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Two others taken to hospital after the car is believed to have gone off the road after 1am on Saturday.

The sevens veteran scored twice after shedding a few tears before her comeback as both Kiwi teams finish day one unbeaten at the Toulouse Sevens.

A Nelson couple are packing up their home and business and giving tiny living a go - by travelling around the country in a pair of housebuses.

A US abortion doctor turned the tables on a Republican lawmaker asking her about late-term abortions when she asked what he would do if his daughter was raped, in a tense exchange that highlights how polarised the US abortion rights...

A 14-year-old has walked free from an armed robbery charge after a judge ruled police acted unlawfully by arresting him - and not in the "public interest" as they claimed. Police arrested the teen at his home last December, believing...

OPINION: Being the Minister of Finance in these fraught times is not for the faint-hearted. Consider for a moment Grant Robertson's Budget on Thursday, which could hardly have had a more foreboding ...

Defamation! It's the worst word in journalism, its greatest fear, its lurking menace that can strike when you least expect it and take you to the cleaners, to the edge of sanity, to a very bad place indeed ...

A new inheritance law, based on an extensive review by the Law Commission, could upset some adult Kiwis in the future. Jane Phare reports. Kiwis who have fallen out with a parent and are cut out of ...

A woman who was trapped under a tree in Cambridge earlier today has died at the hospital, police say.

Many of us like to imagine striking it rich in Lotto, living out the rest of our days with not so much as a care in the world, and trusting all our worries are far behind us. But as the old adage goes: ...

From the start, Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine has faced a string of humiliating setbacks – and as the war continues to stall, more and more Russians are turning on their leader.In a nation where public defiance of the government...

A teen was sitting at the beach watching the ships out at sea when, in an unprovoked attack, a man struck him around the head with a metal drink bottle, causing him a brain injury. The 14-year-old was at Bell Block beach, in New...

Vladimir Putin is "cancer-riddled" and surrounded by doctors, and often takes breaks during meetings to undergo treatment, according to claims by a British ex-spy.Christopher Steele, who previously worked the Russia desk at MI6,...

Elon Musk, the world's richest person, has been accused of exposing himself to a SpaceX flight attendant, rubbing her leg without consent, and offering to buy her a horse in exchange for an erotic massage.The claims were published...

OPINION: As far as former Finance Minister Bill English was concerned, the only good Budget in a time of economic stress was a boring Budget. Barring those that drove people to online calculators ...

Tornado-damaged Levin is set for more wild weather today - 24 hours on from the surging winds which left a trail of destruction on Friday morning.A tornado ripped through the lower North Island town at 6.30am yesterday, downing...

CCTV shows a person walking straight to the high altar of St Matthew-in-the-City Anglican church on Friday afternoon last week and walking off with the cross.

Minister of Health Andrew Little has been explaining Budget spending to health leaders in Auckland this morning, outlining just how big the new Health NZ organisation will be.

Nelson's council boss is confident that even under worst case sea level rise projections a new $46 million library on a riverside site would be safe.

Schools find out in September how much money they gain or lose when the decile system is replaced next year.

OPINION: Q: I recently sought some financial advice for an $800,000 investment from a fees-based adviser who did ask all the right questions. Her suggested portfolio covers all the asset classes ...

A busy stay-at-home mum who was trying to be "Wonder Woman" has admitted injuring her baby - but says she has no recollection of how she hurt him. Exactly what happened on the day the baby was injured ...

The coroner's report following the death of ex-All Black Andrew Hore's mother has been released, stating the 67-year-old died after falling from a farm vehicle. Suzanne Hore died on November 3, 2019 ...

OPINION: I think we all instinctively knew this Government and this Finance Minister were very big spenders. Rod Emmerson's cartoon on the front page of Thursday's pre-Budget Herald summed it up well ...

To understand how the rugby club came to believe their club colours were black jerseys with silver ferns we need to look back to events of the time.

