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Do people earning $200,000 need help with childcare?
A revamp to the Family Boost programme means those with household incomes up to $229,100 a year are now eligible for support.

Promising rugby league player to be deported to NZ for dealing cocaine
Grant Taulafo was contracted to play professional rugby league from the age of 15. At 26 he’s about to deported back to New Zealand.

The All Blacks who will be targeted by France
Uncapped hooker Brodie McAlister and one-test fullback Ruben Love might be under pressure if the French cause mischief in Hamilton.

Why this MP wants a new law to ‘hold boarding house landlords accountable’
A register of boarding houses to remedy what is seen as a lack of oversight of the sector is proposed in a member’s bill drawn from the ballot.

‘Tortured’: Worker’s fight for justice after boss doesn’t pay back wages or $25k loan
The employee lent his boss money during the Covid pandemic says he was never repaid and he didn’t receive his salary either.

Child sex offender ‘traumatised’ by programme for sex offenders, wants $575k
Brad Bowers is taking the attorney-general to court, seeking a written apology and $575,000 in damages.

Random ramblings
Extortionate camera prices, CAA on the line again and another auto-maker gives up on hydrogen (they should have read my article from 2008 and saved themselves a lot of time and money).

Stopbanks urgently being repaired in Tasman district ahead of more wet weather
The region has been slammed with two major floods in the past two weeks and Earth Sciences New Zealand is forecasting more wet weather for later in July and into early August.

Horse racing: Patterson party looms at Robbie’s home-track season finale
Robbie Patterson is hoping to end his best-ever season on a high.

Export prices and interest rates ‘help cement economic recovery in 2026’
Infometrics forecasts 2 per cent annual GDP growth by late 2026, with agriculture and falling mortgage costs playing key roles.

Phishing attacks in Q2 2025 exploit trust in internal emails
Q2 2025 phishing simulations reveal 98.4% of top attacks mimic internal emails, exploiting employee trust in HR and IT communications.

Black Caps put unbeaten record against Zimbabwe on the line
All you need to know ahead of the Black Caps’ T20 match against Zimbabwe in Harare.

Joseph Parker could fight for world title in three months, says promoter
A re-match with Anthony Joshua, eight years since their world title fight in Cardiff, is increasingly on the cards for Joseph Parker.

Ultra modern Christchurch home rests on 100-year-old earthquake ruins
When the owner wanted to rebuild on the site of a demolished Seagar home, she wanted to respect the property’s past.

Why is half this Auckland inner city street blocked off and another closed entirely?
Hoardings fence off two lanes of Wakefield St, with orange cones up and down both sides of the road.

‘We’re a very straight flat’: Queer migrant on house-hunting struggles
A recent housing survey of LGBTIQ+ people showed more than half of those in shared flats have experienced housing discrimination.

Principals fear increase in students from poor communities leaving school without qualifications
Their warnings follow the release of results from high-stakes NCEA literacy and numeracy tests held in May.

How can Auckland get its mojo back?
Wellington is New Zealand's cultural hub. Christchurch is a magnet for young people. Auckland is sprawling and slumpy.

256-year-old relic of European contact with NZ rediscovered in RNZ podcast
The anchor had been located by the famous underwater treasure hunter Kelly Tarlton in 1982, but nobody had seen it since.

Team Telfer to double down on premiership domination
Steve Telfer heads the most in-form stable in New Zealand racing.

Kiwi e-commerce brands have the chance to leapfrog big brand names
Do all the small things right with your e-commerce website from displaying recent customer reviews to having good website speed, says Omer Hazer, Atlas Studios MD.