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They were last in New Zealand for a Royal Tour in 2018, but will the Duke and Duchess of Sussex return? Photo / Pool

LIFESTYLE

Tourism NZ should pay for Harry and Meghan to visit New Zealand - ad exec

19 Jan, 2020 5:00am
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Taxpayers should again pay the Sussexes to visit - the publicity's worth it, ad exec says.

Saint Kokoria, with his father, Mootee Kokoria. The 1-year-old's parents fought for months for the right to give him his name. Photo / Jason Oxenham

NEW ZEALAND

Kiwi couple's legal battle with govt to name their baby Saint

19 Jan, 2020 5:00am
4 minutes to read

They used cultural tradition to name their son. A four-month battle followed.

This photo of Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern embracing Wellington woman Naima Abdi, after 51 died in the Christchurch mosque attacks, went global. Photo / Hagen Hopkins / Getty Images

NEW ZEALAND

A moment in time: Images we can't forget in a decade of horror and hope

4 Jan, 2020 5:00am
12 minutes to read

NZ 2010-2019: Quakes, hatred and a tragedy in the mine. But also, new life and new hope.

Houhora Harbour, close to where a woman drowned after a boat flipped yesterday. Photo / Supplied via SNAPIT HD

NEW ZEALAND

Fight to save drowned woman's life: 'He did CPR for half an hour'

28 Dec, 2019 9:27pm
4 minutes to read

Tragedy played out over VHF radio.

The incident occurred on Kawau Island in Auckland's Hauraki Gulf. Image / Google Maps

NEW ZEALAND

Child flown to hospital after near drowning

28 Dec, 2019 8:19pm
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The child is thought to have been in a swimming pool or inflatable pool.

The season was barely half a day old when the first death, of a man who had been crabbing at Northland's Uretiti Beach, occurred. Photo / File - Michael Cunningham

NEW ZEALAND

Our grim toll: Drowning deaths reach four in three days

28 Dec, 2019 4:00pm
4 minutes to read

The water is incredibly inviting and incredibly unforgiving, water safety boss says.

Leigh Cole is offering a reward for the return of his English staffy, Evie, who disappeared from a Kohimarama home as the family were eating their Christmas lunch. Photo / Supplied

NEW ZEALAND

Where's Evie? Family plead for return of beloved dog

26 Dec, 2019 5:35pm
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Evie's family fear she was stolen as they ate Christmas lunch.

It's been a poor start to summer in Auckland, but sunshine is on the way. Photo / Michael Craig

NEW ZEALAND

New Year's Eve weather: Outlook good for summer-starved Kiwis

26 Dec, 2019 4:03pm
3 minutes to read

It'll be a dry - weather-wise at least - welcome into 2020 for most.

A cloudy Christmas Day morning at Takapuna Beach in Auckland. Photo / Michael Craig

NEW ZEALAND

The great Kiwi summer weather fail: Unsettled month continues

26 Dec, 2019 5:00am
3 minutes to read

Tis the season for endless fronts.

Broadcaster Mike Hosking proudly wears his Christmas gift from Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern - a T-shirt immortalising a verbal stoush between the pair in October. Photo / Supplied

LIFESTYLE

Jacinda Ardern's special Christmas gift for Mike Hosking

25 Dec, 2019 4:10pm
2 minutes to read

It was a gift inspired by a telling off.

The Sky Tower fireworks and Harbour Bridge light show will run in conjunction at New Year's. Photo / Supplied via ATEED / Getty Images

NEW ZEALAND

Downtown New Year's celebrations a glimpse of Auckland's future

24 Dec, 2019 12:12pm
4 minutes to read

Best to leave the car at home this New Year's.

Dr Richard Grenfell, left, and Sir John Kirwan, whose friendship has lead to the opening of a new private mental health clinic in Auckland. Photo / Michael Craig

NEW ZEALAND

Former AB John Kirwan backs new private mental health clinic

21 Dec, 2019 4:05pm
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"What we're really hoping is to take some pressure off the public system," star says.

The Arahura River is north of Hokitika. Image / Google Maps

NEW ZEALAND

Amazing rescue: Mum swept down river while son, 6, walks 2km for help

14 Dec, 2019 11:36am
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Boy, 6, found walking on highway at 2am. Mum found hours later on beach near river mouth.

NEW ZEALAND

The courage of a nation: Heroes emerge from tragedies bookending the year

14 Dec, 2019 5:00am
5 minutes to read

New Zealanders have performed significant selfless acts in 2019.

Whakaari/White Island erupted at 2.11pm on Monday. Photo / White Island Flights

NEW ZEALAND

White Island, black day: Inside the tragedy on Whakaari

12 Dec, 2019 6:48pm
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The horror of the eruption, and the bravery that followed.

