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![Retail therapy: Taste it](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=870)
Retail therapy: Taste it
Edible cosmetics are the latest beauty industry idea to get you spending on your interior as well as exterior.
![Left-leaning council for Len Brown](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=870)
Left-leaning council for Len Brown
The first Auckland Council has been decided, and it has a centre-left look about it, which will make life easier for Super Mayor Len Brown.
![<i>Hammerheads Seafood Restaurant</i>, Okahu Bay](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=870)
<i>Hammerheads Seafood Restaurant</i>, Okahu Bay
Seafood is the mainstay at a restaurant which is as much a part of Auckland's history as its building.
![Auckland: The last bastion](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=870)
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](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=870)
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.
![Hotchin in sun, neighbours in hell](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=870)
Hotchin in sun, neighbours in hell
Mark Hotchin has flown his personal trainer from Auckland to Hawaii to play tennis, teach him how to surf and to help improve his golf swing.
![Inside Mark Hotchin's half-finished $30m mansion](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=870)
Inside Mark Hotchin's half-finished $30m mansion
Failed Hanover Finance director Mark Hotchin's unfiinished mansion is big enough to contain 13 average houses just on its floor space.
![Anger over stalled Hotchin mansion](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=870)
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](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=870)
Third time luckiest for $6m winners
An Auckland couple on a lucky streak have won more than $6 million in Lotto's Big Wednesday.
![Home available for World Cup - for a cool $120,000](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=870)
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](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=870)
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](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=870)
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](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=870)
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](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=870)
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.
![State tenant 'owned two properties'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=870)
State tenant 'owned two properties'
A man is facing allegations he lived off the taxpayer in state housing while he was a landlord owning two properties.