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Tenant's $5000 payout: Mouldy flat 'unsuitable for human habitation'
A report found protective clothing was needed just to enter the bedrooms.
Wild weather: Schools closed, roads flooded
Heavy rain warnings remain in parts of the North Island, but it will ease to showers.
Wild weather: 120km/h winds and heavy rain strike
MetService issued a number of severe-weather warnings.
Flight passenger and gym worker contract measles
Air NZ passengers and Les Mills members warned they may have been exposed to measles.
Lotto ticket sales continue to skyrocket as jackpot swells
The equivalent of every Aucklander buying one ticket was recorded for Saturday's draw.
Vector on standby: Wild weather due to hit
Vector is on standby as heavy rains and strong winds are due to hit the North Island.
Shopper dismayed as Countdown demands ID for non-alcoholic beer
It's not illegal to sell 0 per cent beer to under 18s.
Cancer patient moved from private hospital room to make way for inmate
Furious partner speaks out after cancer patient pushed from her room for prison inmate.
Ireland's desperate bid to keep Bundee Aki's World Cup alive
The former Chiefs player might have played his last match at the tournament.
Body found near Auckland ferry terminal
Police have pulled a body from the water next to the Auckland ferry terminal.
Neighbours heard screams after man confronted van thieves
Neighbours heard a man screaming before he went quiet and was taken away on a stretcher.
Don't forget your umbrella: Heavy rain, strong winds for Auckland, Waikato, BoP
Expect showers and rain, at times heavy, if you are in the upper North Island today.
Fire engulfs restaurant in Dominion Rd, Mt Roskill
Police closed the road as fire crews from 16 appliances fought the blaze.
Simon Wilson: Phil Goff's spring awakening
Phil Goff is happy to have won a mandate to continue, but will he make much progress?
John Street: Volcanoes change landscape of land dispute
COMMENT: Could a collective of iwi take guardianship of the disputed land?
Keven Mealamu's new job in local politics
All Black great Keven Mealamu has a new job in local politics on Papakura Local Board.
Revealed: 510 dangerous criminals breach court orders after prison release
More than 500 dangerous criminals have breached supervision orders since 2014.
Auckland airport emergency: Plane lands after engine failure
Fourteen fire trucks respond after report plane's engines had failed.
Van owner taken to hospital after confronting alleged thief
One of the alleged thieves has a critical head injury.
Southern Motorway crash: Two badly hurt after car smashes into tree
A single car has careered off the motorway and into a tree.
Snapchat 'where most people' in their 20s buy drugs in NZ
Mega dose MDMA Punisher tablets are for sale on Snapchat in NZ, mirroring trends overseas.
Bernard Orsman: Auckland's new council and the balance of power
Goff has big challenges ahead and must repair bad relations with his opponents.
'We were up against a big mountain': John Tamihere on losing Auckland mayoralty
John Tamihere had promised to freeze rates and sack the board of Auckland Transport.
Phil Goff wins a second term as Auckland Mayor
Phil Goff is promising to review and reform council-controlled organisations.
First section of Papakura pedestrian bridge installed overnight
The construction of a new pedestrian bridge has begun at Pescara Point near Papakura.
Clear skies will disappear on Monday
A few showers shouldn't dampen Auckland's Diwali festival, but take a brolly in case.
Auckland dad dead for 21 minutes, son saves his life
"If you have the opportunity to do [first aid training] then take it," son advises.
'He doesn't care': Landlord under fire for party house rental
A third destructive party in weeks has neighbours in a once sleepy Auckland street irate.
NZ's luckiest Lotto areas for 2019 revealed
It's good news for North Island residents, bagging several of the top locations this year.
Aucklanders get bumper three-week Diwali festivities
Two public celebrations over two weekends and a public holiday long weekend for Diwali.
Thieves took 'everything' from woman's home - even the bed sheets
Police are hunting a group of people who broke into a house in South Auckland.
Reusable or compostable: Countdown stocks alternatives to reduce nappy waste
The move was designed to reduce the amount of plastic waste thrown away each year.
$32 million Powerball prize: Investment expert offers advice
If won by a single player, tomorrow's prize would be the third-largest in Lotto history.