When Al Best heads out on the Distinguished Gentleman's Ride (DGR) tomorrow he'll be alongside more than 900 bikers across Aotearoa New Zealand who have raised over $80,000 towards men's health this year. And he'll be riding a new...

In a remarkable rebound, spending in the wine-making region increased by a third last month from the same time before the pandemic.

Breaking its recent silence on prisoners of war, the Red Cross has said it registered "hundreds" of Ukrainian prisoners of war who left the giant Azovstal steel plant in the southern city of Mariupol after holding out in a weeks-long...

A Victorian man is in hospital after being diagnosed with monkeypox, while another in NSW is also suspected of being infected with the virus.Victorian chief health officer Dr Brett Sutton said the man travelled from London, via...

New Zealand Law Society President Tiana Epati says the number of people found unfit to stand trial over the last ten years has gone from 94 in 2012 to 195 in 2021.

Former US President Donald Trump has paid the $110,000 in fines he racked up after being held in contempt of court for being slow to respond to a civil subpoena issued by New York's attorney general.Trump paid the fine Thursday...

Public Interest Journalism funded through NZ On Air A young Waikato TikTok creator is using his popular platform to raise awareness of HIV as he comes to terms with his recent diagnosis.In a heartfelt TikTok video, Arapuni Tāne...

Former Ports of Auckland chief executive Tony Gibson has pleaded not guilty to two charges in relation to the death of a worker who was crushed under a container in 2020. The charges under the Health and Safety at Work Act are...

A young person has been arrested after a group of people smashed into another Auckland shopping mall overnight.The group used "tools" to smash through the windows of a St Luke's Mall store at around 1.55am today before making off...

Relatives of the 10 black people massacred in a Buffalo supermarket pleaded with the nation on Thursday (local time) to confront and stop racist violence, their agony pouring out in the tears of a 12-year-old child, hours after the...

Armed police were called to the Riccarton area in Christchurch about 7.30pm this evening after reports a man had been threatened at gunpoint and had his vehicle stolen. The man was not injured. The vehicle and its occupants were...

At Lautoka Harbour in the heart of Fiji's sugar cane region, five US federal agents boarded the Russian-owned Amadea, a luxurious superyacht the length of a football field."They want to take 20 crew and sail east!" the ship's captain...

Police have confirmed the woman who was trapped under a tree in Cambridge has died in hospital.

"Freakishly high winds" in Cambridge have been blamed for ripping a healthy oak tree from the ground and crushing an elderly woman – who tragically later died from her injuries. The woman was initially ...

Warning: Graphic content In Australia, a teenager who moved into Chris Dawson's home after his wife's disappearance has claimed during his murder trial she was subject to "daily" domestic violence and he once ripped off the G-string...

On a recent nighttime visit to a drugstore, a double-masked Kim Jong Un lamented the slow delivery of medicine. Separately, the North Korean leader's lieutenants have quarantined hundreds of thousands of suspected Covid-19 patients...

Advocate recommends families move to Australia after missing out on funding for life-saving drugs to help their children with SMA, a rare genetic disorder.

It was 1990, and the Soviet Union's penultimate summer. The only splashes of colour in the uniformly grey cityscape of Moscow were sun-bleached red flags that hung limply from facades, garish Soviet propaganda murals painted on the...

Hawke's Bay has eight outbreaks of the highly infectious norovirus across the region.

A pupil at south Auckland's Kia Aroha College has died at school this morning and police say at this stage, the death is not suspicious.

A prison officer who broke the arm of an inmate who had just bashed his colleague is under investigation by Auckland police, the Herald can reveal.The incident happened on a day of violence at Mt Eden remand prison on February 3,...

The Salvation Army says housing boosts in the Budget will help some people stuck in the 'catastrophe', but they do not stretch far enough to properly address housing inequality.

OPINION: While we won't readily forgive McCullum should England tip over his compatriots, it's the way of the professional world.

