PM Jacinda Ardern's first return in almost three months to the city she loves to call her home town brought new meaning to the term "flying visit", writes Barry Soper.
COMMENT: With Auckland’s average property value now $1.451m, many first home buyers are weighing up whether to move to a more affordable city such as Christchurch where the average property value is $720,000.
Christchurch has been referred to as New Zealand’s most affordable city. But recent data has cast a shadow over this claim as more suburbs join the $1 million club.
Analysis: Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is not expected to move Auckland out of level 4, or drop the South Island to level 1, at today's 4pm announcement.
OPINION: Who could not be moved by the wretched sorrow of Timaru man Stephen Drummond this week as he prepares to bury his 15-year-old only son Javarney?
After struggling to fall pregnant and enduring fertility treatment to make her dream become a reality, there was one question on Jenni Mortimer's mind at her 20-week scan.