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Logging company fined $60k over death

City of Sails - popular but costly

Auckland tops a survey of 44 countries - but not in a good way. It costs $228 to buy items you'd pay $62 for in Bali.

'Sorry mate, I didn't see you'

Fist-shaking cyclists who aggressively shout "open your eyes" to apparently bike-blind drivers are sharing in a problem that also worries motorists.

Love at end of long hard road

Mandy and Clair Cordo share the hard lessons they have learned on their journeys in this third story on love in the 21st century.

Cyclist and motorists trade places

This week, Herald health reporter and commuter cyclist Martin Johnston will drive to work for a motorist's view - five of his colleagues who usually drive, will bike.

Kiwi lands Google internship

A young Kiwi is to get a taste of what it's like to work for one of the coolest companies on the planet.

Bryce Edwards: Political roundup: The year of the micro party

Minor parties are likely to play a central role in this year's election campaign, but the 2014 election year could be the year of the 'micro party', writes Bryce Edwards.

Hotter weather on the way

A number of people from across southern and western parts of both islands are asking this one question – “what has happened to summer?”. With highs struggling to reach even the low teens for some South Island areas, along with a fair bit of cloud for western places including Auckland, some are wondering when Summer will truly kick off. The good news is that hotter weather is coming – the bad news is that we still see a changeable ‘spring-like’ pattern for the rest of the month for some areas in the south.

Time travel in the mind

Do you remember your wedding day? The birth of your first child?

Something old something new

In the first of a seven-part series, Simon Collins talks to a couple who tried total freedom - but decided they needed to invent their own rules

The $42 million wasteland

Closed schools with rateable values of more than $42m have not been sold - amid concerns vandalism and neglect have turned boarded-up grounds into "rotting corpses".

Paul Thomas: Woe! Welcome to our unhappy New Year

2014 is less than a fortnight old and we've already been given two reasons to gnaw our fingernails over the future of civilisation as we know it, writes Paul Thomas.

Chest pains a red flag

A teen with severe chest pains died after an ambulance took an hour to get him to a hospital 10km away - and only after his father insisted he be taken there.

Low drug result a victory: Bennett

Of 8,001 beneficiaries sent for jobs requiring drug testing, only 22 tested positive or refused to take tests, a result that has been greeted as a victory by the Social Development Minister.

Editorial: Maori trust's thread hurts its own mana

Toby Manhire: The moa peril, and other tips for tourists in NZ

Whatever you do, never, ever attempt to feed a moa, warns Toby Manhire. The domesticated varieties might only bite you. The feral roadside moa, however, can be deadly.