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Wellington's bummer summer

You can't beat it on a good day, but the capital hasn't been this starved of sun in 30 years.

Body found in harbour

The body was found on the Wellington shoreline on Saturday morning.

17 min ago  Police have recovered a body from the shores of Karaka Bay in Wellington.

Garner: Six ways to win an election

9 min ago  OPINION: It's election year. But where will it be won and lost?

Fatal Havelock crash

One person is dead and three people have injuries after a crash near Havelock North.

Waitangi weekend traffic jams

Traffic on SH1 has eased after mad dash of holidaymakers leaving Wellington.

Harbour pollution warning

Summer has finally arrived, but swimmers are being told to stay out of Wellington Harbour.

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News

Walk through history at Antrim House

Antrim House, built in 1904 for the founder of Hannah's fotowear, is now the national office of Heritage New Zealand.

Edwardian office of Heritage NZ has been a family home, a hotel and a hostel.

Rugby reformer

Farah Palmer was an early rugby star and was the 1998 Women's Player of the Year. Her prize: a bronze trophy of a rugby-player - a man.

Peace for victim's family, offender video

Q&A: Shane Gorst, art deco man

business

The Man of Steel

Former Steel & Tube chief executive Nick Calavrias

Nicolas Calavrias was instrumental in turning a struggling business into an enormous success story, writes Bess Manson

The Kiwi taking our coffee global

Steve Gianoutsos, head of Mojo, is excited about a move to Chicago.

Mojo founder Steve Gianoutsos is spreading his coffee empire to the United States.

A tip-top tip

Bruce Sherlock is proud of the Silverstream Landfill and the role it plays for the Hutt City Council.

In support of landfills.

Lower Hutt industrial park for sale

The property (red box) sits on 4350 square metres of "high-value" land.

Waiwhetu Industrial Park has been put on the market.

Japanese construction giant enters NZ

Waldorf's Stadium serviced apartments at Britomart, downtown Auckland.

An Australasian apartment firm has hooked a huge Japanese construction player.

Comment

Garner: 6 ways to win an election

Where will this election be won and lost?

OPINION: The economy's doing okay; hence Labour's attack on Bill English as a ''follower'', not a leader.

What voters really want

Election year make-over - Andrew Little has ditched the glasses and smartened up his wardrobe.

Opinion: Do politicians really know how you are going to vote even before you do?

Stark questions for fuel companies

There's disagreement about whether petrol companies "coordinate" their prices - a legal practice that involves ...

OPINION: Why are Wellington petrol prices so much higher than those scarcely more than an hour's drive away?

Trump and restrained reporting

Donald Trump has severed the torch-bearing arm from the Statue of Liberty and plunged America into darkness, according ...

Opinion: The internet makes it easy for a person to hunt out news sites that only confirm their prejudices.

Editorial: Bill English's mixed bag

New Zealand Prime Minister Bill English gives his State of the Nation speech in Auckland.

OPINION: Which English will dominate this year – the thoughtful social policy-maker, or the politician happy to resort to election cliches?

Culture

Crossword solutions: Saturday, February 4

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Find the solutions to The Dominion Post's backpage puzzle here.

Born post-GN'R

Guns N' Roses lead singer Axel Rose plays to Wellington's Westpac Stadium.

Axl Rose would mumble something, the crowd cheer. Confused me would look at the dude dancing like a boss by himself.

GN'R praise hardy capital video

Guns N' Roses lead singer Axl Rose and lead guitarist Slash doing what they do best.

It may have been a bit damp but the rockers are little bit in love with Wellington.

Guns N' Roses 'touch and go'

Guns n Roses empty Wellington stadium about 6.15pm.

As torrential rain and strong winds whipped Wellington, the band's crew struggled to get the stage erected.

WOW appoints new Head of Show Production

Stephen Blackburn has been appointed as WOW Head of Show Production.

As World of WearableArt continues to grow into a global art experience, it's adding a permanent production position to its senior management team.

Capital Life

Walk through history at Antrim House

Antrim House, built in 1904 for the founder of Hannah's fotowear, is now the national office of Heritage New Zealand.

Edwardian office of Heritage NZ has been a family home, a hotel and a hostel.

A day in the life of a North End brewer

North End head brewer Kieran Haslett-Moore.

Each week, we ask a high-profile New Zealander to share a photo memory. 

The Kiwi taking our coffee global

Steve Gianoutsos, head of Mojo, is excited about a move to Chicago.

Mojo founder Steve Gianoutsos is spreading his coffee empire to the United States.

2000 pollen samples studied

Joe Prebble of GNS Science has used fossilised pollen to look at climate change over the last 34 million years.

Fossilised tree pollen is giving us a better understanding of climate change over the last 34 million years.

Canon Summer Photo Competition Winners

Congratulations to the winners of our 2016/2017 Canon summer photo competition!

Sport

'It's inevitable, we'll both get it'

Robbie Hannam is just three wins away from reaching 1000 career victories.

Two jockeys on the verge of major milestone not getting ahead of themselves.

Heat goes on FFA video

Hot and bothered...93 per cent of the Wellington Phoenix and Adelaide United players said the kickoff in Adelaide on ...

Another A-League game is scheduled to get underway in scorching conditions this weekend and the players aren't happy.

Auditions start now

Michael Fatialofa, left, and Loni Uhila were the real finds of the Hurricanes' 2016 campaign.

Now's the time to make an impression upon Chris Boyd.

Jordie's an incomplete jigsaw video

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Jordie Barrett of Canterbury Rugby during training before the Mitre10 Provincial ...

The rise of Jordie Barrett's almost complete, but he needs to figure out which position suits best.

Figurable to do it Lane way in Guineas

Kay Lane is optimistic Figurable can continue her proud record in the Waikato Guineas on Saturday.

Outsider to continue trainer's good record in the Waikato Guineas?

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