Jonathan Milne had never thought the circumstances around the arrival of a happy, healthy baby could make him so angry.

In an age where women are booking in caesareans and tummy tucks at the same time; where new mums are exhorted to wear uncomfortable post-pregnancy girdles and corsets, it was great to see a woman looking as she should 27 hours after giving birth.

Despite the privilege, it can't be easy living in a fishbowl.

They are words likely to bring a look of trepidation to the faces of Prince George's parents.

Little things mean a lot. William brought out the baby's chair and buckled it in the back seat of the car.

And lo, in a great metropolis in a far-off land, unto us a child is born, blessed with supernatural powers to command the air waves and occupy vast swathes of the public prints.

As the newest member of the royal family was introduced to the world, a New Zealander was working round the clock making sure everything ran according to plan.

Women throughout Britain are being urged to boycott OK! magazine, after it printed a souvenir edition hours after the Duchess of Cambridge gave birth promoting an "exclusive duchess diet and shape-up plan".

To many it seems inconceivable that such a strange royalist fervour might have been witnessed in 21st-century Aotearoa NZ, writes Toby Manhire.

He woke up to only the second new day of his life, but already it was time for another moment of history for Prince George of Cambridge.

Despite being gifted a New Zealand, hand-made shawl that took 280 hours to craft, the royal baby made his debut wrapped in Aussie wool.

The two-day-old baby of Prince William and Kate finally has a name, and - as expected - it sticks firmly to royal tradition.

The future King of England may be travelling to New Zealand with his parents, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, next year.

Pippa Middleton will meet her new nephew this evening after travelling to Kensington Palace to celebrate the arrival of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge's first child

For mum watching around the world as the Duchess of Cambridge walked out on to the steps of the Lindo Wing yesterday, the real delight was her ‘mummy tummy’.

Laws removing restrictions for women and Roman Catholics from royal succession are still to be passed in New Zealand.

He will be heir to riches of which the other 361,480 babies who share his birthday can only dream, writes Brian Rudman.

A baby quite ordinary in every other way, has no idea yet that he is going to have an extraordinary life.

The Duchess of Cambridge doesn't intend to have a nanny, so it's likely mum Carole Middleton will play a uniquely influential role in the new Prince's life.

Prince Charles celebrated the birth of his grandson with bubbles, and his wife Camilla said the news of William and Kate's new prince was 'wonderfully uplifting'.

Shouts of "Hip! Hip! Hooray!" erupted outside Buckingham Palace as the birth of Prince William and his wife Kate's child was welcomed.

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge's baby son is the heaviest future king to be born in recent history.

Monarchy NZ chair Sean Palmer joined us for a live chat about the royal baby. Here are his responses to the interesting and trickier questions.

Buildings around the world are lighting up blue to celebrate the birth of the Royal baby.