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Focus: Surf lifesaving at Pakiri Beach
Head lifeguard Craig Gledhill talks about surf lifesaving at Pakiri Beach.

Steve Braunias: The secret diary of... 2018
COMMENT: Steve Braunias looks ahead to the year in satire.

Want a comfortable retirement? Here's what you'll need
How much you'll need to have in KiwiSaver by age 30, 40, 50 and 60.

Median barrier saves couple from head-on accident
Valerie May has a median barrier to thank for celebrating her 90th birthday this year.

Steve Braunias: Spending Doomsday with Kim Dotcom
This summer we look back at the best stories of the year. This is from July.

'We should still have our boy': Parents' plea for care on roads
Parents describe trauma of losing son in a crash that never should have happened.

GoPro series: Jumping off the Sky Tower
Do look down! Eighty plus jumps off the Sky Tower helped Danyon Paniora conquer her fears.

Boxing Day shoppers vent car park struggles at Sylvia Park mall
Shoppers have vented over their struggles to find a car park at Sylvia Park.

Focus: Shoppers at The Warehouse's Boxing Day sales
Shoppers talk about what they bought at The Warehouse's Boxing Day sales.

Cheap Air NZ flights up for grabs today
The national carrier has launched $19 one-way fares on its Grabaseat platform.

Plea to drive safely as road toll heads to 9-year high
Holidaymakers are urged to take extra care when they head to the beach this summer.

Going off at the deep end
Teen Frazer Tavener shares the thrill of high and spring board diving.

The 'Killing Fields' of Dome Valley to be made safer
Starting this summer, $35m will be spent to make Dome Valley safer.

Editorial: Growing NZ needs major work on roads
EDITORIAL: NZ's roading network is struggling to keep pace with the demands on it.

From All Whites footballer to captain of $2 billion company
Former All White leading $2 billion retail company Allbirds has sights set on a NZ store.

Eight things to look for in a good Kiwi husband
If he calls dogs "good boys" and puts you ahead of his Holden, those are good signs.

Focus: Auckland's best beaches to soak up the sun
Nick Vigar, the Safeswim Programme Manager at Cheltenham Beach, presents Auckland's best beaches to soak up the sun. Video / Doug Sherring

Focus: Preparations for the Auckland City Mission Christmas lunch
Preparations in the Spark Arena kitchens for the Auckland City Mission Christmas lunch speaking with City Mission fundraising team leader Alexis Sawyers.

Home for Christmas: 'feisty fighter' joins family
Baby Isabelle is finally going home ... just in time for Christmas.

Focus: 'Remarkable' baby home for the first time this Christmas Eve
After more than two months in hospital baby Isabelle is going home... just in time for Christmas Eve.

Life-saving aunty flies in for special girl's first birthday
The wee tot who this year survived two life-saving transplants turns 1 tomorrow.

Editorial: Aunty's life-saving gift a reminder of who we are
EDITORIAL: There's surely not much better than a Kiwi Xmas holiday.

Mopping up and moving on: Kaiaua a year on from devastating flood
A year ago Kaiaua was devastated by a monster storm.

Focus: A year on from the Kaiaua flooding
A year on from the flooding at Kaiaua, Lynn Yeager, owner of The Pink Shop and local resident Bonnie Campbell talk about the aftermath.

Focus: Irish teen with down syndrome declined NZ visa, separates family across globe
Nilani Suhinthan couldn't conjure the words to explain to her daughter Bumikka why she wasn't granted a visa to live in New Zealand, but the rest of her family were.

Focus: 90-year-old crash victim believes SH1 median barrier saved her life
90-year-old Valerie May believes a SH1 median barrier saved her life after a crash. / Video by Alan Gibson