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$18k fine for attemped sex exploitation
An immigration advisor who was found to have attempted to sexually exploit a client and employed her as a live-in servant without pay has been fined $18,000.
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Alleged drug kingpin on trial
Alleged international drug trafficker Rokas Karpavicius does not deny that it was his voice speaking to career criminal Ronald Terrence Brown in covert police recordings.
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Crowd's funding pays off
Paula Yeoman talks to a duo whose song has taken them to the top.
![White Island: Sulphur, so good](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=800)
White Island: Sulphur, so good
A steamy weekend in Whakatane has to include a visit to New Zealand’s most inhospitable island, writes Paul Rush.
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Queenstown: Somewhere remarkable
Queenstown has a wide range of exciting activities on offer, discover Spy editors Andy Pickering and Ricardo Simich.
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Bryce Edwards: Politics round-up: 15 questions (and some answers)
Politics lecturer Bryce Edwards asks 15 of the most burning questions in current NZ politics, and even manages to find a few answers.
![Kicking up the powder](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=800)
Kicking up the powder
There's much hilarity when Jane Binsley takes her daughter skiing for the first time.
![The need for speed](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=800)
The need for speed
What better place than a race track to indulge in some precious father-son bonding, finds James Coleman.
![All our yesterdays](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=800)
All our yesterdays
Dionne Christian checks out activities on offer during Auckland's Heritage Festival.
![Design: The Lord's house of card](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=800)
Design: The Lord's house of card
Ben Crawford finds the design of the new Christchurch Cathedral lives up to the hype.
![Review: Merediths, Mt Eden](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=800)
Review: Merediths, Mt Eden
Taste buds are spoilt for choice with top chef’s tasting menu approach.
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Caught out in a supermarket queue
A West Coast woman who told a court she could only afford to pay $2 a week to her former landlord was caught out trying to buy $62 of cigarettes by a judge at the supermarket.
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Wine: Top shelf and sensible
For many years, Australia's McGuigan Wines have been on New Zealand shelves as entry-level and popular premium wines.
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Major retailer hit by cyber crims
NetSafe is warning businesses to be on the alert after a major retail chain was targeted by overseas cyber criminals.
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Mother remembers slain officer
The pain of her son's violent death hasn't eased with the passing of time for Beverley Lawrie, but gathering together with his former police colleagues helps.