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Focus: US President Donald Trump compares Hurricane Maria to Hurricane Katrina
Trump paid Puerto Rico a visit, calling Katrina ‘a real catastrophe’.

Focus: Susie Essman Talks the New Season of Curb Your Enthusiasm
The actress discusses returning for the ninth season of Larry David's groundbreaking comedy series

Focus: Dramatic footage from Vegas shooting released
Police have released body camera footage from the shooting in Vegas.

Focus: Stephen Paddock had amassed an arsenal of firearms
American law enforcement say Stephen Paddock who shot at least 59 people dead in Las Vegas had amassed an arsenal of more than forty firearms.

Was September as wet as we think it was?
September seemed a perpetual downpour. But was it really?

Focus: Lorde concert may have been planned target
An American newspaper is reporting that Stephen Paddock may have planned to earlier target a Lorde concert.

Focus: Caughey Preston will close this month
The community is mourning the closure of the home which has been around for 67 years

The vile messages teen received before taking her own life
A Wellington teen was subjected to a barrage of online abuse before ending her life.

October set to be warm and dry
After three sopping wet months the country is about to see a change in weather.

Good morning! It's your 1.32am Civil Defence alert test
Civil Defence send 1.32am warning texts - then texts to apologise at 3am.

Focus: Latest QV Values Released
QV data out today shows the severity of Auckland's housing market slump

Focus: Female firefighter speaks out on bullying claims
The woman alleges the bullying drove her to attempt suicide three times in the past six months.

Focus: Las Vegas shooting death toll rises
59 people are dead and 527 injured after a gunman opened fire at a crowd of country music fans on the Las Vegas strip

Man accused of bullying no longer at Fire Service
Fire Service ends senior investigator Mike McEnaney's employment after long investigation.

Focus: Westpac awarded DVFREE tick
Westpac have become the first business to be awards the Domestic Violence Free Ticket

Focus: Tom Petty On Life Support
American rock legend Tom Petty is on life support following a massive heart attack, aged 66.

Police eyes in the sky 24-7 a 'game-changer'
The Police Eagle helicopter now operates 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

Focus: Police now have eyes in the sky 24-7
The Eagle helicopter operates around the clock, helping police on the ground to catch offenders

Focus: O.J. Simpson is now a free man
OJ was sentenced to 33 years for a confrontation over sports memorabilia in a Las Vegas hotel room in 2007

Focus: Warm start to school holidays
Warm temperatures expected this week, though ending with a cold front

Focus: Foreigners invest $2.7B in NZ in past year alone
Figures from Overseas Investment Office reveal $1B jump in deals approved on this time last year

Foreigners up NZ asset deals by $1b this year
Foreigners get consent for $2.7b worth of deals.

Focus: Peter Burling on the 36th America's Cup
Peter Burling talks about the new America's Cup protocol and his plans to sail around the world in the Volvo Ocean Race

Focus: New America's Cup protocol
Tony Veitch quickly explains essential protocol of the 36th America's Cup

Focus: Grant Dalton on new America's Cup protocol
Tony Veitch speaks with Emirates Team NZ's CEO Grant Dalton about the fresh protocol

Focus: Hugh Hefner interesting facts
From Guinness world records to personal zoos, what else do we know about the ultimate playboy?

Hugh Hefner to be laid to rest next to Marilyn Monroe
He will be buried next to the film star who was Playboy's first-ever cover girl.

Focus: The Pleasuredome comes to NZ
Party in 1980's New York with Auckland's latest immersive theatre event, Pleasuredome.