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Focus: Warmer, dry summer set to bake New Zealand
NZ is expecting to see the effects of a La Nina weather pattern over the summer.

Focus: Big drop in annual Auckland property prices
New figures from Auckland's largest real estate company show average and median prices falling more than 3.5 percent compared with October last year.

High prices prompt bakers to swap butter for margarine
NZ bakeries are switching out butter for margarine to cope with global butter crisis.

Focus: Secret swap: Is it butter or margarine?
Rising number of Kiwi bakeries switching out butter for margarine amid global butter crisis

Focus: School leavers take the plunge
A group of school leavers has bungy jumped from the Auckland Harbour bridge to celebrate and prepare for their post-school futures.

Focus: Carlos back with the Blues
Carlos Spencer talks about his return to the Blues ahead of the Brisbane 10's.

New York attack 'planned for a year'
Sayfullo Saipov asked to display the Isis flag in his hospital room.

Students end school with leap into unknown
Manurewa High School students test themselves with bungy jump.

Helen Kelly's son: What my mum would want from the Govt
Helen Kelly's son Dylan reflects on the new Govt's steps towards her legacy.

Focus: Why is butter so expensive?
The world's biggest dairy exporter explains what's behind the rising cost of butter.

Focus: Ready, set, mo!
Whether it's a glossy Magnum or a stylish pencil 'tashe', Movember means moustaches will be sprouting from the faces of kiwi men across the country.

Focus: Repairs underway on big Orewa apartment block
Orewa's 12-level Nautilus apartment block is under repair, after owners spend more than $25 million for defects which caused it to leak.

Yellow gold: Why is butter so expensive?
The world's biggest dairy exporter explains what's behind the rising price of butter.

Focus: Auckland property prices falling
Auckland's annual property price growth has fallen for the fist time in six years as nationwide price increases slow to their lowest rate since 2012.

Focus: Iconic Auckland bistro celebrates 20th anniversary
O’Connell Street Bistro is one of the country’s best-loved and most enduring restaurants - so 20 years after it first opened its doors, what is the secret of its extraordinary success?

Focus: Pukekohe Supercars highlight a massive motorsport weekend
Australian drivers Mark Winterbottom and Cam Waters have travelled across the ditch for the event

New York terror attack culprit named
Eight people are dead and 11 have been injured after a truck mounted a bicycle path.

The truth about Auckland's latest food trend
We meet Javier Carmona, the man behind Auckland's intriguing new food offering.

Focus: 29-year-old driver arrested over suspected deadly Manhattan terror attack
The driver was shot by police after allegedly mowing down pedestrians and cyclists, killing at least 8 and injuring more than a dozen others.

Focus: What's it like to eat a dish made of insects?
Lifestyle reporter Jenni Mortimer chats to Inti head chef Javier Carmona about their unique use of creepy crawlies

Focus: 'Terror-related’ fatal mow-down of pedestrians and cyclists in New York City
At least 8 dead and many others injured in incident in Lower Manhattan. Alleged offender shot by police.

Focus: Notorious murderer marries disgraced lawyer
Convicted murderer and rapist Liam James Reid was said to marry disgraced lawyer Davina Murray in Auckland Prison at Paremoremo today.

Focus: Fertility - The Age Factor
New figures reveal one in 4 women will likely need assistance to get pregnant

Kevin Spacey's father was 'Nazi child rapist'
Spacey's brother claims dad brutalised family so badly that they called him The Creature.

Focus: What does a smartphone addict look like?
Luisa Dal Din, 24, believes she's one of many who struggle to not check notifications

Focus: House of Cards canned after allegations against Kevin Spacey
Star Trek actor Anthony Rapp claims Spacey harassed him and climbed on top of him when he was just 14

Focus: Russian probe takes dramatic turn
The probe into Russian interference in the US election has taken a dramatic turn