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![Summer Herald: First, the talking pig ... then some foul fruit](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Summer Herald: First, the talking pig ... then some foul fruit
When I arranged to eat miscellaneous offal at work on a Friday afternoon, it seemed like as good a time as any.
![Money and me: Kirk Hope](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Money and me: Kirk Hope
Careful investment means you and your family can have a wider range of choices in the way that you live your life.
![Orphaned pets: Whitey the hen](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Orphaned pets: Whitey the hen
Whitey the hen is especially fond of bananas. Last year Whitey joined Lompie the rooster, Panda the cat and Gustav the sheep at Bianca Hill's lifestyle block in Flat Bush, Manukau.
![Catching up with: Mirela Martinescu](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Catching up with: Mirela Martinescu
She brought affordable, ethical coffee to the city mocked for its love of lattes and the associated Sky Tower-high pricetags.
![Back-country kai on the fly](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Back-country kai on the fly
It's summer on the Tongariro River. There's little to hear but the hushed burble of the river's shallow rapids, or the noise of the birdlife filling the bush that hugs its bends and banks.
![Backbench profile: Kris Faafoi](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Backbench profile: Kris Faafoi
Dad was political. We grew up in Wigram, so Dad was a member of Jim Anderton's party.
![Kai cooked in thermal wonderland](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Kai cooked in thermal wonderland
Reporter Jamie Morton and photographer and videographer Alan Gibson discover the naturally-steamed delights of Rotorua’s Whakarewarewa Valley.
![Icon towns: Ohakune](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Icon towns: Ohakune
We look at spots made famous by some classic Kiwi landmarks. Today: Ohakune.
![Gun-shy guy gets in the firing line](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Gun-shy guy gets in the firing line
NZ Herald reporters face their fears. Here, we make Wayne Thompson pick up a double-barrelled shotgun and take aim.
![Picks of 2014: Guy Williams](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Picks of 2014: Guy Williams
This is a true underdog story, a young brother and sister duo from the foothills of Richmond.
![Kai cooked in thermal wonderland](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Kai cooked in thermal wonderland
What does our food say about us as Kiwis? In part two of a five-day series, reporter Jamie Morton and photographer Alan Gibson try to find out.
![Great fishing on the Coromandel coast](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Great fishing on the Coromandel coast
What does our food say about us as Kiwis? In a five-day series, Jamie Morton and photographer Alan Gibson head out to discover what’s on the plate in our summer places.
![Picks of 2014: Goran Paladin](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Picks of 2014: Goran Paladin
Anything by the Killers. Either their Best Of album, Direct Hits or Battle Born.
![Bub keeps runner on his toes](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Bub keeps runner on his toes
On November 2, Stephen Lett won the Auckland Marathon, before dashing off to another first in hospital - the birth of his daughter, Ruby.
![Teen's world Hollywood bound](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Teen's world Hollywood bound
Kiwi internet sensation Jamie Curry's combined online following outnumbers New Zealand's population by more than two to one.
![The Corner Office: Rory Glass](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
The Corner Office: Rory Glass
Summer Herald The Corner Office: Rory Glass is the managing director of brewer Lion New Zealand.
![Seamless mix of classic and new in Epsom](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Seamless mix of classic and new in Epsom
Painstakingly and passionately recreated to pay a grand homage to its original 1940s state this Epsom house is a mix of classical tradition and modern living.
![Ready for the fight in New Plymouth and in Parliament](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Ready for the fight in New Plymouth and in Parliament
Meet the backbenchers - Andrew Little, 48, married with one son, Labour List MP, elected in 2011.
![Family time on agenda as busy year rolls in](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Family time on agenda as busy year rolls in
Jami-Lee Ross, National MP for Botany, talks to Audrey Young.
![Seven Sharp delays return](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Seven Sharp delays return
Seven Sharp will return to air with a new executive producer, supervising producer and two new hosts - but the start date has been delayed a week.
![Exquisite piece of Italy on our doorstep](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Exquisite piece of Italy on our doorstep
Great homes: A look at some of the finest houses to hit the market in the past year.
![Ethnic Auckland: Spicy lamb feet a delicacy that melts in mouth](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Ethnic Auckland: Spicy lamb feet a delicacy that melts in mouth
Rizaydn Reyim, who hails from the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in China, is eager to share his food with those in his adopted homeland.