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How to survive music festival season
![As music festival season kicks into gear, Matt Suddain answers all your questions about how to get through those long, ...](http://web.archive.org./web/20190120173613im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/t/d/1/m/p/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1ti96m.png/1547933653470.jpg)
Glitter boobs, hard drugs and sunscreen. Matt Suddain offers sage advice on these and more.
In pursuit of the rifleman
![A bird in hand: New Zealand's smallest avian, a fully grown rifleman weighs about seven grams.](http://web.archive.org./web/20190120173613im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/t/h/n/9/m/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1tg8xu.png/1547847467976.jpg)
New Zealand's elusive smallest bird lines its nest with kiwi feathers and has a call few ears can hear.
Cassettes make a comeback
![At Prison Tapes, Jordan Wilson-Grell puts together cassette tapes for local musicians.](http://web.archive.org./web/20190120173613im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/t/i/0/0/f/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1tg8zb.png/1547905722182.jpg)
People who grew up with tapes and independent music makers are still holding on to cassette tapes.
The rise of vaping in NZ
![Kayne Satchel may look like a surgeon, but he's actually the part-owner of a vape company, located about half an hour ...](http://web.archive.org./web/20190120173613im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/t/h/0/u/3/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1tg50u.png/1547669608377.jpg)
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
![Eleven-year-old Jack McCoy says he started writing when he was five. His first novel sold close to a hundred copies.](http://web.archive.org./web/20190120173613im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/t/g/z/k/t/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1tdgvv.png/1547767931356.jpg)
Not all children spend their holidays swimming, staying up late watching movies and running amok.
Disgraced agent's sign drama
![Real estate agent Aaron Drever was stripped of his licence in 2016.](http://web.archive.org./web/20190120173613im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/o/m/5/w/h/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1texr2.png/1547922384667.jpg)
New Zealand dairy giant's ire raised over links to banned real estate agent Aaron Drever.
Kiwis rebel over digital parking
![Kani Panapa says reckons Napier parking wardens don't cop as much abuse as those in Wellington and Hamilton.](http://web.archive.org./web/20190120173613im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/t/h/e/r/4/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1tg6t5.png/1547927575300.jpg)
Residents of Nelson, Napier and Marlborough may never be ready to give up coin machines, councils say.
Devices byte into family budgets
![Regan Baxter has opted for a thrifty alternative to the expensive BYOD's school children are now expected to have.](http://web.archive.org./web/20190120173613im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/t/i/g/m/x/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1tifrf.png/1547924771463.jpg)
Parents should receive tax rebates for expensive iPads for school, ex-principal says.
Police apology after filming incident
![Whakaari Peri, 16, has received an apology from police after an officer threatening to fine him if he didn't stop ...](http://web.archive.org./web/20190120173613im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/t/i/h/7/k/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1thjpv.png/1547931856752.jpg)
Boy, 16, was within his rights to film officer, who was rebuked for making ticket threat.
Why we loved to hate unruly tourists
![The 'unruly' family of tourists are moving down the North Island](http://web.archive.org./web/20190120173613im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/t/h/r/m/v/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1ti1fh.png/1547931683887.jpg)
OPINION: When Kiwis see people being obnoxious, we usually grit our teeth. Not this time.
Employers must be 'more aware of risks'
![A man was critically injured when a trench collapsed in West Auckland on Thursday.](http://web.archive.org./web/20190120173613im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/t/h/m/q/0/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1tik9w.png/1547979622118.jpg)
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
![Food poisoning cases have surged with the heat, and the Auckland Regional Public Health Service believes chicken is to blame.](http://web.archive.org./web/20190120173613im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/s/9/8/2/8/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1tdt1q.png/1547089487323.jpg)
Chill that chicken - not storing meat out of the heat blamed for rocketing campylobacter cases.
Auckland beaches declared no-swim zones
![There are health warnings in place at 12 Auckland beaches, mostly in West Auckland.](http://web.archive.org./web/20190120173613im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/t/9/c/q/9/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1t5vfn.png/1545883003665.jpg)
People told to stay away from 12 swimming spots contaminated with human faeces.
Outrage over suffrage sculpture
![This statue is one of three installed in Auckland to mark the 125th anniversary of women?s suffrage.](http://web.archive.org./web/20190120173613im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/t/7/1/1/i/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1t7154.png/1545363353633.jpg)
It's meant to symbolise women's suffrage, but has been described as a "pregnant child holding toilet paper".
