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Beat the back-to-work blues
The holiday is over and that sinking feeling has set in - it's back to work, back to reality.
The holiday is over and that sinking feeling has set in - it's back to work, back to reality.
Police have named the 19-year-old who died when he was thrown out of a car as it plunged 25 metres down a cliff at the Pinewoods Motor Park in Red Beach, north of Auckland, early this morning.
The death of a 15-year-old driver who fled from police this morning was 'completely avoidable', say police. Timoti Mohi was driving a stolen car when he failed to stop for police and drove off at speeds of up to 180km/h.
Warehouse shares have fallen after the retail giant said sales had fallen 2.7 per cent over the past two months.
Campers at a coastal campground north of Auckland are in shock after a teenager was thrown out of a car as it plunged 25 metres down a cliff at the campground early this morning.
Alcohol and speed contributed to more than half the 13 deaths on New Zealand roads over the holiday period.
The holiday road toll stands at 13, the same as last year, following two fatal crashes in Auckland overnight.
An Auckland mother is outraged that her daughter was 'ripped off' by an accident and medical clinic.
Customers claim businesses are being greedy in adding surcharges on days not officially holidays.
Beaches around the country were packed yesterday as temperatures soared.
Auckland diners want clearer rules over when the holiday surcharge should apply after some were slapped with the extra cost on their bills yesterday.
A motorcyclist was killed yesterday on the Coromandel Peninsula and a motorist died in Marlborough last night, taking the holiday road toll to 11.
While you're slumming it this summer, others are living it up.
Most of us are just plain worn out, yet we long to create and achieve the kind of holiday time sold to us by the media.
A popular beach was blasted by rain and blustery winds yesterday, causing some campers to cut short their holidays and leave.
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New Zealand is set for a humid summer, with experts predicting a warm and wet January and February.
Amidst the joy, celebration and festivities of Christmas and the New Year period lies the hidden horror of the holiday season, as the rates of domestic violence, alcohol abuse and road fatalities increase.
Staff at the Auckland City Mission have been rushed off their feet and will be cooking Christmas dinner for more than 2000 people tomorrow.
Holidaymakers joining the Christmas exodus from Auckland are being encouraged to check road and traffic conditions before leaving home, to improve chances of safe and relatively hassle-free trips.
A selection of Christmas church services in the main centres.