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05 January 2019
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Catch up on today's latest news in your daily briefing.
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[Apple's ominous China warning](
ANALYSIS: China's growth juggernaut has been a driver of the global economy. What happens when it slows - or grinds to a halt?
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[Allegations against ex-AB](
One-cap All Black is accused by ex-partners of tricking them out of thousands of dollars.
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[Small Article Image]( [The bad baches](
'People want to be on the coast, but they don't really want to see that it's not a good place to be.'
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[Small Article Image]( [Couple 'worn out' over house stoush](
The view might be second to none, but this Wellington coastal property's outlook is grim.
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[Small Article Image]( [Farmer locks gate over soiled nappies](
The soiled nappies on the bank were a step too far for Ray Dickson, who padlocked a gate leading to the river.
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[Small Article Image]( [Uber driver gets woman arrested](
An Aussie woman passed out in her Uber. The driver was so worried he took her to the cops. She was a wanted woman.
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National news
[Small Article Image]( [Living and loving in a transgender marriage](
A year ago, Kiwi author Kyle Mewburn revealed a 50-year secret to the world. She expected trouble, but it never came.
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[Small Article Image]( ['Know someone' before judging](
The man at the centre of Wellington's Terrace Tunnel standoff has been dealing with personal tragedies, says a cousin.
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[Small Article Image]( ['No concern' over camper](
Rental company dismisses concerns, after a campervan was seen repeatedly crossing the centre line.
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[Small Article Image]( [Lotto winner's $22.3m prize](
Close to 48 hours after a staggering $22.3 Lotto win, the lucky winner plans to share her fortune with family.
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[Small Article Image]( [Charges after polo star's death](
Five charges laid after two-month investigation into rising US polo star's spa pool death.
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[Small Article Image]( [The end is nigh for NZ lakes](
Queenstown and Wanaka's lakes are New Zealand's poster children, but appearance belies the reality.
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Technology
[Small Article Image]( [Apple drops $107b as shares dive](
US stocks plunge into steep slide as iPhone maker stumbles, hiking recession fears.
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[Small Article Image]( [Why Fortnite isn't all bad](
OPINION: While we've been arguing over Fortnite's suitability, our kids have been busy learning life skills.
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[Small Article Image]( [Our job to fix the web](
OPINION: The World Wide Web is broken. It is our responsibility to fix it.
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[Small Article Image]( [Connecting those hard-to-reach places](
In a case of diminishing returns, getting broadband to the most isolated places gets harder and more expensive.
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[Small Article Image]( [US success for NZ tech firms](
Here are four Kiwi tech stars burning brightly in the US.
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[Small Article Image]( [Can Facebook fight back?](
This time last year Mark Zuckerberg's pledge was to fix his social media empire. It's still a work in progress.
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Business
[Small Article Image]( [What R&V is like in a food truck](
OPINION: I went north to feed the masses from a food truck at the infamous festival. This is what happened.
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[Small Article Image]( [Maggots found in chicken](
A MÄngere East resident is "grossed out" and "gutted" after claiming to have found maggots in her lunch.
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[Small Article Image]( [Pak 'n Save bag listed on Trade Me](
Tongue-in-cheek Trade Me auction offers Kiwis a chance to bag a discontinued "piece of New Zealand history".
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[Small Article Image]( [Making working men's clubs 'relevant'](
Social clubs battling ageing memberships are spending up big to remain viable.
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[Small Article Image]( [Protest over banks' home loan 'stranglehold'](
Your bank can take out mortgage "priority" amounts up to three-times the amount of your loan.
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Rural
[Small Article Image]( [Meat meals an iron-clad rule](
Sure it's easy to over-indulge at this time of year, but Tom O'Connor is more wary of the creep of anaemia if he gives up his roast.
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[Small Article Image]( [Survival of the honesty stall](
Honesty stalls in rural NZ are the "Kiwi way", but thieves are making it difficult to survive.
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[Small Article Image]( [CSI: Supermarket edition](
When blood, metal or rodent droppings are found in food, it falls on forensic scientists to work out how it got there.
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[Small Article Image]( [A year's worth of groceries for $1000](
Lyn Webster vowed to spend less than a grand on groceries in a year. With homemade bread, cow's milk soap and more, she's done it.
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[Small Article Image]( [Up with the cows](
GIVE IT A GO: Reporter Sam Kilmister goes undercover to see why the dairy industry struggles to recruit young Kiwis.
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[Small Article Image]( [Oh, what a knight.](
OPINION: Sir Tim? It has a ring - or is it a ding? - to it.
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World
[Small Article Image]( [Fact-checking Trump's Cabinet session](
US president Donald Trump's 90-minute Cabinet session was a fact-checking nightmare, with sentence after sentence false or misleading.
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[Small Article Image]( [Fish fumes 'killed boy'](
Cod was cooking when the 11-year-old arrived at his grandmother's New York home. He started to wheeze.
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[Small Article Image]( [Irish couple's $200m lottery win](
The paid won big on New Year's Day and said they have already made a list of 50 people they want to give money to.
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[Small Article Image]( [Trump sees barriers everywhere](
As he lobbies for money for his long-promised border wall, the US president keeps talking up other barricades.
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[Small Article Image]( [Democrats defy Trump on wall](
Democrats pass first part of measure to reopen US government - without border wall funding
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[Small Article Image]( [Storm lashes Thai beach resorts](
One person reported dead and another missing after rain, wind and surging seawater buffeted world-famous tourist resorts.
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Entertainment
[Small Article Image]( [Ed Sheeran faces Gaye lawsuit](
A US judge has rejected singer and songwriter Ed Sheeran's request to dismiss a lawsuit accusing him of lifting from Marvin Gaye's Let's Get It On.
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[Small Article Image]( [Chase's 'Sinnerman' to wed: reports](
Paul "Sinnerman" Sinha said he was engaged to marry his long-time partner, but pulled the announcement days later.
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[Small Article Image]( [Sing no sad songs for wobbly Connolly](
OPINION: Sir Billy Connolly was contemplating his own mortality, not announcing his imminent demise. We are not yet Billyless and bereft.
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[Small Article Image]( [Light and shade at Bay Dreams](
While the music was pumping at the inaugural Bay Dreams festival in Nelson, finding shade from the sun proved more difficult.
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[Small Article Image]( [Billy Connolly: 'I'm not scared of death'](
Scottish comedian speaks candidly about his battle with Parkinson's, saying "I'm losing bits of me" but it's OK.
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[Small Article Image]( [Model shows Sam Smith NZ sights](
Kiwi model Emma Champtaloup shows her mate, British singer Sam Smith, the sights of New Zealand.
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Sport
[Small Article Image]( [Canadian teen stuns Venus](
First is was Caroline Wozniacki, and now Venus Williams has lost to tennis' new star Bianca Andreescu.
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[Small Article Image]( [Neesham goes six crazy](
The Black Caps allrounder made a sensational return, with five sixes in an over.
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[Small Article Image]( [Will All Blacks plan bear fruit?](
The All Blacks regeneration plan looks convincing - so far. What is in store at the World Cup in Japan?
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