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![Murder charge over baby in bath](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Murder charge over baby in bath
A 29-year-old mother faces a murder charge for leaving her 13-month-old baby in a bath.
![Here comes the rough ride](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Here comes the rough ride
Will teen bride-to-be Sophie avoid the Shortland Street wedding curse?
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Pushing the urban boundaries
Where you'll live, what sort of house you'll have and how much it'll cost will be influenced by reforms that promise more affordable housing.
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Tax reforms to put brakes on house prices - experts
The dream of first home ownership will be made easier by Prime Minister John Key's likely tax reforms, economists said today.
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Women carjacked at gunpoint in McDonalds
Two women were car-jacked at gunpoint while sitting in a McDonalds carpark in the early hours of this morning.
![<i>Takahe Restaurant and Bar</i>, Titirangi](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
<i>Takahe Restaurant and Bar</i>, Titirangi
The food at Takahe unfortunately doesn't live up to its spectacular backdrop.
![Millie gets bail for new charge](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Millie gets bail for new charge
Millie Elder is is back before the courts after an alleged altercation with police trying to arrest her gang-connected boyfriend.
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New wave - a 1960s beach revolution
Things get a little rough in the conclusion of Graeme Lay's story of the first surfers on one Kiwi beach.
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Special day on the trail of Sir Ed
The family of Sir Edmund Hillary yesterday marked the second anniversary of his death by walking a rugged seaside hill track which bears his name.
![Surf's up and the coffee's hot at spectacular Piha Beach](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Surf's up and the coffee's hot at spectacular Piha Beach
Phoebe Falconer checks out another great summer holiday place within an hour's drive of downtown Auckland.
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New wave - a 1960s beach revolution
Sun, sea and the birth of surfing: the second part of a four-part story by Graeme Lay.
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Beach campaign targets 'macho' men
Men and unsupervised children will be the focus of beach safety campaigns this summer.