Prime Minister John Key thinks The Hobbit movies can be saved and he is going to do his best to achieve that when Warner Brothers executives arrive next week.

The Arts Foundation's Simon Bowden says we can learn something from the US when it comes to cultural philanthropy.

Possums, rats and stoats have something new to fear after the Government and the Green Party today announced $4 million in funding to trial self-resetting traps.

A mother is calling for a city council to take action after a falling football goal crossbar broke all but one bone in her son's face.

Despite his successful role as a coach for the Chennai Super Kings, Stephen Fleming has no desire for the Black Caps' job.

Police Commissioner Howard Broad says New Zealand should remain a routinely unarmed police force - and that is something to be proud of.

The Green Party's Celia Wade-Brown has ousted Kerry Prendergast as Wellington mayor after the counting of special votes was completed this afternoon.

A warning for pregnant or menstruating women to stay away from an exhibit tour is just an advisory and women could decide to ignore it, Arts, Chris Finlayson says.

Feminists have criticised a rule forbidding pregnant or menstruating women to attend a Te Papa exhibit.

Lots of people start new businesses. Not so many sell them for more than $10 million. Two sisters tell Christine Nikiel how they did it - and why lunch matters.

Wellington's leadership is up in the air with long-serving incumbent Kerry Prendergast ahead of her nearest challenger by a mere 40 votes and many ballots still to be counted.

Wellington mayor Kerry Prendergast has a nervous two-day wait to see if she holds her position.