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Prime Minister Christopher Luxon speaks to media at start of Parliament week, to recap benefit changes for 18, 19yos
The PM says he wants to tackle the 'trap' of starting on welfare at a young age.

Aucklanders urged to vote as election enters final week
People have four-and-a-half days to get their votes in before the mayor, councillors and local board members are elected.

Group of men armed with hammers rob Auckland store
The men entered the store on Dominion Rd with what’s believed to be hammers on Monday.

Former Silver Fern Maia Wilson 'under fire' in aftermath of Noeline Taurua's suspension
"They were pretty much blaming me," Maia Wilson says, despite the fact she didn't know anything about the saga.

Reece Walsh’s superstardom will know no bounds. The ex-Warriors star has a former Kiwis coach to thank
It’s Michael Maguire’s greatest triumph. The rebuilding and rewiring of one of the biggest NRL stars we’ve seen.

South Waikato teacher missing for nearly a week
Jayleb-Che was last seen on September 30 in Rotorua.

Former RBNZ governor to get $400k restraint of trade payment
Adrian Orr resigned as reserve bank governor on February 27 with three years still to go in his term.

One Battle After Another is the latest film shot in VistaVision, a 1950s format making a big comeback
Paul Thomas Anderson's eagerly awaited One Battle After Another is the latest film shot in the old-school format.

Protesters target Winston Peters' home again
Police say they responded to reports of a protest outside a residential address in an inner city Auckland suburb on Monday night.

Mother of Tom Phillips' children in court on drink driving charge
Catherine Christey faced a single charge after crashing and flipping her vehicle while three times the drink drive limit.

When will the All Blacks take a punt on Ruben Love at No 10?
The recent injury scare to Beauden Barrett is a timely reminder that All Blacks coach Scott Robertson has a shallow pool of experienced first-fives.

Video shows car flipped onto its roof after crash in Auckland
Multiple police units responded to a car that crashed on to its roof at Botany Junction in East Auckland on Monday afternoon.

Apple and Samsung users could be due share of £480m payout
Consumer group Which? is taking tech giant Qualcomm to the Competition Appeal Tribunal in London on Monday.

How to set up recovery methods in RoboForm
RoboForm’s setup process goes so quickly that you could set up your account without saving your recovery info—and that can be dangerous. If you go long enough without ever entering your master password, you might forget it. Or you could accidentally lose your usual two-factor authentication method. Fortunately, you can avoid...

Kiwibank lowers one-year special home loan interest rate
This is a breaking news update. More to come.

Staff at Auckland facility hit, threatened, and gave substances to patient
Staff members of a secure facility for people with intellectual impairments have been found to have hit, threatened, and given substances to a patient.

New Zealanders jump on bitcoin as it hits record levels
New Zealanders are trading hundreds of millions of dollars worth of bitcoin each month as the price hits record levels.

Cyclone Gabrielle inquest: 'Deeply distressing' 111 calls heard by court
Many people left stranded by Cyclone Gabrielle found calling 111 a distressing and traumatic experience as they were told no one was coming to rescue them.

Search for missing Christchurch teen Marley moves to 'recovery'
Marley, 17, was last seen in the suburb of Scarborough on the afternoon of Friday, 26 September.

Three-year-old dies of sepsis after several mistakes at hospital
An probe into Alexzander Sutherland-Hunt's death found systemic failings in the care provided at a rural hospital.