New Zealand's Pokémon kid
![Alex Blong is one of NZ's top Pokemon players. His talents have taken him overseas to compete in the popular card game.](http://web.archive.org./web/20190120173613im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/t/4/8/c/f/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1t2bfy.png/1544761457081.jpg)
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
![Conversations with their peers confirmed what the Package founders suspected - purchasing contraceptives in person is ...](http://web.archive.org./web/20190120173613im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/t/i/2/d/s/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1thzb3.png/1547852526935.jpg)
Young people find buying condoms in stores 'embarrassing'. Three teenagers think they have the answer.
Rich school, poor school
![When schools are rich, they're very rich - and when they're poor, they're not (file photo).](http://web.archive.org./web/20190120173613im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/t/e/j/l/u/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1tgcch.png/1547741738314.jpg)
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
![21-week-old Anne "screamed for the first 14 weeks of her life", was small, and slow to hit her milestones. Donor milk ...](http://web.archive.org./web/20190120173613im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/t/b/k/0/8/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1t694b.png/1547590352175.jpg)
Baby Anne Thompson is reliant on donor breast milk. Tamar McAbee is one mum answering the call.
$1200 a week, and still problems
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Owner of 'executive' rental property asked why unhappy tenants didn't move out.
Man missing at swimming hole
![A man has failed to resurface at Maketu Falls in south Auckland.](http://web.archive.org./web/20190120173613im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/t/0/f/g/1/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1tiodm.png/1547959578432.jpg)
Emergency services responding after man failed to resurface at a south Auckland swimming hole.
'Crazy driving' - child at the wheel
![On Thursday, a child could be seen steering a car on an Auckland motorway while sitting on the driver's lap.](http://web.archive.org./web/20190120173613im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/t/i/c/g/h/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1thsze.png/1547791622663.jpg)
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 hospital after he was critically injured after a workplace incident at VIP Plastic ...](http://web.archive.org./web/20190120173613im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/t/i/b/x/e/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1tfux2.png/1547788040584.jpg)
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
![What is that? The pod of orca whales provided locals with evening entertainment.](http://web.archive.org./web/20190120173613im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/t/h/w/h/q/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1thw79.png/1547768814612.jpg)
A pod of orca provided south Auckland locals with an evening of entertainment.
'Help me! I've been shot'
![Part of Whenuapai's Brigham Creek Rd was cordoned off on Monday morning following the shooting.](http://web.archive.org./web/20190120173613im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/t/f/l/v/p/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1tgn2u.png/1547779609150.jpg)
Mary assumed a neighbour was hunting rabbits. Then a bleeding man arrived on her doorstep.
Not even Christmas is safe
![Two children from the travelling family help themselves to the Christmas tree at Caltex Albany.](http://web.archive.org./web/20190120173613im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/t/g/v/e/d/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1tgvdg.png/1547616139615.jpg)
Unruly travelling family hit an Auckland Caltex four times. They even took the Christmas tree.
The case of the travelling family
![The pram left behind after the group left Mr India in the Auckland suburb of Northcote after only paying part of their bill.](http://web.archive.org./web/20190120173613im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/t/g/j/e/e/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1tg4f8.png/1547535912755.jpg)
It all started with chips on a blanket. Now they've left litter, unpaid bills and a pram behind.
Violence rocks new jail
![The Corrections Association says protocols at Auckland Prison's new maximum security unit are putting staff in danger.](http://web.archive.org./web/20190120173613im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/t/8/k/c/h/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1tfswa.png/1547515637286.jpg)
Prisoners allegedly run competitions to see how many staff they can attack at Auckland's new maximum security wing.
Injuries after air gun fired
![Foodstuffs, which owns New World, said it was thankful the customer was not seriously injured.](http://web.archive.org./web/20190120173613im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/q/p/i/6/d/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1thirm.png/1547696869975.jpg)
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
![Two children from the travelling family help themselves to the Christmas tree at Caltex Albany.](http://web.archive.org./web/20190120173613im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/t/g/v/e/d/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1tgvdg.png/1547616139615.jpg)
Unruly travelling family hit an Auckland Caltex four times. They even took the Christmas tree.
Violence rocks new jail
![The Corrections Association says protocols at Auckland Prison's new maximum security unit are putting staff in danger.](http://web.archive.org./web/20190120173613im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/t/8/k/c/h/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1tfswa.png/1547515637286.jpg)
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 witness says one of the family members threw food on the ground at the ibis Budget Hotel in central Auckland.](http://web.archive.org./web/20190120173613im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/t/g/6/4/7/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1tg4ye.png/1547605212789.jpg)
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
![The man was removed from the trench by firefighters and loaded into an ambulance by paramedics.](http://web.archive.org./web/20190120173613im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/t/h/k/7/e/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1tg25x.png/1547705757529.jpg)
A worker has been critically injured after a trench collapsed at a construction site in West Auckland.