Police have been at the scene of an incident in Camberley, Hastings, since this morning, residents say. Photo / Paul Taylor

NEW ZEALAND

Hit and run: Car located after man pushed baby to safety before being struck

8 Dec, 2019 2:51pm
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Three struck when car 'on the wrong side of the road' mounted footpath, police say.

Christmas is always special for the Drummond family, from left, Luke, 3, mum Hannah, Briar, 6, and dad Craig. Photo / Supplied

NEW ZEALAND

Heart boy's special Christmas: 'Nothing else mattered if we were together'

7 Dec, 2019 5:00am
4 minutes to read

"We've never been promised a future with Luke," 3-year-old's mum says.

Dr Ron Trubuhovich has graduated from the University of Auckland with a Doctorate in Medicine aged 90. Photo / Supplied

NEW ZEALAND

The nonagenarian graduate: Doctorate in Medicine for 90-year-old

1 Dec, 2019 5:00am
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Recipient is a pioneer in critical care medicine in New Zealand.

National list MP Joanne Hayes has landed in hot water over a tweet. Photo / File

NEW ZEALAND

MP apologises for mean tweet to PM's former campaign manager

30 Nov, 2019 1:25pm
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"OMG Youre [sic] such a nasty person", the MP tweeted.

NEW ZEALAND

'I just touched his hand': Kiwi killed on Sydney IMAX construction site

30 Nov, 2019 8:56am
3 minutes to read

Kiwi worker died soon after high pressure water pipe burst on multimillion-dollar project.

Twins Norina and Chiara Gasteiger received their health sciences masters degrees from the University of Auckland yesterday. Photo / Supplied

NEW ZEALAND

High-achieving identical twins' tribute to late mother

30 Nov, 2019 5:00am
3 minutes to read

It's been a confusing six years for some university staff and students.

Avice St, in Remuera, is the scene of a ongoing spat between two sets of neighbours. Photo / Dean Purcell

NEW ZEALAND

Neighbours at war: Free-range eggs fly in stoush between 'brats', Remuera residents

30 Nov, 2019 5:00am
7 minutes to read

All is in not well in a multimillion-dollar cul de sac.

NEW ZEALAND

Erebus disaster: Families tell the stories of the 257 victims

23 Nov, 2019 7:15am
2 minutes to read

The Herald has launched an interactive memorial.

NEW ZEALAND

Erebus disaster: Families tell the stories of the 257 victims

23 Nov, 2019 7:15am
2 minutes to read

The Herald has launched an interactive memorial.

WHANGANUI CHRONICLE

Erebus disaster: Local families tell stories of the victims

23 Nov, 2019 5:05am
2 minutes to read

Whanganui

NEW ZEALAND

Faces of Erebus: Families tell the stories of the 257 victims

22 Nov, 2019 6:12am
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The Herald has launched an interactive memorial

NEW ZEALAND

The day Air NZ flight TE901 crashed into Mt Erebus

16 Nov, 2019 5:00am
16 minutes to read

It was a normal day, then an Air NZ sightseeing plane went missing in Antarctica.

In 2017, police attended 118,923 family violence incidents - an average of one every four minutes. Photo / File

NEW ZEALAND

Family violence in a supermarket carpark: How shoppers reacted

16 Nov, 2019 5:00am
5 minutes to read

If you saw family violence occurring, what would you do?

Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall are welcomed onto Turangawaewae Marae in Ngaruawahia during their 2015 New Zealand tour. File photo / Alan Gibson

LIFESTYLE

Royals on the way to NZ, leaving chaos behind

16 Nov, 2019 5:00am
4 minutes to read

The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall arrive in New Zealand tomorrow.

Former Silver Fern Adine Wilson, pictured with husband Jeff Wilson and sons Harper and Lincoln Wilson, is running in the Auckland Marathon to support spinal cord injury research. Photo / Supplied

SPORT

The broken neck and the sudden death that changed Adine Wilson's life

19 Oct, 2019 6:09am
5 minutes to read

Adine Wilson used to think things happened for a reason. She doesn't think that anymore.

Who says helping run the city has to be hard work? Mark Sheaff's mock billboard in Tauranga. Photo / Supplied

NEW ZEALAND

Weird and wonderful moments of local body elections

13 Oct, 2019 5:02am
3 minutes to read

From crazy billboards to crazy candidate mishaps, it's been an interesting few weeks.

Andrew Brough pictured on his first return to surfing at Baylys Beach since he was attacked by a great white shark on the same beach in October 2018. Photo / Supplied

NEW ZEALAND

Shark attack victim: Why I'm going back in the water

13 Oct, 2019 5:00am
5 minutes to read

Scars from shark attack not just physical for Northland surfie.

Meng Foon was Gisborne's mayor 18 years. File photo / Sarah Ivey

NEW ZEALAND

Meng Foon's top tips for new mayors

13 Oct, 2019 5:00am
3 minutes to read

Resist the temptation to get out the spade and paintbrush, former longtime mayor says.

