Traces of plastics chemical detected in Wellington aquifer
Chemical found in plastic detected in tests on Hutt City aquifer.
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Focus: BPA found in Wellington's drinking water
Traces of Bisphenol-A, a chemical commonly used in plastic packaging, has been discovered in Wellington's drinking water.
Focus: Cattle truck and trailer flips on motorway
Holy cow! Stock truck and trailer flips on Auckland's Northern Motorway.
Tsunami warning system that could have saved lives 'put on hold'
Following the 2004 tsunami which killed 250,000, an early warning system was developed.
Focus: Changing face of housing and community in Glen Innes
John Holyoake, chief executive of the Tamaki Redevelopment Company talks about the changing face of housing and community in Glen Innes.
Focus: Glen Innes resident on new housing development
Glen Innes resident Tamati Patuwai talks about the changing face of Glen Innes and the affects it is having. / Greg Bowker
Focus: Vegetarian burger taste test
Taste testing vegetarian burgers as part of World Vegetarian Day.
Death toll in Indonesia surpasses 420 after earthquake, tsunami
More than 420 people have died, with officials still to reach other areas of Sulawesi.
Focus: 'Girl Wonder' Maddison Blitvich gets surgery for misshapen head
A heroic toddler born with brain and heart defects has had risky surgery to change the shape of her head and allow her brain to grow. But that was not the end her health problem. / Video by Greg Bowker
18 dead as Indonesia wakes up to tsunami, quake damage
Rescuers are rushing to the Indonesian region of Sulawesi.
Focus: Outgoing KiwiRail boss Peter Reidy full interview
On the right track: Outgoing KiwiRail boss Peter Reidy talks about the challenges for trains and his new role at Fletcher building
Steve Braunias: Ancient man discovers the wheel
Steve Braunias asked his friend Shayne Carter to teach him how to drive.
Dinner time: Niwa solves riddle involving the seal, octopus and kayaker
The explanation isn't overly scientific either, NIWA says.
Focus: PM Jacinda Ardern addresses the United Nations
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has given her first statement to the UN General Assembly.
Watch in VR: Child bride tale: 'This one got to me'
Filmmaker Gabo Arora describes how this child bride story affected him deeply.
Watch: PM pushes UN on gender equality - 'Me Too must become We Too'
PM speaks at UN, expected to give response to Trump, talk climate change.
Simon Wilson: Tamihere's on the warpath but won't run for mayor
John Tamihere will not stand for mayor, but he sure is on the attack against council.
Illegal occupants refuse to leave $2m St Heliers home
Occupant told landlady he would pay his rent only if she "takes off her pants".
Four-year-old Kiwi boy born deaf, now speaks three languages
Cochlear implants were a game-changer for four-year-old Matthias Berndt.
Focus: Kids are smarter when screen time is limited to just 2 hours a day
A new study in the US has found that limiting screen time to less 2 hours a day is associated with improved cognition.
'I don't know who got the bigger fright'
Kyle Mulinder explains what it felt like to be slapped by a seal with an octopus.
Focus: Seal slaps Kaikōura kayaker in the face with an octopus
The bizarre moment a kayaker got slapped by a seal with an octopus in Kaikōura was captured on video and shared on social media.
AT needs to make the case for a low-speed CBD zone
COMMENT: A blanket one-speed-fits-all may not aways be appropriate for the Auckland CBD.
Whaitiri's staffer bruised, 'traumatised': leaked report
Leaked report outlines staffer's account of flare-up following missed photo op with PM.
The PM photo shoot that turned sour: Why Minister had to go
COMMENT: When Jacinda Ardern sacked Meka Whaitiri a week ago, it was on a trust-me basis.
Comment: Let's not forget another September anniversary
We were world leaders on social security in 1938. We can be so again, argues Mike O'Brien
University challenged: Auckland Uni dealt blow as it drops out of world's top 200
Foreign students may now prefer Australia, which has nine universities in the top 200.
Focus: Air New Zealand: First the apology, now fare increases
Air New Zealand is pushing up some prices on a number domestic routes by up to 8 per cent and $10 each way across the Tasman.
Air New Zealand: First the apology, now fare increases
Some higher level fares are on the way up at Air New Zealand.
Focus: Captain of the 1929 Bellanca CH-300 Pacemaker aircraft
Video interview with Captain Merle Clawson, who pilots the 1929 Bellanca CH-300 Pacemaker aircraft, it was the actual aircraft that started it all for Hawaiian Airlines, 89 years ago. / Brett Phibbs
The brakes go on: Auckland CBD speed limit dropping to 30km/h
The AA says lower speeds are a no brainer on some streets but not motorway feeders.
Focus: CBD speed limits changing
Speed limits around the CBD changed from 50km/h to 30km/h last year, now Auckland Transport has proposed speed limit changes to other 800 Auckland roads. Video / NZ Herald
Hardware face-off: Which smartphone does it better?
NZME tech guru reviews the latest Samsung, Apple and Huawei smartphones.