Wairoa butcher Kiri Gilbert believes any time is the right time to uplift a community, and he's done just that - through song. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

To mark International Women's Day, ASB chief executive Barbara Chapman tells the Herald about five women she draws inspiration from.

Primary school students challenge Michael Woodhouse to grant China's grieving shidu parents lifelong visas to visit their children's graves.

Stranded residents of a small village north of Kaikoura have finally got road access.

National has announced its candidate for the central Auckland electorate of Maungakiekie.

More than 1300 people are without power in Auckland following two outages.

Weather watches or warning are in place for most of the upper North Island as more rain is forecast over the week.

Wellington College is investigating social media posts made by two students describing 'taking advantage' of drunk women in a closed Facebook group.

Linda Munn is best known as one of three women who helped to create the Tino Rangatiratanga flag. But how did she start out making art? And what is she doing nearly three decades on? Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Police have released a new image of a car that could hold the key to identifying a man who viciously beat a woman at a West Auckland quarry.

Extra days off for domestic violence victims is one step closer.

Tight security measures for Anzac Day commemorations in Turkey

Six homes are less than 200m away from Winstone Aggregate's Yaldhurst quarry on Old West Coast Rd.

A protest over police attempts to tighten gun laws has alarmed the Police Association.

Double fatality in National Park a family tragedy.

As she lay in the basement beaten and cable-tied, the Dome Valley victim thought she could hear one of her alleged attacker's children running around upstairs.

Mt Albert MP Jacinda Ardern has been confirmed as Labour’s new deputy leader after a unanimous vote at a caucus meeting. Tristram Clayton is joined by Herald Political Reporter Isaac Davision to discuss this meteoric rise.

Airways is revamping its 17-year-old system to cope with more air traffic and save its customers up to $84m.

NZ-led study's findings bring new hope that the species may be more resilient than originally thought.

The property company that rented office space to a family to live in faces a claim for the $6000 rent the family paid.

Spectacular pink sunrise described as a 'foreboding beauty' by MetService forecaster.

The environmentally-fragile dune lake near Tokerau Beach on the Karikari Peninsula has been exposed to oil and lubricants as well as fish and weed pests.

House built by polytechnic students shifted to new site.

Thousands of boaties swapped their old lifejackets for new in a Coastguard safety scheme.

Six per cent of New Zealand's yellow-eyed penguin's have been treated.

Broadlands Forest Resident Graham Sperry spotted what he believes may be sewage on the river bank over the weekend, and is worried it could pose a health risk. Made with funding from NZ On Air

A former Kiwi Olympian landed a 163.4kg black marlin, the first to be speared in New Zealand waters.

Rise follows another record-breaking year, with overseas visitors nearing 3.5m.

A 20-year wait in lifting the age for superannuation eligibility from 65 to 67 will give the country time to adjust to the change, say business commentators.

The Prime Minister's proposal to lift the retirement age has been rejected by National's likely coalition partners and opponents.