Two men have died on the roads in separate crashes overnight.The first crash was at Convent Road in Otaki, north of Wellington, about 1.15am when a car went off the road."Sadly, one person died at the scene and two other occupants...

A family from NSW's Central Coast has been left reeling after scammers stole an eye-watering $550,000 (A$500,000) from them and then sent them death threats.Jody Bridges and her husband Corey have been working hard all their lives...

Wellington gained some wins in Budget 2022, but the city's big transport project is considered an ongoing risk - and the capital also missed out on money for new trains and access to a subsidy council tenants have long been lobbying...

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Waimate's iconic white horse on the hill has received an upgrade worth half-million dollars and now includes picnic areas, plantings and panoramic views of the district.

For Aucklander Linda Parker, that has made all the difference as she settled into a new life in Levin.

Tony Gibson was charged in 2021 in relation to the death of worker Amo Kalati, who was crushed under a containter.

Police arrested the teen at his home last December, believing he was part of a group of four - one of them allegedly armed with a gun - who robbed Young's Four Square in Whangārei a month earlier.

A new report suggests that medical students are sometimes encouraged to breach informed consent guidelines by their supervisors.

The man awaiting trial for the alleged murder of his partner's young daughter Charlise Mutten is facing new charges of firearm possession and child abuse material.Justin Stein was charged with the murder over the death of the 9-year-old...

Find out which Mackenzie District councillors are standing again in this year's local body elections.

A vintage cross has been stolen from the St Matthew-in-the-City Anglican church in central Auckland.In a social media post, Reverend Helen Jacobi posted images of the high altar cross and CCTV images showing a person carrying it.CCTV...

Thames-Coromandel mayor Sandra Goudie, who refused to get the Covid-19 vaccine, is standing down at this year's local body election.

A Hamilton baby has suffocated to death after the family's bulldog fell asleep on her, a coroner has found.Beloved 4-month-old Korowai-Aroha McKeilah Maru-Walker was staying the night at the home of her kaumātua (grandparents)...

First-home buyers can now choose from nearly 1650 extra Auckland properties and still be eligible to receive a government cash contribution towards their deposit. That's according to property website ...

Retiring Auckland Business Chamber CEO Michael Barnett takes High Tea with Jane Phare to reflect on 31 years at the helm, the highs and lows, the Covid-19 factor and why former National leader Simon Bridges ...

A celebrated Ukrainian medic recorded her time in Mariupol on a data card no bigger than a thumbnail, smuggled out to the world in a tampon. Now she is in Russian hands, at a time when Mariupol has fallen .Yuliia Paievska is known...

A state house tenant has been awarded $5000 after having to live next to a neighbour from hell who had rowdy parties, was abusive and urinated on the fence.The Auckland tenant took Kāinga Ora to the Tenancy Tribunal after lodging...

My boys are both in their early 20s and just climbing on to the bottom rung of the career/employment ladder. Wat do they get out of the Budget?

A podiatrist who operated on the feet of six patients, leaving them deformed and in chronic pain, is allowed to continue practising, but not as a podiatric surgeon.

European and American health authorities have identified a number of monkeypox cases in recent days, mostly in young men. It's a surprising outbreak of a disease that rarely appears outside Africa.Health officials around the world...

A prison officer who broke the arm of an inmate who had just bashed his colleague is under investigation by Auckland police, the Herald can reveal. The incident happened on a day of violence at Mt Eden ...

Afghanistan's Taliban rulers ordered all female presenters on TV channels to cover their faces on air, the country's biggest media outlet said Thursday.The order came in a statement from the Taliban's Virtue and Vice Ministry, tasked...

Former US President George W Bush is facing criticism after mistakenly describing the invasion of Iraq — which he led as commander in chief — as "brutal" and "wholly unjustified," before correcting himself to say he meant to refer...

Unpaid PAYE and KiwiSaver payments have nearly doubled in the past five years, and levels of overdue GST have nearly tripled over the period, Inland Revenue figures show. A Weekend Herald analysis ...

