jzuam.118kt5.png/1498300578298.jpg)
World's ugliest dog named
Martha is 57 kilograms, ugly, lazy and gassy. And a world champion.
When chemo takes your tastebuds
![Myself and my leprechaun friend Larry. Chemo seems to have the same impact on him.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170624143606im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/j/y/s/1/0/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1jyq46.118mbv.png/1498295213777.jpg)
OPINION: My mind might be watching Masterchef in 2017 in the chemo ward, but my mouth is basically re-living the 1970s.
10 questions to ask your doctor
Getting the most out of time with your doctor by asking these important question.
![Gwyneth Paltrow's website Goop has removed the claims that a product they were promoting contained material used by NASA.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170624143606im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/g/b/i/0/c/image.related.StuffLandscapeThreeByTwo.300x200.1jyv0a.118mbv.png/1498295213777.jpg)
Goop 'stickers' raise eyebrows
Jade eggs, vaginal steaming, conscious uncoupling and now space technology stickers...
In defence of mince
![Mince -- you can't beat it.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170624143606im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/j/y/x/f/v/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1jyqyb.118ols.png/1498252474729.jpg)
OPINION: We may be buying more and more chicken these days, but foodies still love their mince.
Kiwi craft chocolate wins gold
Nelson chocolatiers Hogarth won top prize at the global chocolate awards in London.
Teen's possum fur phone cover
![Maggie Gibson with her possum fur phone cover.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170624143606im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/j/y/s/a/9/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1jyr12.11jq0k.png/1498182353937.jpg)
Maggie Gibson made the most Kiwi smartphone accessory from a possum she shot at the family farm.
Lions led by donkeys: Peters
Winston Peters pushed all the right buttons in his play for the rural vote.
Matilda: A little genius
![Supplied images of the Royal Shakespeare Company's stage show of Roald Dahl's Matilda the Musical, coming to Auckland in ...](http://web.archive.org./web/20170624143606im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/j/x/c/l/u/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1jx1kg.117jqz.png/1498307834962.jpg)
Nine months in Melbourne. Every award a musical can win. Jack van Beynen finds out what makes Matilda The Musical so special.
Cruise snapped in Queenstown
Tom Cruise has been seen rugged up in chilly Queenstown alongside Mission Impossible 6 co-star Ving Rhames.
![Lorde's "Green Light" was the pick of her first Glastonbury set.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170624143606im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/j/z/o/r/w/image.related.StuffLandscapeThreeByTwo.300x200.1jzovc.117jqz.png/1498301158558.jpg)
Lorde slays at Glastonbury
Ella Yelich O'Connor's debut at premier British music festival goes down a treat with crowd and critics.
Empty plane seats for sale
![Etihad is offering a "neighbour-free seat" option for economy-class passengers, allowing them to bid for as many as ...](http://web.archive.org./web/20170624143606im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/a/x/g/j/c/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1jznec.108gna.png/1498292055408.jpg)
Can't bear competing for the armrest with the unfriendly stranger in 26F? Now you can pay to keep them away.
Real cost of a family ski holiday
Budget and ski holiday are not natural partners, Josh Martin tries to find a happy medium for the school holidays.
![Fireworks over TSS Earnslaw during the annual Winter FestivaL on Friday night.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170624143606im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/j/z/l/l/c/image.related.StuffLandscapeThreeByTwo.300x200.1jzi68.108gna.png/1498292055408.jpg)
Exploding into winter
Fireworks explode over Queenstown as thousands celebrate Southern Hemisphere's biggest winter party.
Jaguar worth $1.76m home in NZ
![Essentially a D-Type racer for the road, XKSS is one of the world's rarest cars. But a little less rare now.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170624143606im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/j/z/i/g/z/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1jxunq.11h2i3.png/1498289044935.jpg)
Rebooted XKSS in Auckland is the first to be completed of a run of just nine cars.
Biker kick starts crash
Camera captures US motorcyclist kicking a car into a chain-reaction smash.
