ASB Classic: Giant American who stunned Novak Djokovic late inclusion to Auckland men’s field
One of the biggest hitters in tennis – along with a stylish Frenchman – are two late inclusions into the men’s ASB Classic, ...
Sailing the Nile in comfort and style
One of the newest Viking river ships to grace the Nile, the Sobek soaks up every Pharaoh and pyramid you could wish for, ...
New Year 2025 Honours: Havelock North’s Heke-Turoa Huata made ONZM for services to Māori and education
Havelock North woman Heke-Turoa Huata’s devotion to the Māori language and culture aspirations of her father, Canon Wi Te Tau ...
New Year 2025 Honours: Gisborne’s Kaiti School principal Billie-Jean Potaka Ayton made member of New Zealand Order of Merit
Snow greeted Billie-Jean Potaka Ayton in September 2009 as she travelled through the Waioeka Gorge to take up her new job in Gisborne. A decade-long winter of falling rolls and resulting teacher ...
Auckland Council confiscating recycling bins in bid to stop people putting rubbish in wrong place
Some 104 bins were seized from households from Manurewa, Papakura and Wiri in the first phase of a trial to combat growing ...
Rhythm and Vines clean-up of Waiohika Estate and nearby areas could take two weeks
Up to 200 Gisborne community members will spend about two weeks cleaning up the sprawling 700,000sq m Waiohika Estate and nearby areas after about 20,000 festival-goers flocked there for Rhythm and ...
Summer disrupted? Why forecasters are picking a ‘cool lean’ for first half of January
A weather forecaster is predicting a “cool lean” for much of New Zealand over the first half of January, amid chilly southerly and south-westerly flows; Wellington is forecast ...
Herald afternoon quiz: January 4
Test your brains with the Herald’s afternoon quiz. Share your score with friends, family, & colleagues, and find out who has ...
On TikTok, classical music is thriving – even as it’s chopped to bits
Scroll through TikTok for a few minutes (that can easily stretch into a few hours), and the odds are good that you’ll encounter one of the 2.6 million posts set to Frederic Chopin’s Nocturne No 2 – ...
Oriental fruit fly found in Auckland: Legal controls on fruit, vegetable movement in Papatoetoe
Biosecurity New Zealand has now placed legal controls on the movement of fruit and vegetables in Papatoetoe, Biosecurity New ...
Wellington’s Reading Cinema complex purchased by Primeproperty Group
The derelict Reading Cinema complex on Wellington’s Courtenay Place has finally been sold, with a local developer snapping up ...
Manawatū Police searching for missing woman Chiana Phillips
Police are appealing for sightings of a Manawatū woman with two children who has gone missing. Manawatū Police said Chiana Phillips, 30, is believed to have two children - aged one and two - in her ...