There have been another 7800 new community cases of Covid-19 and another 17 deaths with the virus reported by the Ministry of Health today.

From the nefarious Roxy Hart to the lovelorn Bridget Jones and the optimistic Dorothy Boyd, the Texan has created some memorable characters.

Thirty years ago Jeff Wilson was unveiled to the sporting world via a remarkable individual schoolboy rugby display on the outskirts of Invercargill. The rest is history.

Vladimir Putin is "cancer-riddled" and surrounded by doctors, and often takes breaks during meetings to undergo treatment, according to claims by a British ex-spy. Christopher Steele, who previously ...

A shaken mother of three has recalled the horror of when the tornado which carved a path of destruction through Levin careered into her house - in the process leaving her eldest daughter bloodied and terrified.Numerous houses and...

What exactly are carbohydrates and why am I so scared of them, asks Megan Whelan in this week's Diabetes and Me. Turns out, they're not that scary after all.

His name was Will Leyden.The 40-year-old Dunedin man died on November 20, 2019 — a suspected suicide.His partner, 31-year-old Charlotte May Cole, had found him five days earlier and he was rushed to the hospital where he was placed...

The World Health Organisation is reportedly convening an emergency meeting to discuss the alarming spread of the monkeypox virus around the world.The United Nations' health authority is bringing together leading experts on the rare...

Steve Braunias on the life of a German author who wandered the streets of Ponsonby. T here was always so much going on with Volker Pilgrim, with his ideas and his superstitions and his habit of slipping ...

The comedy icons, who are both undergoing treatment for breast cancer, had recently reunited for their 64th birthday.

A Victorian man is in hospital after being diagnosed with monkeypox, while another in NSW is also suspected of being infected with the virus. Victorian chief health officer Dr Brett Sutton said the man ...

A 14-year-old has walked free from an armed robbery charge after a judge ruled police acted unlawfully by arresting him - and not in the "public interest" as they claimed. Police arrested the teen at ...

Hundreds of helium balloons, some venetian blind string, and scavenged plants and objects from around Te Papa make up the museum's newest art installation.'The Silvering' consists of more than 400 silver zero-shaped balloons and...

New Zealand has joined international partners in calling for accountability for alleged Russian war crimes during its invasion of Ukraine. Ukraine has so far identified more than 10,000 possible war crimes committed by Russia.A...

Former Ports of Auckland chief executive Tony Gibson has pleaded not guilty to two charges in relation to the death of a worker who was crushed under a container in 2020. The charges under the Health ...

A man has died and two people are injured following a single vehicle crash at Ōtaki on Kāpiti Coast.

Her life experiences ranged from helping wounded soldiers evacuated from Dunkirk to teaching the future Māori Queen first aid and nursing children with intellectual disabilities.

Ridiculously blue water, unspoiled reefs and oodles of privacy - it’s hard to beat these dreamy Fijian beaches.

The Serious Crash Unit are investigating after the single vehicle crash at 1.15am killed a man and sent two others to hospital.

The coroner's report following the death of ex-All Black Andrew Hore's mother has been released, stating the 67-year-old died after falling from a farm vehicle. Suzanne Hore died on November 3, 2019, while helping her husband move...

For five years, Francis and Kaiora Tipene have been on our screens sharing their lives as funeral directors. Their hit show The Casketeers has not only captured the hearts of Kiwi viewers, but also taught ...

Police say man died around 4.30am on Saturday after the crash in Meeanee.

After a tornado hit Levin, the government will put $100,000 into a mayoral relief fund to help with the recovery.

A busy stay-at-home mum who was trying to be "Wonder Woman" has admitted injuring her baby - but says she has no recollection of how she hurt him.Exactly what happened on the day the baby was injured in mid-May 2020 remains unclear...

Frontline batsman Henry Nicholls among the trio who go into five days of hotel isolation, as day one against Sussex is rained off.