The New Zealand Herald

A bankrupt businessman with tax avoidance convictions is suing independent MP Brendan Horan and Radio Live in a $650,000 defamation claim.

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Cameras captured the moment a Palestinian man was allegedly shot by an Israeli sniper while he searched for his family, before being shot again as he struggled to get…

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A homeless man who was murdered in central Auckland last year was "going to the toilet" where his alleged murderer and his friends wanted to sleep, a court has heard…

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A hotel that reportedly didn't pay one of its workers for nearly six months, underpaid her husband, and withheld wages from both, has to pay the couple nearly $80,000…

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A woman waiting in a car while her husband paid for petrol at a central Whangarei service station had to fight off a man who got in the driver's seat and tried to drive…

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The list of war zones where militants hold weapons that could threaten passenger airlines is extensive, experts say.

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A dispute between the Pauanui land owner and a golf club about a covenant on the property has gone to the Court of Appeal.

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Fonterra says it's 'realigning' its packing operations at its Canpac plant in the Waikato - and 110 jobs may be lost as a result.

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"It wasn't me." Napier's Labour candidate Stuart Nash has denied the PM's accusation he's the party source who criticised David Cunliffe's ski holiday break.

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Two seats were left empty as Newcastle played Sydney FC in Dunedin. They were for two men who died on board flight MH17.

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It hardly needs saying that these are difficult days for David Cunliffe. John Armstrong looks at what he needs to do to turn around his fortunes - and his party's.

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International monitors say body parts are still scattered at the MH17 crash site, as Dutch experts said they were given 80 fewer corpses than rebels promised.

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Relief could be at hand for motorists and cyclists suffering red-light rage on Auckland's clogged roads.

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In the three months since Islamic extremists kidnapped more than 200 Nigerian schoolgirls, 11 of their parents have died, and 219 girls are still missing.

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