Simon Hitchcock, Toni George and their eldest daughter, Estelle Hitchcock, with baby Juniper Hitchcock, at Starship Hospital. Photo / Supplied

NEW ZEALAND

'She was a gift for five days in our lives. She taught us so much'

6 Oct, 2019 5:00am
4 minutes to read

The worst thing would be if she was forgotten, says dad of baby who inspired fundraiser.

Toria Webber was travelling to work at 7am today when the driver, whose map had mistakenly told him he'd reached his destination, stopped. Photo / Supplied

NEW ZEALAND

Second Ola incident: Driver orders woman out on motorway

4 Oct, 2019 9:14pm
4 minutes to read

The frightening incident left the young woman in tears.

Tommy and the Fallen Horses band members John Savage, left, and Tommy Benefield. Savage helped Benefield overcome addiction, and then got clean himself. Photo / Bern Stock / Intrepid Photography

NEW ZEALAND

From the despair of addiction to the joy of music

11 Sep, 2019 7:30am
5 minutes to read

Friends who met while in the depths of substance addiction release second album.

Common words for passwords can make them easy pickings for hackers. Photo / 123RF

BUSINESS

The passwords Auckland Council staff can't use

1 Sep, 2019 5:00am
2 minutes to read

What's on the no-no list for Auckland Council staff and elected members' passwords?

A measles information poster at Greenlane Clinical Centre in Auckland. There has been a major outbreak of measles in Auckland this winter. Photo / Cherie Howie

NEW ZEALAND

Measles outbreak: Child critically ill in hospital

31 Aug, 2019 7:00pm
5 minutes to read

Around 40% of those infected with measles during the outbreak have been hospitalised.

Department of Conservation biodiversity ranger Iain Graham, pictured with Aroha after her dramatic rescue. Photo / Supplied

NEW ZEALAND

Saving Aroha: Rare kiwi scales mountain, sparks rescue

30 Aug, 2019 9:05pm
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Mountain rescue team pluck rowi kiwi from cliff after adventurous bird goes wandering.

Tattoo artist Hannah Nova Dudley, left, and breast cancer survivor Helene Ravlich. Dudley will do a mastectomy tattoo on Ravlich in November. Photo / Michael Craig

NEW ZEALAND

Breast cancer survivor's mastectomy tattoo plans: 'It's a celebration of being alive'

25 Aug, 2019 11:00am
4 minutes to read

Flowers, butterflies and birds could soon adorn cancer survivor's breast.

Is this the worst record a city can break? Auckland is threatening to break the record for the month with the most days when rain fell. File photo / Doug Sherring

NEW ZEALAND

Auckland in with a chance to break wet weather record

25 Aug, 2019 5:00am
3 minutes to read

Five more days of rain, Auckland. Can you do it?

Harri Brown, pictured graduating from pre-school. The now-5-year-old survived heart surgery aged 29 hours. Photo / Supplied

NEW ZEALAND

Meet Harri, the boy born with the 'Superman heart'

24 Aug, 2019 12:00pm
4 minutes to read

Parents told to name and photograph baby son before his open heart surgery aged 29 hours.

Toby Fletcher, 11, is off to the Rugby World Cup, after he was chosen as the winner of Mastercard's first Launch a Local Legend campaign. Richie McCaw gave Toby the good news. Photo / Sylvie Whinray

NEW ZEALAND

'This is a dream': Richie McCaw tells boy he's going to Rugby World Cup

17 Aug, 2019 5:47pm
3 minutes to read

Eleven-year-old Toby Fletcher and his dad are off on the trip of a lifetime.

Richie McCaw has shared some sound advice to the All Blacks ahead of tonight's grudge match against Australia. File photo / Greg Bowker

NEW ZEALAND

Richie McCaw: Beware wounded All Blacks

17 Aug, 2019 4:09pm
3 minutes to read

All Blacks' most successful captain shares his thoughts ahead of crucial clash.

Rain clouds roll over Auckland city. Photo / Alex Burton

NEW ZEALAND

Winter, again: Another weekend of snow, rain and thunderstorms

11 Aug, 2019 5:00am
3 minutes to read

There's snow and heavy rain warnings and watches across a large swathe of the country.

Sophie Brown wants to write and perform music for the rest of her life. Photo / Supplied

ENTERTAINMENT

Kiwi schoolgirl's song to feature in School of Rock

11 Aug, 2019 5:00am
4 minutes to read

Auckland teen's dreams of a career in music have taken a big step forward.

There has been a spate of shootings in South Auckland since March. Photo / Dean Purcell

NEW ZEALAND

Shootings in South Auckland: Five months of gun violence

9 Aug, 2019 10:16pm
6 minutes to read

Three have died and four have been critically or seriously hurt in spate of gun violence.

