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This x-ray from a Sri Lankan prisoner shows the type of discovery the doctors in Auckland made when saving Tangi Nikoia's life.

Docs find phone in bum

Doctors this week made a peculiar discovery while working to save the life of a prisoner who had been stabbed - he had a cellphone hidden in his rectum.

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Buyers unwilling to wait

Maria Moran, Alejo Ramirez and baby Benicio are house-hunting in Avondale. Photo / Doug Sherring

Househunters are continuing to scramble for property - undeterred by Government promises that property prices will fall in the next three years.

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Kiwi crims swarm home

An armed robber who was locked up for 19 of his 20 years in Australia and joined a notorious prison gang is being deported back to New Zealand.

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Psychiatric patients fight ban on smoking

One psychiatric patient was so desperate to smoke while in intensive care that she hid a lighter in her vagina. Photo / Thinkstock

High court action will be launched tomorrow against a smoking ban in an acute mental health facility.

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Another rare shark discovery

An albino school shark was found at Muriwai Beach on Thursday. Photo / Van Haresnape

A second rare shark has been found washed up on Muriwai Beach in less than a week.

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Army's ammo goes AWOL

Over the past four years, more than $330,000 worth of military equipment has been stolen. Photo / Getty Images

Weapons and military equipment worth more than $330,000 have been stolen over four years from the Defence Force.

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NZ fight back on day three

New Zealand's players celebrate the wicket of England's Jonathan Trott , bowled by Kane Williamson. Photo / AP

The cricketing duel between New Zealand and England extended throughout the third day but the 123-run third wicket partnership between Jonathan Trott (56) and Joe Root…

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Silent treatment from parents pays off

The sidelines were eerily quiet at the junior Eastern Suburbs games at Madills Farm Recreation Reserve. Photo / Michael Craig

Parents have given a mixed reaction to being urged by a football club to give their kids the silent treatment from the sidelines.

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Charlotte's dream - bionic limbs

Amputee Charlotte Cleverley-Bisman is off to a confidence-building camp in the US state of Maine. Photo / Michael Craig

Quadruple amputee Charlotte Cleverley-Bisman dreams of bionic legs and hands allowing her to pick groceries from a supermarket shelf.

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Passerby's desperate fire-rescue bid in vain

Des Evans visits the scene of yesterday's house blaze at Rangataua near Ohakune that claimed the life of his son. Photo / NZ Herald

A neighbour choked on thick black smoke as she frantically tried to rescue a sleeping resident from a house fire near Ohakune early yesterday.

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Publish his name, says sex victim

A woman who, while a teenager, was preyed upon by her physics teacher for sex during extra-curricular sailing classes is pleading with authorities to make details of…

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Kayaking: Sprint star strikes gold again

Kiwi Olympic gold medallist Lisa Carrington again demonstrated her fondness for that particular colour, taking out the K1 500 at the second World Cup regatta in the…

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Motorsport: Chrysler on track to join Supercars circus

Yet another manufacturer looks set to join V8 Supercars next season, with chairman Mark Skaife expecting an announcement by Christmas.

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Budget 2013

Property chiefs give mixed review

The Property Council has praised the Government for its Christchurch rebuild initiatives. Photo / Greg Bowker

Residential rents could rise and historic buildings might be abandoned, say property chiefs who have mixed feelings about real estate changes in the Budget.

Family caregivers to get minimum wage

Cliff Robinson with his intellectually disabled children John and Marita, both in their 40s, whom he cares for full-time at their home in Thames. Photo / Natalie Slade

People who look after their highly disabled adult family members are at last in line to be paid by the Government - but only the minimum wage.

Opinion

My Budget would do the trick

Finance Minister Bill English viewing a copy of the 2013 Budget. Photo / Mark Mitchell

Despite all the political and media posturing over Thursday's Budget, nothing much really happened - again, writes Matt McCarten.

Hide: More than Gilmore let us down

Aaron Gilmore's night out spotlit inadequacies of our parliamentary system. Photo / Mark Mitchell

Aaron Gilmore has been and gone, writes Rodney Hide. He went from total obscurity to poster-boy for the democratic defect that we can't summarily sack list MPs.