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Auckland: Escape route
Kerri Jackson's 12-step programme for quitting winter and finding nirvana.
Legal hell in Fiji paradise
For the 240 investors in Fiji's Denarau Hilton, the past 18 months have been anything but paradise.
<i>Diana Clement</i>: Why do we put up with these rip-offs?
Diana Clement first wrote about "Rip-Off NZ" in 2005 and has since found that five years later, little has changed.
Cafe owner: 'NZ rip-off' author out of touch
An Auckland inner city café owner has hit back at a scathing column in the NZ Herald on the cost of everyday articles in NZ, saying the author is living in a world of 20 years ago.
Visitor arrivals hit 2.5 million
Annual visitor arrivals to New Zealand hit the 2.5 million mark last month for the first time, says Statistics NZ. But immigration numbers have been unexpectedly weak.
Is NZ a rip-off?
Former All Black Justin Marshall agrees with rugby correspondent Peter Bills that New Zealand is an expensive country.
Popular swimming spots prove unsafe
Many popular swimming spots contain high levels of bacteria that cause diarrhoea or infection, a new report shows.
<i>Peter Bills:</i> Don't shoot the messenger, guys
There was I thinking you Kiwis were a friendly, welcoming bunch and I get banished to Oz for daring to question NZ's sky-high prices.
NZ really expensive, says All Black
Former All Black halfback Justin Marshall agrees with Peter Bills that New Zealand has become an expensive place for tourists.
Shed 10, 'slug' to form fan zone
The Government's latest announcement on Queen's Wharf has the support of Auckland's regional and city council.
100 per cent Pure rip-off? Readers respond
Rugby World Cup Minister Murray McCully, along with hundreds of Herald readers, has weighed in on the debate about whether New Zealand is ripping off tourists, which was sparked by today's column by English writer Auckland Airport has delayed construction of its new runway for a second time, a move it says will save the company $12m. Air NZ is denying Australian reports that it poised to buy a stake in rival Virgin Blue. Guys, just 14 months out from the 2011 Rugby World Cup, you are sleep-walking into acquiring such an unwanted reputation worldwide. Queensland theme park operators are being tipped as possible bidders for south Auckland's Rainbow's End.Auckland Airport second runway delayed again
Air NZ hoses down Virgin Blue share report
Peter Bills: NZ - 100 per cent Pure rip-off
Aussies chase Rainbow's End pot of gold