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Bay View: Residents push for lower speed limit on Napier highway’s residential area
There have been 127 crashes on Main North Rd since 2015, with five fatalities.

Warriors receive boost in centres ahead of Raiders rematch
Ali Leiataua has been named to return from injury and start as the Warriors look to move level on points with the first-placed Bulldogs.

‘We want answers’: Sister’s desperate plea after brother’s body washes up at beach
A grieving sister is making a desperate plea to public to share information after a body washed up at a Coromandel beach.

‘So broken’: Secret recordings reveal frank confessions from mental health staff
The distressed mother of a suicidal teen began recording conversations with mental health staff in case she ever needed them for a coroner’s inquest.

Watch: Classic dad moves and mum dancing video goes off
The DJ’s mum and dad dancing enthusiastically to her drum ‘n bass set has become an unexpected “wholesome” hit.

Damien Grant: Willis Budget merely minding the social welfare state
Opinion: There were two budgets this month. And it was the Greens’ one that really mattered.

Velocious wins Te Rapa sprint feature and now has Brisbane race in sight
Velocious has six wins from 12 starts, earning $980,550 in stakes.

Massive power outage disrupts Cannes Film Festival
The outage across southern France temporarily disrupted screenings on the final day of the Cannes Film Festival and left thousands of households without power.

Maori will have nothing to fear from me when I’m Deputy Prime Minister - David Seymour
Act's David Seymour will become Deputy PM on May 31, succeeding Winston Peters

Billionaire’s family backs Friedreich’s Ataxia research fundraiser for friend Flynn Mitchell
Flynn Mitchell's friends are raising funds to find a cure for rare Friedreich's Ataxia.

How Jon Bridges’ personal journey fuels advocacy for fertility support
After struggling to have a family, the TV star is helping other desperate Kiwis.

Ed Sheeran thrills with surprise set at Big Weekend
The Shape of You hitmaker played in a packed out New Music Tent at Sefton Park, Liverpool.

Ex-Silver Fern Samantha Winders teaches netball injury prevention as ACC claims rise
Winter sports-related injury claims have consistently gone up over the past five years.

Expat Tales: ‘There’s a great expat community’ in Mexico City
After more than a year in Mexico City, Auckland’s Luke Yarnton says it’s one of the best places to remotely run a US-based business.

Otautahi to honour Pacific heritage in distinguished cultural concert
This one-off concert, conducted by New Zealand Symphony Orchestra conducting fellow Samiu Katoa Uatahausi, celebrates the rich cultural heritage of Pasifika communities in Otautahi.

Pilot grounded after posting ‘scantily clad’ photos with company branding
A Jetstar pilot who posted photos of himself in his underwear, and missed shifts after he travelled to Hawaii, has failed to get his job back.

The two words that almost derailed an 80-year-old’s re-uniting of families
Rob Sintes has spent 25 years helping reconnect hundreds of long-lost relatives. But his hobby was nearly stopped through legal action from an unlikely opponent.

Waikato Fog Fence: A tribute to No 8 wire creativity - Glenn Dwight
OPINION: Come on, Hamilton — let’s make the Fog Fence a reality.

Kem Ormond’s vegetable garden: Yams – how to plant and grow them
Opinion: Yams are New Zealand’s little pink morsels of sweetness.

Meeting Sir Edmund Hillary and boring him with my tractor story - Hunter Wells
OPINION: Hunter Wells hobnobbed with Sir Edmund Hillary and has the photo to prove it.

Waikato equine-therapy business healing humans with horses
Sue Court and her wife bought a small farm in New Zealand to focus on horses.

My Secret Auckland: Actor Cassandra Woodhouse shares her favourite spots in the city
Every week we ask a well-known Aucklander to reveal their top places to go.