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Shark attack: 'I was screaming' - teen's horror ordeal in harbour
The 13-year-old received 52 stitches after she was bitten several times by a shark.
Sex-assault victim's 'horrible' wait - thousands of trials crippled by Covid
More than 44,000 court proceedings and 400 jury trials have been delayed due to Covid-19.
Politicians' gardens revealed: From Christopher Luxon to Trevor Mallard
From Nicole McKee's pots of shame to Steven Joyce's wonder.
Steve Braunias: The perfect summer of 2022 is a fool's paradise
OPINION: This was the best summer ever. It's already feeling like a past tense.
Bad Sport Boks: ABs physio threatened, players banned from swapping gear
Revealed: Why the Springboks turned on All Black physio.
Advantage, Djokovic - tennis star wins visa appeal, free to play Aussie Open
Djokovic has been holed up in an Aussie detention hotel since last Wednesday.
Luxon's biggest headache? The National MP flirting with anti-vax messaging
National MP in hot water for visiting an anti-vax protest has other controversial views.
Caught on camera: Anti-vax doctor can no longer practise medicine in NZ
Doctor at centre of fake vax exemption probe no longer able to practise in New Zealand.
27 Covid cases in community, 33 in MIQ; 35 people in hospital
Today's Covid cases are in Auckland, Waikato, Bay of Plenty, Rotorua and Wellington.
Property manager failed to pass on $52,000 rent to landlords
His behaviour, therefore, amounted to disgraceful - tribunal decision on Desmond Kan
'Don't underestimate impact of higher interest rates': Lister
"Low interest rates have been the single biggest driver of this housing boom."
Revealed: The number of times New Zealand Defence Force staff tested positive for illegal drugs
The number who tested positive for which class of drug, and their penalty, are revealed.
'When, not if outbreak hits': Expert answers five Omicron questions we're all asking
When will NZ see an Omicron outbreak? What will it look like? Prof Michael Baker explains.
Watch Ice chunk breaks: 27 people rescued
Many of the rescued were ice fishing when a sudden break sounded like a gunshot.
Kazakhstan riots: 164 reported killed
Deaths include 16 police or national guard and a four-year-old girl.
One dead as cyclone bears down on Fiji
A tropical depression is moving to the west of the island nation.
Battle against huge Wānaka blaze set to continue
The fire was estimated to have burnt through 200ha of regenerating bush last night.
'Some sick people': Pet goat Cleo found decapitated
'It's not a nice way to find your animal, something that you love.'
'Spectacular': New route through urban forest tipped as tourist drawcard
The cycleway will be a real buzz for Auckland and attract tourists, says Barb Cuthbert.
Economists pick the top five trends to watch in 2022
The outlook couldn't be more complex but here's where economists are looking for clues.
NZ urged to prepare for Omicron outbreak as child vaccine doses arrive
All new border cases are presumed to be of the Omicron variant ahead of detailed results.
VB-drinking rugby fan takes on five Kiwi craft breweries
Kevin Holmes usually only drinks VB. How will he get on with a series of craft beers?
Former All Blacks physio reveals chilling threat: 'We will burn your family'
A decision to tour South Africa with the Cavaliers resulted in death threats
McDouall will seek third term in 2022
The 53-year-old has thrown his hat in the ring for what he says would be his final term.
Summer reads: Herald investigates - what happened to Olivia Podmore?
A look back at some of the best Herald investigations from 2021.
Sideswipe: Darkest aisle in the chemist
A daily column looking at humorous, satirical and simply strange news.
The mother who deliberately poisoned her toddler son: 'She's making out like nothing happened'
An appeal against the mother's home detention sentence has been dropped.
Opinion | Resolving our supply chain crisis
OPINION: Maritime Union secretary says it's time for a coastal shipping and port strategy.
'Two years without my baby': Nurse's fight to bring infant to NZ
Baby Harbaaz was five months old when he was separated from his mother.
Covid: More than half a million kids' vaccine doses arrive in NZ, 85 new community cases
So far, NZ has avoided community transmission of the Omicron variant.
Refugees detained alongside Novak Djokovic suddenly have world's attention
New York Times: At an Australian hotel, the tennis star's case is but one controversy.
Fatal crash in West Auckland - police investigating after car ploughs through fence
Police investigating after car ploughs through fence in West Auckland.
