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Retail therapy: Taste it
Edible cosmetics are the latest beauty industry idea to get you spending on your interior as well as exterior.

Auckland: The last bastion
Ngati Whatua's grievance over land loss came to a head in the late 70s with the occupation of Bastion Point

Auckland: Urban and angry
Maori who came to Auckland from the country in the 1950s met much prejudice with scenes reminiscent of the American South, writes Rawiri Taonui.

Team NZ among charity casualties
Team New Zealand is among dozens of organisations that have lost their charitable status in a crackdown by the new Charities Commission.

Anger over stalled Hotchin mansion
Angry neighbours say Hanover Finance director Mark Hotchin's $30m mansion has wiped hundreds of thousands of dollars off their own property values.

Third time luckiest for $6m winners
An Auckland couple on a lucky streak have won more than $6 million in Lotto's Big Wednesday.

Goldie paintings 'recession proof', says gallery
A portrait by renowned NZ artist Charles Frederick Goldie is expected to sell for close to $250,000 when it goes up for auction in Auckland.

Home available for World Cup - for a cool $120,000
There is still 18 months to go - but sharp homeowners are already queuing up to rent out their properties during the Rugby World Cup.

Weedy boy wonders
The parore, or black snapper, is common in many fish-and-chip shops - although customers would never know.

State house resident with rental properties sentenced
A man who lived in a state house while he rented out two properties of his own has been sentenced for defrauding the taxpayer.

Project helps homeless find their roots
Ngati Whatua has given up part of its land at Bastion Point for homeless people to grow vegetables for the City Mission's foodbank.

Opium owner liquidates
Mounting debts of more than $2.7 million have forced hospitality heavyweight David Williams and his wife and business partner Harbans to put five of their companies into liquidation.