Focus: Health Minister breaks silence on suicide
Health Minister accepts current approach to suicide not working and is ready "to do things differently"
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My day trip to Wellington has turned into three days of hell
Travellers take the long road home, chased by wind-blown blizzards.
Tattooed jobseeker: 'Would I employ him? No'
Andrew Dickens: Anyone who can do such violence to his own face is not a fit in society.
'Everyone deserves a second chance'
Kiwis have responded to a tattooed man looking for a job.
Tattooed ex-con: 'I just want a job'
Mark Cropp's face reads 'Devast8' - ink he says he got while drunk in prison.
Focus: Tattoo Taboo
Large facial tattoo doesn't get in the way for young man fresh out of jail
Focus: Edgar Wright talks 'Baby Driver'
Edgar Wright talks about his new film Baby Driver.
Miracle rescue: Navy saves elephant swept out to sea
Divers spent 12 hours gently towing the elephant back to shallow water.
Focus: Massive iceberg breaks off from Antarctica
An iceberg weighing more than a trillion metric tons has finally broken away from Antarctica.
Focus: Amazing elephant rescue
The Sri Lankan navy has rescued an elephant eight nautical miles off shore.
Flights delayed, road closures as weather worsens
Wrap up warm folks, as the heavy snow is only just getting started.
Building boom outpaces record apprenticeships
Record number of Kiwis looking to the trades but still not enough to meet industry demand.
Focus: Making a difference to cold New Zealand Kids
Auckland Artists Bernie and Donna are making a difference to cold New Zealand Kids this winter with their community activated art action - Give a Kid a Blanket. And you can help too.
Focus: Building boom outstrips record apprenticeships
A record number of kiwis are looking to the trades to build a career but it's still nowhere near enough to meet industry demand
Forget craft beer, craft liquor's the next big thing
Is the effervescent tide about to turn on our craft beer obsession?
Focus: Rise of the spirit bars
Spirit drinks are on the rise as seen in Auckland’s Vodka Room
Live: Fresh weather warnings for North
Auckland and Northland are now being warned of potentially damaging severe gales.
Focus: New emails problematic for Trump administration
Donald Trump junior was forced to release an email chain that show him discussing plans to hear damaging information on Hillary Clinton.
Don jnr emails: 'It's like a cheap spy thriller'
Donald Trump jnr's emails point to willingness to deal with Russians to defeat Clinton.
Donald Trump Jr.'s full emails revealed
Read Donald Trump Jr.'s full emails about meeting a "Russian government attorney".
Auckland's worst-ever teacher shortage
'Worst teacher shortage for 30 years' as schools struggle to fill multiple vacancies.
Focus: Auckland's worst ever teacher shortage
More than half of Auckland schools are each struggling to fill up to four teaching jobs
Snow, rain and black ice as cold front moves
Snow is falling in Central Otago as the anticipated wintry blast hits the far south.
Focus: Warriors say goodbye to Manu Vatuvei
Laura McGoldrick speaks to the Warriors ahead of their Friday night clash against Penrith.
Evacuated residents don't want to leave
Some elderly residents evacuated from a troubled retirement village in Auckland won't go.
Focus: Priest files defamation claim against Catholic Church
A Tauranga priest has filed a defamation claim in the High Court.
Four days of hell: Worst weather of the year to hit
Up to a metre of snow to fall in alpine passes while down to sea level in the far south.