PremiumPremiumLifestyleSociety Insider: Sir John Key’s new $6m chopper; NZ’s tallest hotel penthouse for sale at $16mPlus, Jordan Rondel after selling mega-successful boxed baking kit business, The Caker.26 Feb 04:00 PM
PremiumPremiumBusiness‘Nasty stuff’: Sam Neill joins fight for wool against fast fashionKiwis like Sir Sam Neill and Liz Mitchell are backing wool in a fight against synthetics.26 Feb 04:00 PM
New Zealand‘Hole the size of a door’: Tenant leaves behind rubbish and plenty of damageThe landlord could not claim insurance for the 12 worst holes.26 Feb 07:00 AM
KahuWhy Te Matatini 2025 is drawing record crowdsAll tickets for the 2025 Te Matatini finals day are sold out.26 Feb 05:37 AM
New Zealand'Exposed and difficult terrain': Female tramper dies in fall at Mt Aspiring National ParkHer death has been referred to the coroner.26 Feb 05:36 AM
Crime‘A scared child’: 13yo fatally stabbed teen at bus hub after being told to pull down his socksEnere McLaren-Taana was fatally stabbed at Dunedin's bus hub last year.26 Feb 05:15 AM
New Zealand‘Hugely traumatising’: Nurse stole $59k from vulnerable rest home volunteerTracy Peterson said she was 'deeply remorseful' but disagreed the man did not know.26 Feb 04:00 AM
Super RugbySuper Rugby team lists: Chiefs lose another to season-ending injuryAll the ins and outs ahead of the third round of the Super Rugby Pacific season. 26 Feb 03:10 AM
PremiumPremiumOpinionPaul LewisPaul Lewis: The decisions that led to Blues' most embarrassing lossOPINION: There was a whiff of complacency, almost arrogance, about the Blues. 26 Feb 02:00 AM
New ZealandSuppression lifted: Former priest named as alleged St Bede’s College sex abuserEx school priest, dean charged with historical sexual offences from 1996 to 2000.26 Feb 01:24 AM
New ZealandMissing tramper: Bone found at Otira belonged to Marni Sheppeard, police confirmMarni Sheppeard was last heard from in 2020. Remains have been found in two places.26 Feb 12:50 AM
EntertainmentSex Education actor ‘used minor celeb status’ to rape and assault teenage girlsAlexander Westwood jailed for over 15 years for attacking five victims.25 Feb 09:25 PM
New ZealandSingle gunshot heard before body found: Police reveal new information in 1998 murder cold casePolice have reopened a cold case from 1998 in Kakapotahi, West Coast.25 Feb 09:18 PM
GolfHow an engagement and a fierce rivalry set the stage at NZ OpenLucas Herbert got engaged in Queenstown overlooking Lake Wakatipu.25 Feb 06:00 PM
KahuWhy Te Matatini’s global potential excites the Finance MinisterŌpotiki Mai Tawhiti's performance honoured past members, including Ricky Mitai.25 Feb 05:38 PM
GolfAlker eyes elusive NZ Open title with Royal Portrush spot on the lineSteven Alker, 53, aims for his first New Zealand Open title at Millbrook Resort.25 Feb 04:42 PM
New ZealandTenant trashed property, leaving ‘mountain of rubbish’ and $30k in repairsThe landlord says it took four people four days to clear the rubbish from the property.25 Feb 07:00 AM
New Zealand‘Can’t find the body’: Mother of missing Argentinian hiker wrestling with reality of son’s fateHector Gaston Arigau has been missing for two and a half weeks now. 25 Feb 06:00 AM
KahuHow a $48.7m boost is shaping the future of kapa hakaFinance Minister Nicola Willis received a rock star welcome at Te Matatini's opening day.25 Feb 05:31 AM
New Zealand‘Effectively a riot’: Intoxicated group causes havoc after national rowing champsAround 500 intoxicated people flooded the town, police say.25 Feb 02:28 AM
New ZealandNeighbours recall ‘large boom’ as Christchurch house fire eruptsFive fire crews responded to the blaze at Clotilda Place, Bishopdale.25 Feb 12:59 AM
New Zealand‘Unusual’ presence: Chinese Navy exercise disrupts transtasman flightsThe Chinese Navy ships are now 218 nautical miles east of Tasmania.25 Feb 12:47 AM
New Zealand'It broke my heart': Mother's grief after man filmed himself abusing infant and toddlerDamian Nigal Archbold was caught after uploading material he made to social media.25 Feb 12:41 AM
Kahu‘Feel the magic’: Excitement builds as Te Matatini 2025 beginsTe Matatini 2025 kicks off at New Plymouth’s Bowl of Brooklands.24 Feb 09:33 PM
New ZealandFog disrupts multiple flights out of Christchurch Airport At least 17 flights have been affected.24 Feb 09:20 PM
KahuHistoric pōwhiri kicks off biggest Te Matatini festivalThe festival's opening ceremony included a new taonga gifting by the Rangi whānau.24 Feb 07:24 PM
BreakersBreakers great dies aged 46Kevin Braswell was part of the Breakers' title-winning team in 2011.24 Feb 06:00 PM
Politics‘I couldn’t afford the pain relief’: New report shines light on true cost of dental careNancy pulled her rotten tooth at home due to high dental costs.24 Feb 04:00 PM
PremiumPremiumBusinessUS billionaire Peter Thiel winds down NZ business interestsHis only remaining ties to NZ are a passport, a Booktrack stake, and a Wānaka landbank.24 Feb 04:00 PM
New ZealandMan arrested after allegedly discharging shotgun in ChristchurchPolice were called to an address on Emmett St about 4.40pm.24 Feb 07:00 AM
BusinessLook inside Auckland’s new 4223sq m Mormon temple'The best we can humanly achieve in construction and design': Inside the LDS Temple.24 Feb 03:03 AM
PremiumPremiumSportChris Rattue: Why Beauden Barrett's All Blacks time is upOPINION: The All Blacks should future-proof by moving on from Barrett at fullback.24 Feb 03:00 AM
PoliticsEmotional Bayly stands down after ‘inappropriate’ staff incidentBayly released a statement shortly before midday.24 Feb 01:00 AM