Podcast: Detour Antarctica

Ice ice babies: The secret Antarctic pregnancy race

The two dictators and their push for the first child born in the snow.

Antarctica: The madhouse at the end of the world

"People who go mad in the Antarctic tend to go mad in similar ways."

Kiwis 'exposed to radiation' at leaky Antarctic plant

More than 300 tonnes of radioactive rubble was shipped off the continent.

Guinness rewrites record book after clash over Antarctic exploits

New rules for records introduced amid criticism of skier.

Mystery meth: Winning greyhound fails drug test but racing investigators can’t find the source

Neither the investigators nor the owner claims to know how the dog was contaminated.

Afternoon quiz: In which year were the 1 and 2-cent coins withdrawn from circulation in NZ?

Test your brains with the Herald's afternoon quiz.

Rallies across US against shooting of woman by immigration agent

Aerial footage shows people taking to the streets in Minneapolis, Denver, and Philadelphia to protest the fatal shooting of 37-year-old Renee Good, a mother shot dead in her car.

Deadly day on the water sparks urgent summer safety warning

Two people died in separate water incidents across New Zealand yesterday.

Crash causes delays on key route out of central Auckland

Westbound traffic to Henderson is being diverted onto an alternative route.

MetService afternoon weather update: 11 - 13 January

MetService afternoon weather update: 11 - 13 January. Video / MetService

Heat records set to be smashed as wild winds fell trees, fire breaks out in Canterbury

Hastings is forecast to reach 38C today.

More than 80,000 impacted by Manage My Health breach in Northland

Health NZ says an estimated 86,000 Northlanders have been affected.