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The day the chips bit back
A Dunedin woman having a bite to eat found something extra crunchy and unwelcome at the bottom of her packet of chips.
Lifestyle beats money
To mark the Herald relaunch we're taking an in-depth, week-long look at what it means to be Kiwi. Today - why we choose NZ over anywhere else on the globe.
PM: Apec talks 'on track'
Clear cut results are thin on the ground but Prime Minister John Key said today he was happy with this year's Apec economic meeting in Vladivostok, Russia.
Foreigners suspected in crime plot
A group of Romanians have been prevented from entering New Zealand amid suspicions they were planning a crime spree down Auckland's Queen St.
Property Report: A day with the graduates of slow-bidding school
You know how much you're prepared to pay, so why take so long to lay your cards on the table? Bruce Morris ponders the slow-coach tactics of the auction room.
Property Report: Buoyant Auckland still leads the way
The steady life in sales and prices started in the central Auckland suburbs over a year ago and has now spread across the new supercity. But as Bruce Morris reports, it's still tough going out in the provinces.
45 years in jail - and set to stay there
New Zealand's longest-serving prisoner has been denied parole and will not be considered for early release again until 2015.
Property Report: Tough in the provinces but Hamilton is stirring
The provincial towns and cities are well below their 2007 peaks, but there are signs of life south of the Bombays, reports Bruce Morris.