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Grim warning on QR codes

Tampered codes direct unsuspecting victims to malicious sites asking for more details.

Campground manager smuggled and sold meth

Police waited for Glenn Richard Maxwell to surrender the meth during a 'brown watch'.

NZ Ukrainians want pressure on Russia

Worried Ukrainians call on NZ Government to seek a peaceful resolution as troops gather.

Sideswipe: He ain't heavy...

A daily column looking at humorous, satirical and simply strange news.

Andrew Barnes: The outdated legislation hindering economic progress

The law is no longer being applied in the way it was intended, writes Andrew Barnes.

Brooke van Velden: Why Govt's health remedy is a fail

OPINION: Government's big plan will change everything and nothing.

Herald morning quiz: January 26

Test your brains with the Herald's morning quiz.

Heli-rides to luxury lodge for lunch will soon be off the menu

A legal stoush over an airstrip has resulted in an order that will end helicopter flights.

'Operation Do Your Best': Gloom looms over capabilities of NZ's grocery supply chains

Supermarkets remain optimistic despite looming staff health concerns.

'Absolute joke': Restaurant owners slam Government's new mask rules

'Joke', 'ridiculous' and 'bizarre' is how the restaurant owners slammed the mask mandate.

'A hell of a mess': Company fined $27K for allowing pigs to foul streams

About 35 pigs spent five months living in the streams, which flow into Lake Rotorua.

Omicron-linked wedding had up to 500 people, says guest

A second Auckland wedding becomes latest Omicron event.

Olympians face a daunting final qualifying event: Staying healthy

New York Times: Years of sacrifice could go to waste if they get athletes coronavirus now.

Live: 'Simultaneous' Delta, Omicron outbreaks feared; 50,000 daily cases worst scenario

Omicron: 'It's almost certain that this is going to take off and get big.'

Ukraine crisis: A showdown of two world views

Analysis: It carries echoes of the Cold War and resurrects an idea left over from 1945.

Unvaccinated Sarah Palin tests positive

The ex-Alaska governor last month said she'd get vaccinated 'over my dead body'.