Member of public finds body
![Myung Kang was reported missing on Sunday evening.](http://web.archive.org./web/20190120173613im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/t/d/4/r/m/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1tebk1.png/1547159678951.jpg)
The body of missing fisherman Myung Kang is believed to have washed ashore near Muriwai.
Food poisoning surges in heat
![Food poisoning cases have surged with the heat, and the Auckland Regional Public Health Service believes chicken is to blame.](http://web.archive.org./web/20190120173613im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/s/9/8/2/8/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1tdt1q.png/1547089487323.jpg)
Chill that chicken - not storing meat out of the heat blamed for rocketing campylobacter cases.
Missing fisherman's belongings found
![Myung Khang went missing after a fishing trip at Bethells Beach.](http://web.archive.org./web/20190120173613im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/t/d/4/r/m/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1td56c.png/1546995654097.jpg)
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 are at the Hunua Falls after a person was reported missing after being swept into the water.](http://web.archive.org./web/20190120173613im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/h/1/d/e/a/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1tin9x.png/1547958329080.jpg)
Emergency services were called to Hunua Falls in rural south Auckland as the search continues.
Pod of orca have a whale of a time
![What is that? The pod of orca whales provided locals with evening entertainment.](http://web.archive.org./web/20190120173613im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/t/h/w/h/q/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1thw79.png/1547768814612.jpg)
A pod of orca provided south Auckland locals with an evening of entertainment.
Police dog job 'ticks all the boxes'
![Since 2005 Senior Sergeant Pete Pedersen has been at the helm and late last year he was awarded a District Commander's ...](http://web.archive.org./web/20190120173613im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/t/h/s/i/o/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1tfox5.png/1547760546818.jpg)
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
![21-week-old Anne "screamed for the first 14 weeks of her life", was small, and slow to hit her milestones. Donor milk ...](http://web.archive.org./web/20190120173613im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/t/b/k/0/8/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1t694b.png/1547590352175.jpg)
Baby Anne Thompson is reliant on donor breast milk. Tamar McAbee is one mum answering the call.
Op shop happy ending
![Becca Gibbs and her mother Bridgit are thrilled she's been been offered a new job.](http://web.archive.org./web/20190120173613im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/t/g/1/6/x/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1ti7tm.png/1547934252853.jpg)
Auckland woman forced out of op shop job after complaint about her disability finds a new "happy place".
Orca belly display delights
![One of the orcas flipped over exposing its while belly.](http://web.archive.org./web/20190120173613im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/t/h/c/5/t/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1th9oi.png/1547678763077.jpg)
"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
![Bridgit Gibbs said she was disgusted at the way the store's management treated her daughter, Becca.](http://web.archive.org./web/20190120173613im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/t/g/1/6/w/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1tfuv2.png/1547488337941.jpg)
Auckland woman forced out of the op shop where she volunteered after a complaint about her disability.
Hundreds without power
![Residents across Auckland are without power after weather changes interfere with power lines.](http://web.archive.org./web/20190120173613im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/t/f/u/l/1/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1tfujv.png/1547428640071.jpg)
Monday morning's heavy downpour after weeks without rain, caused havoc with some of Auckland's power lines.
Young eco-warrior rewarded
![Samuel Anderton has always had a love for the environment and was compelled to take action when he noticed wastewater in ...](http://web.archive.org./web/20190120173613im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/t/d/d/u/e/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1ti6bi.png/1547858658651.jpg)
Samuel Anderton, 12, stepped up to protect a local stream. Now he's been recognised for his "gumption".
Sex toy thefts caught on camera
![The man allegedly stole adult toys and DVDs from Peaches and Cream on Lincoln Road, Henderson.](http://web.archive.org./web/20190120173613im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/t/h/f/2/k/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1thfh6.png/1547683113633.jpg)
Image of burglar with a penchant for sex toys released by West Auckland police
Bone marrow the 'ultimate koha'
![Jonnie Morath, 29, signed up to the bone marrow registry after losing a friend and colleague to leukaemia. There is a ...](http://web.archive.org./web/20190120173613im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/t/g/s/9/8/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1te1j2.png/1547659844164.jpg)
Jonnie Morath became a bone marrow donor in memory of a friend. He'd do it again, "no second thought".
Hundreds without power
![Residents across Auckland are without power after weather changes interfere with power lines.](http://web.archive.org./web/20190120173613im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/t/f/u/l/1/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1tfujv.png/1547428640071.jpg)
Monday morning's heavy downpour after weeks without rain, caused havoc with some of Auckland's power lines.