![KLR650 has given US military and adventurers 30 years of service; new seat and revised suspension this year.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170624143606im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/j/y/d/v/h/image.related.StuffLandscapeThreeByTwo.300x200.1jyeb8.11h2i3.png/1498285329426.jpg)
Kawasaki parties like it's 1989
The KLR650 proves they really do make 'em like they used to.
My family fell through the cracks
![My mother wanted to get better, she wanted to be there for her five daughters - but in the end, alcohol won.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170624143606im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/j/z/e/q/t/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1jxbgy.11z3d7.png/1498194590683.jpg)
My mother wanted to get better, she wanted to be there for her five daughters - but in the end, alcohol won.
Maori prisons an oxymoron
There is no mana in prisons. The idea of Maori-run prisons is neither creative nor tika.
![The refugees I've met are hungry for an opportunity to give back to their new countries; they want to be seen as human ...](http://web.archive.org./web/20170624143606im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/j/z/0/r/1/image.related.StuffLandscapeThreeByTwo.300x200.1jyux1.11z3d7.png/1498194590683.jpg)
Kiwis friendly? Not to refugees
Dennis from accounts sits behind his keyboard asking “Why don’t they stay in their countries and fight?”. Why don't you try being a refugee, Dennis?
Gatland defiant in defeat
![The Lions expected to dominant up-front but found the All Blacks pack too much to handle.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170624143606im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/j/z/t/t/d/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1jzuk8.11gn2s.png/1498305253805.jpg)
Lions coach defiant in defeat, but admits he was surprised and disappointed to see his forwards dominated.
Gatland's ABs audition
Marc Hinton looks at the intriguing permutations of the Lions coach eventually becoming the All Blacks boss.
![Aaron Smith was sharp in the first test.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170624143606im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/j/t/l/3/z/image.related.StuffLandscapeThreeByTwo.300x200.1jzv3b.11gn2s.png/1498310756447.jpg)
Audacious tap all done on maths
1:16 AM Play what you see, Steve Hansen says, so Aaron Smith did just that.
Garner: It was Winston's week
![There's only winner this week – the smiling travelling salesman, Winston Peters, writes Duncan Garner.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170624143606im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/j/w/m/5/l/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1jyq9q.1ill05.png/1498267686767.jpg)
OPINION: There's only one winner this week – the smiling travelling salesman, Winston Peters.
Party politics: Is that a draw?
![Doh! Andrew Little and Bill English both had a Homer Simpson week](http://web.archive.org./web/20170624143606im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/h/k/7/3/1/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1jz2q2.1ill05.png/1498267686767.jpg)
OPINION: A plague on all their houses is how voters might feel after a week from hell for both major party leaders.
Internet's three golden rules
![Three rules have managed to stay useful. Appropriately, they cover irony, Nazis and porn, writes Abby Ohlheiser.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170624143606im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/i/t/i/d/k/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1jzmu0.1ill05.png/1498267686767.jpg)
OPINION: Three rules have stayed useful since the dawn of the digital age. Appropriately, they cover irony, Nazis and porn.
Preventing the preventable
![Christie Marceau's inquest concluded this week at the Auckland District Court.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170624143606im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/j/t/a/1/a/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1jus43.1ill05.png/1498267686767.jpg)
OPINION: The one thing the Christie Marceau inquest never heard was the one thing which should be said - "sorry".
Oldest US prisoner freed at 100
![John "Sonny" Franzese, centre, was sentenced to 50 years' prison in 1967 for bank robbery.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170624143606im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/j/z/o/5/r/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1jzo2n.11z40i.png/1498253772539.jpg)
US man was serving a 50-year sentence and had been paroled at least six times before release.
US democracy on his shoulders
![The US Supreme Court's swing vote, Justice Anthony Kennedy.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170624143606im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/j/z/m/l/n/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1jzmr4.11z40i.png/1498266568249.jpg)
ANALYSIS: More than 320 million people live in the US, but democracy seems to rest with one man.
Murky politics in the deep south
![Tony Wilson, mechanic at Dipton Engineering, said many of the locals in the valley didn't bother themselves with ...](http://web.archive.org./web/20170624143606im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/j/z/j/t/6/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1jylcv.11z40i.png/1498286837818.jpg)
To most Kiwis, Southland's a mysterious, far-flung province. Even more obscure is its political system, which aided Todd Barclay's rise.
