The Independent's Ian Burrell gets the low down on how phenomenally successful site Buzzfeed is seeking to refresh itself.

The new voice of Radio NZ on Sunday mornings is a devoted people-watcher and big fan of Noam Chomsky

Our vacuum cleaner is clogged with long orange hair. When you clean it, you get a little orange mat. This is life living with Samantha Hayes, my colleague and friend of almost a decade.

State Services Commission Iain Rennie says it would inappropriate under the rules for the state sector if TVNZ required its staff to disclose their political affiliations.

TVNZ's chief says employees may have to declare any links with a political party as a result of Labour hopeful Shane Taurima's actions while heading its Maori and Pacific unit.

Rebekah Brooks described her personal life as a "car crash" as she told the phone hacking trial of her failed marriage to Ross Kemp, the actor, and her "dysfunctional affair" with Andy Coulson, her co-accused.

Shane Taurima probably felt he was trying to make New Zealand a better place, even if he went about it the wrong way, as everyone seems to agree, writes Geoff Kemp.

The prosecution in the phone-hacking trial has entered the final stages of its case against Rebekah Brooks and six co-defendants, who deny all the charges against them.

On trial are seven people associated with the now defunct News of the World newspaper. Here is a summary of the defendants, the charges they face and the main evidence so far.

Phone hacking was an "open secret" on the editorial floor of the News of the World and former editor Andy Coulson knew "exactly what went on on his watch", a jury at the Old Bailey heard.

Herald journalist David Fisher has refused to release documents related to Kim Dotcom after a request by Crown Law, which is defending police and the Government's spy agency against a $6 million compensation claim by the internet entrepreneur.

Journalist Patrick Gower's on-air "live stream" will only "add to the legend", says the man who brought him from print to broadcasting.

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.

Journalist Peter Robert Douglas, 35, was wheelchair-bound all his life, but managed to achieve an awful lot in his tiny frame.

In 2013 five issues of public interest dominated the news and featured repeatedly in the New Zealand Herald's editorials.

The Herald's research into politicians' property holdings for this week's three-part series is the biggest data journalism project in New Zealand.

Not all journalism is meant to last forever. Some of it is about as memorable as my kids' diary entries, writes Deborah Hill Cone.

Hello and welcome to this, my 50th column for the Herald. Wow ... listen to those trumpets sounding.

The Herald on Sunday's new editor will be leading Auckland journalist Miriyana Alexander.

It will be a comment that could go down in broadcasting history - or be quickly forgotten in an avalanche of emotion and images.

An epic journey to the heart of New Zealand is underway in search of Kiwis' greatest stories to celebrate the New Zealand Herald's 150th anniversary.