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Rotorua Mana Aroha shower and laundry service saved with one-year funding boost
Te Taumata o Ngati Whakaue Iho Ake has thrown the service a one-year financial lifeline.

Octavia Spencer believed in herself even when Hollywood didn’t
NYT: It took years for her to be cast as the lead. She considers that the industry's loss.

Quondo gets revenge over Swiss Prince in tough Te Rapa battle
Quondo makes it three wins on end in the Te Rapa mud.

BONNIE Skin founder Mary Outram on business, heartbreak and the baby she thought she’d never have
Mary Outram reveals the infertility battle she hid while building BONNIE Skin.

Northland thunderstorms with 100km/h gusts, frosts in the South Island
Both Auckland and Northland in line for thunderstorms, with a frosty start in south.

Auckland man shares bucket list dreams after decades of battling cancer
He was first diagnosed with stage three testicular cancer at 17 in 2002.

Why wool could be the secret to healthier plants and vegetables - Kem Ormond
OPINION: Sheep wool helps seedlings thrive by reducing grass competition and dryness.

My Secret Auckland: Shane Bosher shares his favourite spots in the city
Every week we ask a well-known Aucklander about their favourite spots in the city.

‘It looked completely legitimate’: Shoppers caught out by fake NZ boutique websites
The Commerce Commission has identified 87 suspected “ghost stores”, and received more than 230 complaints since March last year.

New Zealand First is important, but it is not, yet, serious
This is not a party with an ambition to form a government, merely to remain the party to decide who does.

Formula 1: Liam Lawson narrowly misses top 10 in Hungarian Grand Prix qualifying
The Kiwi was just 0.126s shy of reaching the final stage of qualifying at the Hungaroring.

This $21 USB drive lets modern laptops read CDs and DVDs again
Optical drives are still practical for many users, whether to play old CDs and DVDs, install software, or create backups—especially with modern laptops, which are usually supplied without a drive. External drives are the solution for continued access to physical media. The Amicool external CD/DVD drive is currently on sale for...

Letters: Running record achieved on the shoulders of Kiwi giants
OPINION: The recent setting of a world record for the mile is an echo of NZ's past.

Nicole Pierce honoured with top MinEx award for quarry leadership
“She’s not afraid to get stuck in and regularly works alongside the team on site.”

Pastures Past: Woolshed fires and shearing season in years gone by
'There is no time to bother with wired-up contraptions in the rush of shearing.'

Out-of-touch politics while many voters tread water to stay afloat – Editorial
OPINION: Our election cycles can be full of traps for political parties to navigate.

The rise and fall of email: From magic tool to inbox overload - Glenn Dwight
OPINION: Email has become modern life’s greatest double-edged sword.

The Trump wrecking ball strikes ... again! – Liam Dann
OPINION: Petrol prices were falling. Now they're set to return well past $3 a litre.

Why sacking Nash was not the obvious option for NZ First - Heather du Plessis-Allan
Stuart Nash called Napier rival Katie Nimmon 'lazy'.

Nambassa Festival: Restored 1979 documentary at New Zealand International Film Festival
A restored documentary of the 1979 music festival is an artefact of a lost tribe.

She ordered flowers to cheer up a friend. Her experience left her unhappy, and she's not alone
A Cambridge woman says her friend received sparse, late flowers from Bloomex, while the Commerce Commission has received 182 complaints in two years.

Lawson left frustrated by 11th-place qualifying effort at Hungarian GP
Lawson’s 11th-place qualifying effort in Hungary ended his run of three consecutive Q3 appearances.

Auckland FC begin again against Premier League side in front of giant crowd
All you need to know as Auckland FC face Tottenham Hotspur at Eden Park in a glamour pre-season friendly.

Letters by pre-Smiths Morrissey set for auction
The letters to a Birmingham pen pal were written by the singer between the ages of 14 and 20.