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![Focus: NZDF respond to replica grenade call-outs](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Focus: NZDF respond to replica grenade call-outs
Inert grenades used as paperweights and gas lighters fashioned to resemble grenades have triggered some of the recent call-outs to the New Zealand Defence Force’s (NZDF) bomb disposal squad.
![KiwiBuild chances questioned after construction sector meltdown](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
KiwiBuild chances questioned after construction sector meltdown
A National spokesman has attacked KiwiBuild plans.
![Focus: Nat attacks KiwiBuild chances](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Focus: Nat attacks KiwiBuild chances
National Spokesman for Building and Construction Andrew Bayly explains why he believes that Phil Twyford will struggle to achieve his KiwiBuild target.
![Focus: Air travel and hotel prices to keep climbing](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Focus: Air travel and hotel prices to keep climbing
Air travel and hotel prices are forecast to keep climbing next year according to Carlson Wagonlit Travel
![Look for opportunities with 'migrant eyes', new arrivals urged](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Look for opportunities with 'migrant eyes', new arrivals urged
Immigration expert say migrant departure numbers "concerning".
![Andrew Dickens: The real winner from the latest political poll](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Andrew Dickens: The real winner from the latest political poll
COMMENT: Latest political poll evidence that we're evenly split. But there is one winner.
![Kiwi teen crowned PowerPoint champ now targeting Microsoft Excel](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Kiwi teen crowned PowerPoint champ now targeting Microsoft Excel
Avondale College student Tristan Mona, 15, can add 'world champ' to his CV.
![Focus: Auckland teen crowned the world's Microsoft PowerPoint champion](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Focus: Auckland teen crowned the world's Microsoft PowerPoint champion
Fifteen-year-old Tristan Mona, an Avondale College student, beat over 760,000 competitors from more than 100 countries in a timed and graded exam to recreate a presentation put together by Certiport and Microsoft.
![Editorial: When it's time to put the phone down](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Editorial: When it's time to put the phone down
EDITORIAL: The power is, literally, in our hands.
![Construction industry a 'house of cards'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Construction industry a 'house of cards'
COMMENT: This year has highlighted the very serious financial issues in the market.
![Focus: Electrical company won’t be prosecuted after fitting 19 buildings with dodgy cables](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Focus: Electrical company won’t be prosecuted after fitting 19 buildings with dodgy cables
Worksafe finds Lyon Electrical and its director didn’t knowingly or recklessly import, supply and install potentially dangerous cabling.
![Firm avoids charges over dodgy cables](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Firm avoids charges over dodgy cables
Report reveals the faulty cables from China had correct certification, proof of compliance
![No baby bump for Bridges in latest poll](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
No baby bump for Bridges in latest poll
Steady as she goes for the Government but less good news for Simon Bridges.
![Focus: PM talks immigration at stand up in Nauru](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Focus: PM talks immigration at stand up in Nauru
Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern, talks immigration and refugees at stand up during lunch break at the Leaders Retreat. / Jason Oxenham
![Focus: PM talks Leaders Retreat](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Focus: PM talks Leaders Retreat
Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern talks about the Leaders Retreat. / Jason Oxenham
![John Tamihere: Talks Māori King Movement and Kīngitanga](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
John Tamihere: Talks Māori King Movement and Kīngitanga
John Tamihere: Talks Māori King Movement and Kīngitanga.
![Heather du Plessis-Allan: Ardern could learn from Peters](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Heather du Plessis-Allan: Ardern could learn from Peters
COMMENT: Winston Peters as Acting PM wasn't actually as bad as the naysayers predicted.
![1 News reporter released after being detained in Nauru](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
1 News reporter released after being detained in Nauru
1 News Pacific correspondent Barbara Dreaver released by police after being detained in Nauru.
![Winston Peters comments on Barbara Dreaver after being detained in Nauru](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Winston Peters comments on Barbara Dreaver after being detained in Nauru
Winston Peters at stand up after 1 News reporter released after being detained in Nauru.
![Police Detective on harness racing corruption probe](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Police Detective on harness racing corruption probe
Police said charges and arrests are expected to be made later today following an on-going investigation into race-fixing involving a number of stables.
![Fire at Auckland chemical manufacturing factory](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Fire at Auckland chemical manufacturing factory
More than 14 fire appliances attended the Auckland fire at its peak.
![Focus: Very Vintage Day Out's Miss Pinup New Zealand contest](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Focus: Very Vintage Day Out's Miss Pinup New Zealand contest
Ruth Montgomery talks about the 19 Black Miss Pinup New Zealand competition at The Very Vintage Day Out. / Video by Michael Craig
![Osama Bin Laden's mum breaks silence](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Osama Bin Laden's mum breaks silence
Family of Osama bin Laden fear his son is intent on "avenging his father's death".
![The job offering graduates $95,000 a year](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
The job offering graduates $95,000 a year
WATCH: Airways is on the hunt for air traffic controllers.
![Guinea pigs: How Facebook is targeting Kiwis](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Guinea pigs: How Facebook is targeting Kiwis
Over 3.2 million Kiwis have consented to a wildly uncontrolled psychological experiment.
!['Hideous eyesore' from Vector knocks $150k from home's value](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
'Hideous eyesore' from Vector knocks $150k from home's value
A family say Vector has wiped $150k from their home's value with a "hideous" transformer.
![Editorial: Film fest a tribute to diversity](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Editorial: Film fest a tribute to diversity
EDITORIAL: Every year Aucklanders get chance to see the world through other sets of eyes.
![Hope over rage: Simon Wilson on the challenges facing Jacinda](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Hope over rage: Simon Wilson on the challenges facing Jacinda
COMMENT: PM's back and she has some big tasks if she wants to lead a long-lasting Govt.
![Steve Braunias: Secret Diary of Winston Peters](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Steve Braunias: Secret Diary of Winston Peters
COMMENT: Like sands through the hourglass, so are the days of my term as Acting PM.