Photos: Miss Universe 2012 - quirky cultural costumes

Sculpture in the Gardens at the Auckland Botanical Gardens. Photos / Michael Craig

Winners of the New Zealand Geographic Awards selected from over 6000 entries.

Around 300 people got colourful for the Pink Loop Walk in Whangārei on Sunday, raising money for Breast Cancer Support Northland Trust.

ETNZ celebrate their 3-peat, the only team in the modern era of the America's Cup to win three regattas in a row att he 37th Louis Vuitton America's Cup in Barcelona

Premium Painting Solutions’ work on this complex new-build in Maunu, Whangarei, helped it win the supreme 2024 Master Painter of the Year title.

The PM Christopher Luxon attends the NATO 75th anniversary in Washington DC and gets to meet a variety of American politicians and business leaders on the way

The International Garden Photographer of the year Macro Art awards are announced

The New Zealand Army has been busy holding exercises at the Waiouru training area. This included 12 days of Exercise Vengeance involving Victor Company from the 1st Battalion, Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment and Exercise Brimstone held by The School of Artillery. Photos by Mike Scott / NZ Herald

Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei partners with Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki for diverse triennial exhibition.

Devonport echoed with squeals and screams as swimmers took to the cold Waitemata water. Photographs by Alex Burton

20,000 protesters gathered on Auckland's Queen Street to protest the Government's fast-track bill and 'war on nature'.

The carkoi and hikoi called by Te Pāti Māori has seen thousands of people respond

Auckland War Memorial dawn service, Hobsonville civil service and the Devonport parade. How Aucklanders remembered the ANZACS. Photos / Hayden Woodward, Dean Purcell and Alex Burton

Seven people died at the hands of a knife-wielding attacker at the Westfield Mall in Bondi. The people of Sydney come to pay their respects the day after the tragedy unfolded. Photographs by Rick Roycroft for the Associate Press

Millions across North America witnessed the moon block out the sun during a total solar eclipse Monday.

Hundreds of students, some as young as 10, are marching to Parliament and around NZ today as part of the school strike for climate.

Vital Impacts are celebrating Jane Goodall's 90th birthday with a print sale of work by 90 leading female photographers available at https://vitalimpacts.org/collections/celebrate-jane-90.

Hundreds of aviation enthusiasts turned out to see some impressive aircraft in action yesterday at a preview of the Warbirds over Wanaka show this weekend. The popular event had been grounded for the past six years, partly because of Covid pandemic restrictions. This Easter weekend it returns, with a sellout crowd of more than 60,000 people set to attend today and tomorrow. Photos / George Heard

The last event in Auckland for the 2023/24 season was held at the Pt England Reserve. The event was a DOathlon after the swimming leg was cancelled due to poor quality water. Photographs by Alex Burton

The annual Balloons Over Waikato Festival lifted off at dawn for a classic autumnal display. Photographs by Mike Scott

The 49th annual Polyfest schools Maori and Pacific Islands festival kicked off with performances on the Creative NZ Diversity Stage with a wide range of cultural influences at the Manukau Sports Bowl. Photographs by Jason Oxenham

Lava from a volcanic eruption in Iceland is flowing toward defenses around the town of Grindavik, the country's fourth volcanic eruption in three months.