For most people Christmas Day represents a wonderful coming together of family members, sharing food, catching up and going over funny memories...

A sense of goodwill is around, extending even to those we find irritating and avoid at other times. Christmas is particularly suited to the Southern Hemisphere.

Santa Claus has admitted being in a bit too much of a rush after being caught speeding on his way to an old folks' home.

An alert from Google helped solve the case of a cache of Christmas presents and electronic equipment stolen from an Auckland home.

Seeking a warm and sunny Christmas Day? Head south. WeatherWatch forecaster Philip Duncan says 80 per cent of New Zealand will wake up to dry weather on Thursday...

A city chief executive is being accused of kissing female staff at a company Christmas party - and joking he was acting "a bit like Roger Sutton".

The much-loved Christmas song by Willow Macky is not only distinctive to New Zealand but also remarkably good history.

Christmas is traditionally a time for families to come together and for friends to catch up. But for many others, particularly the elderly, it can be a very isolating and sad time.

Hear from the men and women from the New Zealand Defence forces serving around the world as they 'shout out' to their families and friends back home.

The queues start about 3am each day, but the Auckland City Mission says just a third of the donations it needs this Christmas have been raised.

A Canadian woman has fulfilled her Christmas wish after reconnecting with her long-lost childhood friend who moved to New Zealand.

Wriggling toddlers will meet their match when Kidz First Clendon Community Clinic nurses get the best seat in the house.

iPhones, barbecues, outdoor furniture and costumes from Disney's Frozen movie will be filling stockings next week if Trade Me search patterns are anything to go by.

The first Christmas Day weather forecast has been released - and it's not looking so good.

If you've decided you'd really like to relax this year and let someone else do the cooking and cleaning, here are some great options for Christmas Day in Auckland.

It’s time to get your Christmas shop on so here’s a guide for shopping for him - with a few tricks that will work for her too.

Selfie sticks and remote-controlled helicopters are among some of the more popular items among Kiwis buying Christmas gifts this month.

The dangers of the office party are real. If you're lucky enough to wake up still holding the respect of workmates, you've done well, writes Matt Heath.

The weather meant previous turnouts weren't challenged - but organisers say they are thrilled with the crowd at the Coca-Cola Christmas in the Park.

We went into winter late, and we're exiting winter late, the MetService said - as many Kiwis were left pondering where on Earth summer disappeared to this weekend.

Some well known Kiwis — and one adopted Aussie — tell us their Christmas rituals.

As chief toy tester and buyer for Farmers, the 31-year-old has a big role choosing which toys will be hot at Christmas.

Christmas crackers around the dinner table and Champagne corks popping are sounds of festivity and fun for most people.

As if it wasn't enough to live in the same house as a superstar, Lorde's mum, Sonja Yelich, is threatening to take it one step further.

Bedecked with images of Santas, reindeer, snowflakes and happy-looking snowmen, all crafted in the finest polyester, the Christmas suit is the latest item to challenge received ideas about what looks good for the festive season.

Christmas shoppers have bent the plastic, spending a whopping $2.3 billion in the first fortnight of December.

Soldiers will make sure there is no Christmas cheer in Sierra Leone this year as the Ebola virus continues to spread through west Africa.