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![Drug baron faces losing ill-gotten gain](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Drug baron faces losing ill-gotten gain
A man who made millions importing ecstasy and other drugs will have to part with some of his opulent spoils.
![<i>Cazador Restaurant</i>, Mt Eden](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
<i>Cazador Restaurant</i>, Mt Eden
Cazador is a game restaurant in the old-fashioned sense: if you bring in the spoils of your hunting trip, they will make it into dinner.
![<i>Gill South</i>: Shaking things up a bit](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
<i>Gill South</i>: Shaking things up a bit
As a form of cardio exercise it doesn't get much more fun than Zumba, writes Gill South.
![Time for brunch at 10 of the best](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Time for brunch at 10 of the best
Libby Nicholson-Moon finds 10 of the best cafes for Sunday brunch.
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King's boys play game of their lives...
Three days after burying their mate, King's College First XV played the game of their lives to beat arch-rivals Auckland Grammar.
![My Auckland: Wai O Taiki Bay](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
My Auckland: Wai O Taiki Bay
Matthew Olsen tells Cate Foster why he and his wife Lorissa enjoy living in Wai O Taiki Bay, which lies happily on the edge of the Tamaki estuary between Glen Innes and Glendowie.
![Auckland: Our backyard aquarium](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Auckland: Our backyard aquarium
Virgil Evetts is wowed by some incredible sea life, including whales, all within minutes of downtown Auckland.
![Pammy's brothel-for-women bid put on hold](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Pammy's brothel-for-women bid put on hold
Pam Corkery's bid to open the world's first brothel for women has failed.
![Work in progress: The transformation of downtown Auckland](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Work in progress: The transformation of downtown Auckland
Back from a stint across the Tasman, Rebecca Kamm gets reacquainted with her hometown and likes what she sees.
![Grace land in Remuera](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Grace land in Remuera
The many-splendoured rooms of a genteel Victorian home captivate Penny Lewis.
![Weekend leisure: Urban orienteering](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Weekend leisure: Urban orienteering
Hundreds of people wearing headlamps are scouring suburban streets after dark, Danielle Wright finds out why.
![Big Day Out could quit Mt Smart, say promoters](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Big Day Out could quit Mt Smart, say promoters
Organisers of the Big Day Out deny the New Zealand leg of the musical festival is at risk - but say they are looking at venues other than Mt Smart Stadium after an increase in charges for its use.
![Police probe bullies' attack on schoolgirl](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Police probe bullies' attack on schoolgirl
The Rangitoto College student was punched in the face and stomach and had her hair pulled.
![Security ready for anything](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Security ready for anything
Every eventuality is being considered - even an early exit by the All Blacks.
![Five-star hotel split brings two-star rates](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Five-star hotel split brings two-star rates
At one desk, a hotel room will cost about $600 a night. A few steps away, an identical room will be just $99 a night.
![Radical crop turns darling into diva](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Radical crop turns darling into diva
Jacqueline Smith blogs on New Zealand's Next Top Model.
![Kronic use to be curtailed: Govt](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Kronic use to be curtailed: Govt
A planned crackdown on "cannabinoid" substances will severely curtail the use of controversial synthetic cannabis product Kronic, Associate Health Minister Peter Dunne says.
![Two star rooms at luxury hotel](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Two star rooms at luxury hotel
One of New Zealand's top hotels has been largely downgraded to a two star hotel, with prices starting from $99 per night.
![Pub spy: Cardrona Speight's Ale House](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Pub spy: Cardrona Speight's Ale House
There is something simultaneously endearing and depressing about the Speights Southern Man schtick.