New ZealandIllegal nets, car batteries and busted rules: Inside NZ's summer fishing crackdown Officers seized illegal set nets, including one anchored with a dumped car battery.28 Mar 03:00 AM
New ZealandAfternoon quiz: In which Japanese martial arts are bamboo swords used?Test your brain with the Herald's afternoon quiz.28 Mar 02:00 AM
New Zealand'Laughable': More people complain about Woolworths' use of AI in job interviewsThe Herald recently reported on a teen who said he was unfairly judged by an AI interview.28 Mar 02:00 AM
New ZealandNail salons sold for below value as staff seek $205k in wagesA freezing order was imposed to stop the salons' owners from selling more assets.28 Mar 02:00 AM
New Zealand'A rare and intimate window': Influential architect's art treasure trove up for auctionThe sale includes rare pieces by Pat Hanly and Bill Hammond.28 Mar 02:00 AM
New ZealandWhakatāne council eyes new boat ramp and pool chargesVisitors could face $20 daily fees at Whakatāne's main boat ramp.28 Mar 01:59 AM
New Zealand'Really bad time': Hawke's Bay reeling as major food factories shut downClosures described as a stark reminder of the mounting pressures local producers faced.28 Mar 01:26 AM
PremiumPremiumOpinionEthan ManeraEthan Manera: Little right to hit back as soaring water charges threaten Wellington's recoveryOPINION: Amid looming water shock, the minister aimed at the wrong target.28 Mar 01:00 AM
WorldUS soldiers wounded in Iranian attack on Saudi air baseThe strike also damaged several US refuelling aircraft at the base.28 Mar 12:57 AM
New ZealandMonth’s rain in days: MetService reviews storm's impact, warns more is comingKaitaia recorded 231mm in two days, more than double its usual March rainfall.28 Mar 12:44 AM
All WhitesAll Whites star makes mad post-match dash for sister's weddingAfter facing Finland at Eden Park on Friday night, All Whites midfielder Ryan Thomas drove 250km to Te Puke to make his sister's wedding. Video / SuppliedWatch28 Mar 12:44 AM
CrimeNeighbours react following mass party violence leads to six injuredSix young people have been injured after an Auckland party spiralled out of control, with reports of machetes, vicious assaults and a car being driven at partygoers. Video / NZHWatch28 Mar 12:34 AM
New Zealand'A foreseeable risk': Worker fatally crushed by 1.84-tonne machine being moved into workshopThe 31yo died when he and his colleagues used an ad-hoc method to move the press brake.28 Mar 12:00 AM
ChristchurchDrug bust uncovers thousands of cannabis plants, four people arrested and chargedFour men aged from 37 to 39 have faced court on a series of cannabis-related charges.27 Mar 11:14 PM
New Zealand'Trust your training': Teen rhythmic gymnast chases world stage dreamThe 16-year-old Tauranga gymnast will compete in Belgium and Portugal in May. 27 Mar 11:00 PM
New Zealand‘Loose and opportunistic’: Auckland lawyer silent on $77k bill for immigration clientService agreements barred clients from complaining to the Law Society.27 Mar 10:00 PM
New ZealandStore worker's arm broken during robbery, police hunt four masked intrudersPolice found the stolen getaway car abandoned outside the city.27 Mar 09:27 PM
AucklandMt Albert mayhem: Party spirals out of control, witness says group had machetesA car was also driven at partygoers and a number of vicious assaults reported.27 Mar 08:10 PM
New Zealand'Just a way of life': Shoplifting twins say they were raised to steal in order to eatThe 24-year-olds targeted supermarkets across Auckland.27 Mar 08:00 PM
PremiumPremiumOpinionFran O'SullivanFran O’Sullivan: Why global trade shake-up may be WTO’s only lifelineOPINION: Todd McClay is in Cameroon as one of three WTO vice-chairs for MC14.27 Mar 08:00 PM
PremiumPremiumLifestyle'I still remember the carnage so clearly': The day a bus tragedy rocked a schoolA first-hand account of the fatal school bus crash that rocked a small community.27 Mar 08:00 PM
New ZealandNZ Herald Morning Headlines | Saturday, March 28, 2026NZ Herald Morning Headlines | Saturday, March 28, 2026. Foreign Ministers meet at the G7 summit in France, gas prices reach unprecedented levels, jazz festival returns to Tauranga.Watch27 Mar 07:52 PM
PremiumPremiumNew ZealandBlown it? Kaumātua group stripped of kapa haka win over saxophone useNgāti Rangiwewehi Pakeke say they told organisers they would be using the instrument.27 Mar 05:02 PM
PremiumPremiumNew ZealandPresident Tremain steps up for the HBRFUFormer Napier MP Chris Tremain is the new president of the Hawke's Bay Rugby Union.27 Mar 05:00 PM
PremiumPremiumNew Zealand'Busted two records': Truckies warn diesel prices will hit goods and groceries soonAn advocate for truckies says the cost of diesel has never been higher than petrol before.27 Mar 05:00 PM
New ZealandBirdie, eagle, takahē: Beloved golf course to be sanctuary for one of NZ's most endangered birdsThe 2530ha Cape Sanctuary now has 18 takahē with a permit for up to 100.27 Mar 05:00 PM
PremiumPremiumNew ZealandConstruction downturn hits apprentices, but signs of recovery emergeConstruction is Tauranga’s second-largest employer, with 10,067 jobs in 2025.27 Mar 05:00 PM
New ZealandThree decades of mystery: What happened to Richard Woods?Woods was an Elvis impersonator and Napier identity when he vanished without trace.27 Mar 05:00 PM
New ZealandWhen sheep were recorded 'singing' Pōkarekare Ana: Unearthing a region's music historyGlen Moffatt has unearthed lost stories, and some songs he never wants to listen to again.27 Mar 05:00 PM
OpinionRebecca Fisher: Slow approvals put a global handbrake on our growersOPINION: Our regulatory system must move faster and work smarter. 27 Mar 04:00 PM
New ZealandFresh food frustrations: Northlanders hit out as veges spoil within daysKiwi households throw out $1364 of food each year, much of it from bad storage.27 Mar 04:00 PM
PremiumPremiumEditorialEditorial: Petrol prices are going up, but drug prices are coming downOPINION: Meth prices dropped 55% in eight years, and that should concern us all.27 Mar 04:00 PM
New ZealandMorning quiz: Whose artwork was smuggled to the moon in 1969?Test your brain with the Herald's morning quiz.27 Mar 04:00 PM
PremiumPremiumNew ZealandHon Simon Moore KC: A case studySimon Moore KC: On famous cases from Pitcairn Island to Grace Millane and life after law. Video / Annaleise ShortlandWatch27 Mar 04:00 PM