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How a Pāpāmoa mum turned breast milk jewellery into an award-winning business

She crafts keepsake jewellery with DNA elements such as ashes, hair, and embryos.

'Unprecedented growth': $55m expansion for Tauranga shopping centre

Tauranga Crossing is adding 8100sq m of new retail space by October this year.

'We have to go big': BoP company navigates tariffs, eyes Amazon debut

The drink will be stocked in over 100 premium New York City venues by the end of August.

Rugby club scores funding for long-awaited new clubrooms

Pāpāmoa Rugby Club will get relocatable clubrooms at Gordon Spratt Reserve.

How a Pāpāmoa mum turned breast milk jewellery into an award-winning business

She crafts keepsake jewellery with DNA elements such as ashes, hair, and embryos.

'Extremely worrying': Kitchen Things customers left in the lurch as orders unfilled

One customer says he is almost $4000 out of pocket.

Dairy dip: Slight decline in prices in latest GDT

GDT eases 0.3%, whole milk powder up, skim milk powder down.

How solar farm rose to severe flooding challenge

Clever design meant electricity generation facility avoided harm in severe weather event.

UK hitmakers Rudimental to headline expanded NYE festival

Famous Last Words returns to Bay Park Mount Maunganui on December 31, 2025.

'Powerful work': Zena Elliott's art triumph at national awards

Award curator Nigel Borell describes it as 'full of tension, energy and polemic intent'.

Dame Lisa Carrington's formula for perfect happiness – and her greatest fear

New Zealand's greatest Olympian opens up in today's Nine Questions exchange.

Why do Cambodian bakers make the best pies in NZ?

Patrick Lam, an eight-time winner, learned baking from his brother-in-law in 1997.

Audi SQ6 e-tron quick review: new class of fast

It's the fastest Q6 e-tron you can buy right now, but the 'S' doesn't stand for showy.

MG Launches premium electric IM6 SUV in New Zealand

MG Motor NZ has announced the launch of the premium IM brand here, with the IM6 SUV.

Geely Riddara RD6 Pro; the car-based ute returns with an all-electric twist

Geely NZ has announced pricing and availability for its first all-electric ute.

Kia Tasman first drive: big boys toy

The Tasman is here - polarising looks and all - and we drive it through the rough stuff!

'Billionaires v Lotto winners': Green light for rich foreigners to buy NZ homes once again

But will intolerance rear its head when prices start to rise?

Devonport mortgagee fail: $3m not enough for luxury villa

House passes in at auction - its fate unknown.

Family in tears after house saved from fire sells for over $4m

13 bidders fought over transformed bungalow.

Auckland do-up left to stranger by reclusive owner sells for over $1.3m

Surprise inheritance for vendor leads to hot auction.

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Family farm's journey to eco-friendly success

The Orlando-Reep family bought Manawanui as a 200-hectare farm in 1983.

Vege tips: Spring is on the way, time to get ready

Opinion: How does the vegetable garden know spring is on the way?

'The strutful Reeves': Farming pheasants back in the day

"Their favourite titbit is a handful of gentles, vulgarly known as maggots."

'Moving needle in right way': Company aims to reverse heart health trends

Whanganui has one of the highest heart disease deaths and fewest cardiologists.