Models with intellectual disabilities will feature in the Living Colour show. Photo / Supplied

LIFESTYLE

'Don't just want skinny girls': NZ Fashion Week's push for diversity

4 Aug, 2019 5:00am
3 minutes to read

Everybody should be able to have a go, fashion leader says ahead of models' casting call.

All Black Vaea Fifita, pictured last year, wanted his

NEW ZEALAND

All Black 'heartbroken' after younger brother drowns

3 Aug, 2019 11:12am
5 minutes to read

Mum urges All Black to stay with team as they travel to Australia for the Bledisloe Cup.

Police say charges are likely after a police pursuit across Auckland this afternoon. Photo / Supplied

NEW ZEALAND

Dramatic end to pursuit: 'I watched the whole thing'

2 Aug, 2019 6:06pm
5 minutes to read

Witness watched dazed cop emerge from rammed police car as colleagues rushed to help.

Lindsey and Marion Roke have donated their Winter Energy Payment to the Salvation Army because they don't need it. Photo / Michael Craig

NEW ZEALAND

Generous pensioners give their Winter Energy Payment to charity

28 Jul, 2019 6:42pm
3 minutes to read

The couple are frugal power users and feared "making money" from the payment.

English immigrants arrive in Wellington on the Atlantis in 1951. Photo / Alexander Turnbull Library

NEW ZEALAND

From Sir Peter Jackson to Sir Roger Hall: NZ's 'Ten Pound Pom' legacy

28 Jul, 2019 5:00am
3 minutes to read

Their stories have been shared as part of a free weekend of access to immigration records.

Popstar Rihanna's Fenty Beauty, which she launched at Sephora Times Square in 2017, is among celebrity brands much sought after by the young. Photo / Getty Images

LIFESTYLE

From golden mile to lipstick alley: Queen Street's beauty explosion

28 Jul, 2019 5:00am
6 minutes to read

Young people's love of the influencer and celebrity culture sparks big retail change.

Ryan Gibbons, left, died in a car crash in 2011. His mum, Karen Gibbons, right, found out when police officer Morgan de la Rue, centre, knocked on her door. Photos / Michael Craig, file, supplied

NEW ZEALAND

The doorknock that changed their lives: The mother and the cop

21 Jul, 2019 5:00am
13 minutes to read

On a doorstep in the darkness, tragedy brought them together. This is their story.

New Zealand Māori Council executive director Matthew Tukaki has called for a boycott of cosmetics giant Sephora. Photo / Screengrab via Facebook

BUSINESS

Sephora hits back after Auckland store opening waste claims

20 Jul, 2019 2:24pm
4 minutes to read

Claims of irresponsible waste dumping during its much-hyped store launch in Auckland.

Melanie Bracewell has apologised for the fake account. File photo / Supplied

NEW ZEALAND

Comedian shares explicit message, quits Twitter

13 Jul, 2019 12:11pm
3 minutes to read

Melanie Bracewell has drawn the ire of cricket fans.

Auckland ain't cheap, but it is popular. File photo / Doug Sherring

BUSINESS

Our shrinking yards: Death of the quarter-acre dream

13 Jul, 2019 5:00am
6 minutes to read

RIP, quarter-acre dream.

Young children enjoy a surprise hail storm tonight in South Auckland. Photo / Supplied

NEW ZEALAND

Wild weather: 200 lightning strikes hit Auckland and Coromandel

12 Jul, 2019 4:44pm
3 minutes to read

The thunderstorm follows a damaging tornado in Taranaki this afternoon.

Joden Martin was late to his sentencing today. Photo / Sam Hurley

NEW ZEALAND

Sentencing delayed for homophobic attack on TV reporter, friend

12 Jul, 2019 1:23pm
5 minutes to read

The attack had earlier been described as "vicious and unprovoked" by the judge.

Broadcaster Mike Puru spent almost two days in hospital after coming off his bike, but has since been discharged. Photo / Supplied

NEW ZEALAND

Broadcaster keen to get back on bike after crash

29 Jun, 2019 8:34pm
2 minutes to read

But Mike Puru's worried mum is less keen after nasty crash landed broadcaster in hospital.

The emergency occurred in the Waimakariri River near Eyrewell Forest, north-west of Christchurch. Image / Google Maps

NEW ZEALAND

Family, including kids, winched to safety in river rescue

29 Jun, 2019 8:32pm
2 minutes to read

The family became trapped while trying to retrieved a stuck jet boat.

Emergency services have been called to the peninsula between Algies Bay and Goldsworthy Bay, in North Auckland. Image / Google Maps

NEW ZEALAND

Water rescue after fishing net catches man

29 Jun, 2019 6:47pm
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The alarm was raised after a passerby heard cries for help and a flashing light.