Its asking price has been slashed but the Trade Me auction for the personalised number plate MAORI is no less of a magnet for racial abuse than when it was first listed

Finance Minister Bill English says he wants Google, Apple and Starbucks and other multinationals to pay more tax and hopes the issue will be raised at economic talks this week.

'Dear John...' Deborah hill Cone writes a letter to Prime Minister John Key about her holiday in the Hokianga.

Like most other 21-year-olds living in 2014, I have an addiction: I can't go more than one day without the internet, writes Rose Matafeo.

Strangers hijacked a man's plea for online birthday greetings to his wife, but the viral burst of one-up-manship gave the Hastings woman one of the sweetest gifts imaginable.

If you've been out for dinner recently, you've probably seen it happen. You might even have done it yourself.

A few months ago, we tried to make a booking for a holiday home via Holiday Houses. By accident, my wife clicked February 12 and 13 instead of January 12 and 13.

Kim Dotcom's new political party has had a bumpy start after a potential strategy document was leaked - leading to the rushed resignation of a journalist.

Vodafone has settled a case with the Commerce Commission and paid out almost $270,000 to 11,000 customers who signed up to a mobile broadband promotion.

How many more email outages, hacks and other screw ups need to happen before Telecom finally brings Xtra email back in-house?

Hackers are using Kiwis' email accounts to send out thousands of spam messages, and Telecom admits it still doesn't know the cause or scale of the problem.

"Megaupload knowing created and and facilitated the distribution of stolen property." The FBI does a tell-all interview on TV's 60 Minutes.

Labour says it will tackle "aggressive tax avoidance" by multinationals such as Facebook and Google which it says is costing the taxman hundreds of millions of dollars.

Graphic images of a couple taken after they were shot on a Libyan beach have been removed from Facebook after site administrators were inundated with angry emails.

Telecommunications behemoth Digicel is considering buying Telecom New Zealand's interest in the Cook Islands' biggest phone and internet phone provider.

An ex-girlfriend of a jailed rapist is furious he was able to stalk her from prison, and also arrange for another prisoner to carry on the surveillance.

Internet radio platforms are battling for New Zealanders' loyalty - with one company using their high-profile hosts in online content to lure users.

As we become more and more reliant on cloud based services, privacy breaches could become increasingly commonplace, writes Pat Pilcher.

If there was ever a reason not to be nosey, then this video is it. And if you happen to be an arachnophobe, the scenes here are the stuff of your darkest nightmares.