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![Watch: Who's coming to Highbury, new shops rising in $15m mall makeover](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Watch: Who's coming to Highbury, new shops rising in $15m mall makeover
'Highbury’s core economic market has a younger, educated and more affluent bias.'
![14-year-old arrested after ram-raid on North Shore jewellery store](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
14-year-old arrested after ram-raid on North Shore jewellery store
The store was raided on Sunday morning, a week after fog cannons were installed.
![Unresponsive five-year-old boy plucked from Auckland swimming pool](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Unresponsive five-year-old boy plucked from Auckland swimming pool
The boy's uncle said another 30 seconds and it could have been different.
![Police responding to unexplained sudden death on Auckland's North Shore](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Police responding to unexplained sudden death on Auckland's North Shore
Police were called to the incident on Onewa Rd, Birkenhead at 3.40pm
![Heritage groups rally to save the loss of villas and bungalows](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Heritage groups rally to save the loss of villas and bungalows
Jacinda Ardern, Chris Luxon and their Auckland MPs are behind the loss of heritage.
![8 of Auckland's most pooch-friendly pubs](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
8 of Auckland's most pooch-friendly pubs
Good news dog owners, these eight Auckland bars serve canines as well as humans.
![Revealed: When officials expect Omicron in community; DHBs prepare](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Revealed: When officials expect Omicron in community; DHBs prepare
Management of Covid cases isolating at home is changing as the threat of Omicron looms.
![Cue the in memoriam music: Every Auckland institution we lost in 2021](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Cue the in memoriam music: Every Auckland institution we lost in 2021
Gone, but not forgotten: a tribute to the things and places that left Tāmaki Makaurau.
![Auckland salon ransacked by thieves during lockdown](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Auckland salon ransacked by thieves during lockdown
Thieves targeted Black on White salon in Birkenhead in an extensive burglary.
![Man found dead in disorder incident owned popular restaurant chain](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Man found dead in disorder incident owned popular restaurant chain
Police said man's death treated as unexplained even after post-mortem.
![Police name dead man in Birkenhead disorder incident](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Police name dead man in Birkenhead disorder incident
Qiang Xin was the owner of a popular Auckland Chinese hot pot restaurant chain.
!['Unexplained' death: Man's body found on North Shore street](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
'Unexplained' death: Man's body found on North Shore street
Police were called after a report of disorder at a property early this morning.
![Anti-vax mum and pro-choice dad: Teen caught in vaccine stand-off](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Anti-vax mum and pro-choice dad: Teen caught in vaccine stand-off
Family law specialists advise how to approach guardianship issues such as vaccinations.
![Record vaccine doses given, but anger at cancelled appointments](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Record vaccine doses given, but anger at cancelled appointments
Woman has to wait a month after her vaccine appointment was cancelled without notice.
![Locations of interest/visits pass 200 - Akl to Welly flight, Porirua sushi shop, Johnsonville Countdown](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Locations of interest/visits pass 200 - Akl to Welly flight, Porirua sushi shop, Johnsonville Countdown
There are more than 200 visits to location and with more expected to be listed today.
![Looking for a job? Supermarkets hiring as staff self-isolate](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Looking for a job? Supermarkets hiring as staff self-isolate
Looking for a job? Supermarkets identified as locations of interest are hiring.
![Ram raid: Five youths arrested, 3 charged, after Birkenhead burglary](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Ram raid: Five youths arrested, 3 charged, after Birkenhead burglary
Three charged with burglary.
![NZ's crucial Covid-19 vaccine shipment arrives early](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
NZ's crucial Covid-19 vaccine shipment arrives early
A shipment of 150,000 vaccines has arrived two days early.
![Heritage groups fight Govt in villas v apartments battle](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Heritage groups fight Govt in villas v apartments battle
The battle lines are being drawn in the balance between intensification and heritage.
![Auckland Council backs controversial plan for apartments to replace villas](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Auckland Council backs controversial plan for apartments to replace villas
About 30,000 character houses are in the path of the Government's intensification rules.
![Stewart Island child's Covid scare; PM reveals when you can get your jabs](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Stewart Island child's Covid scare; PM reveals when you can get your jabs
PM unveils vaccine rollout scheme - when you can get your Covid jabs.