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The flooding of the Moa Point sewage treatment plant damaged its ''heart and nervous system", Wellington Water says.

Almost six months after parenting expert Nigel Latta died of cancer, his wife clinical psychologist Dr Natalie Flynn is having more good days.

Households face a $55 a week rise in living costs this year partly because of the Middle East conflict, according to ASB economists.

While vapes may cause cancer - as a recent Australian review of evidence concluded - they remain a far less dangerous vice than traditional cigarettes, a local anti-smoking lobby group says.