Countdown Dunedin South is closing for 48 hours after four rats were caught.

Joseph Ahuriri, of Gisborne, vanished at the height of Cyclone Gabrielle.

'The car sort of sums it up, how the cyclone just pushed everything around.'

The drugs were hidden in the panels of recently arrived vans.

It could be described as a wildlife photographer's dream.

Eight fire trucks, including two aerial units, remain at the scene of the blaze.

Transport played a major part in National’s 100-day plan that was released last November.

Massive orange flames are visible from nearly 1km away and smoke from 11km away.

The nine-metre long shark circled the boat for about five minutes.

The trip helped the visitors explore their cultural connection to New Zealand.

There are specific plans in place if the monarch must step down for any reason.

Laneway brought the sun this year - along with a setlist that was unmatched.

No midwife, power or phone - Sam Kershaw lit a candle and hoped the night would be smooth.

The Palace revealed this morning that the King is undergoing treatment.

Those wanting to create fitness content at the gym will have to front up to do so.

David Seymour: No successful society has divided itself by race.

'To have someone like her attached to our brand ... is just really powerful.'

Yachtsman lost at sea has lost everything and is still grieving for his boat a year on.

J.Lo chats to the Herald about the Kiwi she's got on speed dial.

'It was definitely scary,' a witness said.

'The Bucket List: I have come to loath the load these words now carry.'

Mālō!

Three of Wall Street's "Magnificent Seven" report.

The asteroid is one of several encounters from space this week.

'The flags being waved this Waitangi don’t mean any harm, we protest in peace'.

Swarbrick is the only declared candidate so far.

A Bunnings store in NZ has suddenly changed its name, and parents are wild over it.