Behind sniper's 3.5km kill shot
![A member loyal to the Islamic State waves an ISIL flag in Raqqa, Syria, in 2014.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170624143606im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/j/1/i/8/c/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1jyo87.11z40i.png/1498266781806.jpg)
A Canadian sniper's record takedown caused ripples around the world. But was it really "stunning"?
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ABs or Lions? Penguins predict
![A team of Gentoo penguins (or rugbius predictus in Latin) have picked the All Blacks as Saturday night's test winners. ...](http://web.archive.org./web/20170624143606im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/1/t/a/4/6/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1jzlxh.png/1498210401226.jpg)
Spoiler alert: These penguins, proud in their AB colours, may have been biased ahead of the Lions game.
A running mower on his chin
![Ashrita Furman attempts to set the Guinness World Record for the farthest distance walked while balancing a powered ...](http://web.archive.org./web/20170624143606im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/j/z/i/h/l/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1jzj1l.png/1498197177730.jpg)
Turn the lawnmower on, balance it on your chin and walk for 71 metres. If Ashrita Furman can, so can you.
Chapeau, Queen Elizabeth
![You can leave your hat on, ma'am.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170624143606im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/j/x/n/s/v/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1jxnt8.png/1498089468390.jpg)
Top trolling, ma'am. Queen opens UK parliament with hat resembling EU flag.
Mummy wars mask funding lack
![A shocking lack of early childhood funding makes it harder for everyone.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170624143606im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/j/w/q/y/t/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1jyruk.139f1a.png/1498175554752.jpg)
OPINION: A shocking lack of early childhood funding makes it harder for everyone.
'You can breastfeed here'
![Amie Durham was touched by the kindness a staffer at the Rolleston Warehouse showed her and her baby.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170624143606im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/j/y/b/t/w/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1jxwy3.139f1a.png/1498175387455.jpg)
Worried she'd be hassled for breastfeeding in a store, a new mum was blown away by a worker's kindness.
When grown ups are naughty
![Former All Blacks rugby player Alexander "Ali" Williams, a hero to many young people, was charged with purchasing ...](http://web.archive.org./web/20170624143606im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/i/i/p/9/u/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1jxete.139f1a.png/1498175387455.jpg)
Todd Barclay tells porkies, Donald Trump bullies, Ali Williams is caught with cocaine... what kids make of high-profile bad behaviour.
More than a 'yummy mummy'
![Journalist Cat Rodie, with her children, says labels like yummy mummy and scummy mummy don't really tell you anything ...](http://web.archive.org./web/20170624143606im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/j/y/4/o/5/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1jy37s.139f1a.png/1498175387455.jpg)
OPINION: Whether "yummy" or "scummy", mums have had enough of being labelled.
Malaysia with the family
![Take in a panoramic view of the city from the top of the Petronas Twin Towers.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170624143606im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/j/u/y/s/b/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1juz2x.png/1497826145917.jpg)
Combining sightseeing, amusement parks and shopping on a stopover in Kuala Lumpur.
Readers' best travel photos
![My first trip down South with a few flying mates led us to our last stop at Milford Sounds before we flew back to ...](http://web.archive.org./web/20170624143606im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/j/t/w/h/h/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1jtvfj.png/1497582901585.jpg)
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!
Why travel boosts your job prospects
![Travel doesn't just expand your horizons, it also makes you more employable, according to a new study.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170624143606im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/j/y/s/t/v/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1jy53k.png/1498172074194.jpg)
OPINION: It's hard to determine your place in the world and what you want to do with your time until you have seen a fair portion of it.
Tackling the Te Araroa trail
![Matt said the most emotional part of the journey was getting his first glimpse of Bluff and the ocean beyond on Bald Hill.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170624143606im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/j/y/1/w/6/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1jxp49.png/1498101506908.jpg)
Matt Dowdle ditched a traditional OE to walk over 2800km of New Zealand.