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Weather watch: Sick and tired
I mentioned the other week about how “sick and tired” I was for paying so many rates and having, what I feel, is a fairly average service in return.
<i>Review:</i> The Cult at Trusts Stadium Arena
You never expect to leave a rock gig feeling embarrassed for the main act...
Man guilty of backing over policewoman
A man who backed over a policewoman in 2008 has been found guilty of drink driving causing injury.
School incensed brothel has opened across the road
A west Auckland intermediate school is outraged it can do nothing about a brothel which has opened across the road.
Roofing contractor killed in fall
A roofing contractor is dead after falling through a roof at an industrial site in west Auckland today.
$20,000 fine for glass in rubbish
A woman has been charged after a broken window pane severed a leg artery of a rubbish truck runner who collected the bag.
Dead toddlers' families share their grief
Aisling Symes' family say they will visit the parents of a toddler crushed by a brick wall just 3km from where their daughter died.
Blue collar - the new conservatives take over
A new generation of conservatives has wrested our biggest city from the left, and they're just as likely to wear black jeans as business suits.
Toddler crushed to death by collapsed wall
Police have named the toddler who was crushed by a brick wall in west Auckland today.
Essence of the wild west
Artist Don Binney has been attracted to the Waitakere coast since childhood. He tells Alan Perrott how the diverse landscape can mean so much to so many
50 firefighters battle cemetery blaze
Dozens of firefighters last night battled a huge blaze at the country's biggest graveyard, the Waikumete Cemetery in West Auckland.
Taxi driver robbed at knifepoint for $30
Two men held a knife to a taxi driver's throat before pushing him out of his cab and driving off - for $30 in coins.