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So Todd got a some alone time with Lexie? He did, during which he revealed he’s from Brisbane and intends to live back in Australia one day, which isn’t very compatible with Lexie’s glowing Kiwi pride. Though she did say she’s an adventurer and traveller at heart, so maybe it’s not a deal-breaker. Just gotta wait for that travel bubble. Lexie also said that despite being 26, he didn’t feel “super 26ey to me,” because heaven forbid a 31-year-old woman should date an actually 26-year-old man. SUPPLIED/Stuff Zach is a demon on the court, but is he the only one who has realised th...

There's been little relief for Auckland's drought in the past week

Revealed: Auckland's dirtiest beaches Revealed: Auckland's dirtiest beaches Sun, 22 Jan 2017, 6:55AM Swimming has been banned at 10 Auckland beaches this summer because of worsening pollution from human and animal wastes. Permanent signs declaring that the water is not safe for swimming went up at the start of summer at Laingholm and Wood Bay near Titirangi, the north and south lagoons at Piha, and at the Bethells Beach lagoon - all popular swimming spots for children too young to swim in the wild west coast surf. Auckland Council has now stopped routine monitoring of wate...

The dogs were chosen for their age and experience, and have transformed what used to be a six-week process to test and confirm the disease into a matter of seconds. Kerryn Johnson, a biosecurity adviser for Auckland council, said the dogs were the first in the world able to sniff out kauri dieback, which can be spread by as little as a pinhead of soil on the sole of a hiker’s boot or an animal’s paw. There is as no known cure for the disease and the trees are facing “functional extinction”, the ministry of primary industries says, despite a government working group set up in 2018 to t...

After Kempson murdered her inside an innercity Auckland hotel, he carried out more sick acts. While Ms Millane's lifeless body lay in the room, Kempson booted up his laptop and watched violent pornography films. Warning: The following story contains details which some readers may find distressing Grace Millane, 22, was strangled to death by the man she met on a Tinder date. The defence claimed her death was an accident during consensual sex.(Supplied) He took trophy photographs of Ms Millane's corpse. Using his phone, he logged back on Tinder and arranged a date with another woman. Kempson me...