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![Doubling the odds: Where to support your second fave team](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Doubling the odds: Where to support your second fave team
Why have one team, when you can have two? Danielle Wright finds adopting a team is adding to the excitement, as well as providing international visitors with a feeling of familiarity and somewhere to celebrate.
![Death and the maiden: The tale of 'Tangiwai'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Death and the maiden: The tale of 'Tangiwai'
It might be a film named for our greatest rail disaster but Tangiwai is also a tragic tale of love and cricket.
![Retail therapy: Young and eager](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Retail therapy: Young and eager
It's hard to be a young designer in New Zealand right now, but the Westpac Young Fashion Designer competition is looking to help out those who are starting out in the industry.
![History in the making in Takapuna](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
History in the making in Takapuna
An award-winning revamp has enhanced the charm of this 1920s classic.
![Interiors: A house with history](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Interiors: A house with history
An Auckland couple respect the heritage of their 1950s home.
![Judge considers compensation for Kiwi victim](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Judge considers compensation for Kiwi victim
An Auckland nurse, whose husband has been convicted of trying to murder her 12 years ago, may get compensation.
![Club rugby wrap](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Club rugby wrap
Recap of all the club action action throughout Auckland, Counties Manukau and North Harbour.
![For the love of books - some of our top shops](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
For the love of books - some of our top shops
Buying ebooks may be convenient but it can't compete with the personality and charm of our best bookshops, writes Danielle Wright.
![Surprise royal wedding invitation worth a call to Mum](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Surprise royal wedding invitation worth a call to Mum
A Takapuna-born nurse, 30, will attend Friday's ceremony with her husband, a flight lieutenant in Prince William's squadron.
![Leaky home owners lose court battle](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Leaky home owners lose court battle
The owners of several apartments in a luxury hotel complex on Auckland's North Shore have lost their battle to sue the old North Shore City Council in a multi-million dollar leaky building row.
![Hide faces flak from 'forgotten' Devonport](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Hide faces flak from 'forgotten' Devonport
Local Government Minister Rodney Hide stepped into a hotbed of discontent over his Auckland governance reforms at a public meeting of 120 in Devonport this week.
![<i>Pinot Plus</i>, Takapuna](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
<i>Pinot Plus</i>, Takapuna
We had scarcely taken our seats at this small and well-reviewed Takapuna eatery before owner John Ingle was beside us.
![Stretch out to someone](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Stretch out to someone
Liz Dickinson steps on the dating treadmill and finds singles fitness events can be fun.
![Ship shape in Takapuna](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Ship shape in Takapuna
In this Ron Sang-designed classic, a bow-shaped deck makes the home seemingly float above the lake.
![Highly Deco rated in Takapuna](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Highly Deco rated in Takapuna
Built in 1943 and overflowing with Gatsby-esque glamour, this landmark Art Deco estate offers a truly unique lifestyle in a superb North Shore location.