How to survive music festival season
Glitter boobs, hard drugs and sunscreen. Matt Suddain offers sage advice on these and more.
In pursuit of the rifleman
New Zealand's elusive smallest bird lines its nest with kiwi feathers and has a call few ears can hear.
Cassettes make a comeback
People who grew up with tapes and independent music makers are still holding on to cassette tapes.
The rise of vaping in NZ
A single machine, about 10m long, is capable of producing $450,000 of vaping products to New Zealand's 200,000 vapers.
The not-so school break
Not all children spend their holidays swimming, staying up late watching movies and running amok.
Disgraced agent's sign drama
New Zealand dairy giant's ire raised over links to banned real estate agent Aaron Drever.
Kiwis rebel over digital parking
Residents of Nelson, Napier and Marlborough may never be ready to give up coin machines, councils say.
Devices byte into family budgets
Parents should receive tax rebates for expensive iPads for school, ex-principal says.
Police apology after filming incident
Boy, 16, was within his rights to film officer, who was rebuked for making ticket threat.
Why we loved to hate unruly tourists
OPINION: When Kiwis see people being obnoxious, we usually grit our teeth. Not this time.
Employers must be 'more aware of risks'
WorkSafe calls on employers to step up after four serious workplace accidents in four days.
Scooter rider critical
The man hit his head when he came off his scooter in an Epsom street.
Food poisoning surges in heat
Chill that chicken - not storing meat out of the heat blamed for rocketing campylobacter cases.
Auckland beaches declared no-swim zones
People told to stay away from 12 swimming spots contaminated with human faeces.
Outrage over suffrage sculpture
It's meant to symbolise women's suffrage, but has been described as a "pregnant child holding toilet paper".
New Zealand's Pokémon kid
More than 25.7 billion Pokémon Trading Card Game cards have been produced worldwide in the past twenty years and one Kiwi gets to travel the world playing his favourite game.
Uber Eats - for condoms
Young people find buying condoms in stores 'embarrassing'. Three teenagers think they have the answer.
Rich school, poor school
Inequity in action? Half of the $140m donated to schools in a year went to just 10 per cent of schools.
Wet-nursing in the modern age
Baby Anne Thompson is reliant on donor breast milk. Tamar McAbee is one mum answering the call.
$1200 a week, and still problems
Owner of 'executive' rental property asked why unhappy tenants didn't move out.
Man missing at swimming hole
Emergency services responding after man failed to resurface at a south Auckland swimming hole.
'Crazy driving' - child at the wheel
Witness stunned after seeing a child driving a car while an adult texted next to him.
Man stable after workplace incident
A man is now in a stable condition in Middlemore Hospital after he was critically injured in a workplace incident in East Tamaki.
Pod of orca have a whale of a time
A pod of orca provided south Auckland locals with an evening of entertainment.
'Help me! I've been shot'
Mary assumed a neighbour was hunting rabbits. Then a bleeding man arrived on her doorstep.
Not even Christmas is safe
Unruly travelling family hit an Auckland Caltex four times. They even took the Christmas tree.
The case of the travelling family
It all started with chips on a blanket. Now they've left litter, unpaid bills and a pram behind.
Violence rocks new jail
Prisoners allegedly run competitions to see how many staff they can attack at Auckland's new maximum security wing.
Injuries after air gun fired
An Auckland woman was left with facial injuries after an air gun shattered a windscreen at a New World car park.
Not even Christmas is safe
Unruly travelling family hit an Auckland Caltex four times. They even took the Christmas tree.
Violence rocks new jail
Prisoners allegedly run competitions to see how many staff they can attack at Auckland's new maximum security wing.
Travelling family's 'rude' behaviour
A staff member at The Coffee Club says two of the family members came in "ready to fight" as they asked for a refund.
Worker injured after trench collapse
A worker has been critically injured after a trench collapsed at a construction site in West Auckland.
Member of public finds body
The body of missing fisherman Myung Kang is believed to have washed ashore near Muriwai.
Food poisoning surges in heat
Chill that chicken - not storing meat out of the heat blamed for rocketing campylobacter cases.
Missing fisherman's belongings found
Clothes and a fishing bag belonging to missing fisherman Myung Kang have washed up on a West Auckland beach.
Search for man at Hunua Falls
Emergency services were called to Hunua Falls in rural south Auckland as the search continues.
Pod of orca have a whale of a time
A pod of orca provided south Auckland locals with an evening of entertainment.
Police dog job 'ticks all the boxes'
In 30 years, Senior Sergeant Peter Pedersen has seen a lot of changes in Auckland's police dog section. Including the arrival of cats.
Wet-nursing in the modern age
Baby Anne Thompson is reliant on donor breast milk. Tamar McAbee is one mum answering the call.
Op shop happy ending
Auckland woman forced out of op shop job after complaint about her disability finds a new "happy place".
Orca belly display delights
"It will be in our hearts forever": Father and son left buzzing after a close up with playful killer whales.
'Booted out' of op shop job
Auckland woman forced out of the op shop where she volunteered after a complaint about her disability.
Hundreds without power
Monday morning's heavy downpour after weeks without rain, caused havoc with some of Auckland's power lines.
Young eco-warrior rewarded
Samuel Anderton, 12, stepped up to protect a local stream. Now he's been recognised for his "gumption".
Sex toy thefts caught on camera
Image of burglar with a penchant for sex toys released by West Auckland police
Bone marrow the 'ultimate koha'
Jonnie Morath became a bone marrow donor in memory of a friend. He'd do it again, "no second thought".
Hundreds without power
Monday morning's heavy downpour after weeks without rain, caused havoc with some of Auckland's power lines.