A major storm is brewing, due north in the weekend
TVNZ
Fri Jul 25 08:13:00 2008
Metservice says a major storm is brewing, which is likely to affect much of North Island over the weekend

Mortgages unlikely to fall in spite of rate cut
New Zealand Herald
Fri Jul 25 05:30:00 2008
Mortgage costs are likely to keep rising for months despite governor Alan Bollard cutting the Reserve Bank's official cash rate from 8.25 to 8 per cent yesterday. With 88 per cent of mortgage debt in fixed rate loans, people whose...

Named and shamed - the misery some parents inflict
New Zealand Herald
Fri Jul 25 05:00:00 2008
You can call your children what you like - as long as they're not named after Adolf Hitler, the Antichrist or anything likely to embarrass them in the playground. Jack and Ella were last year's most popular names for new babies,...