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Heroes among us
The Herald New Zealander of the Year has been celebrating those who make an outstanding contribution to this country and beyond for 25 years.
The Herald New Zealander of the Year has been celebrating those who make an outstanding contribution to this country and beyond for 25 years.
Human rights advocates are calling for New Zealand's million dollar hair industry to be regulated in light of a Weekend Herald investigation.
He was too late to check in for his flight, been told to pay another $100 for another - so Edward Christopher Wycherley threatened to hijack the plane.
Buzz Aldrin made it to the South Pole before he was evacuated from Antarctica to a New Zealand hospital with fluid on his lungs.
Waikato SPCA announced on Friday that it will close its doors.
A Sri Lankan couple fearing harm after their family members were shot and killed by underworld criminal have been granted refugee status.
The beauty and mystique of Māori musical instruments were almost lost to the world. But Napier man Layton Robertson is playing his part to help revive them. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
A man called an Auckland primary school threatening to kill its pupils the same day a bomb threat was made to schools nationwide.
An 80-year-old Wellington man pretended to be a police officer while telling a woman off about her clothing.
Elisabeth Easther finds horticultural heaven, just a short jaunt down the motorway.
A fundraiser for the children of Jonah Lomu is thought to have raised more than 100,000 pounds (NZ$177,600) in London overnight.
Community spirit is alive and well in Whanganui with parents and bike enthusiasts working together to build a huge new bike park for the kids. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
It's not going to be the sunniest weekend, but at least it won't rain too much.
The second man to walk on the moon has been evacuated from Antarctica to New Zealand suffering respiratory problems.
There have been two more reports of attempted child abductions in West Auckland, as police continue to hunt for the man responsible for the assault of an 11-year-old boy.
The Waikato District Health Board is over two year's late with its report on its chief executive's expenses
Govt says a public message about unusual seismic activity under the North Island was not a cause for alarm.
Wellington's Michael Preston has had his conviction and sentence of life imprisonment upheld by the Court of Appeal.
A virtual health system set up by Waikato District Health Board will compete with another one designed by GPs and patients.
A man wanted for an attack on his elderly father appeared to be possibly trying to grab a weapon as police launched an arrest in which
New Zealand is leading a bid to get UN Security Council members to agree to resumption of a ceasefire in Syria.
Havelock North artist David Trubridge is appalled at council for urging residents to conserve water while permitting commercial bottling and export of local water supplies. Made with finding from NZ On Air.
A Wairarapa woman who died of injuries suffered while trying to rescue her cat from a cabbage tree had been stuck in its branches for up to two hours.
A bid by Labour leader Andrew Little to make Govt prioritise NZ jobs in its tenders has failed at the first hurdle.
Jacinda Ardern gets a security wake up aboard NZ501 from Auckland to Christchurch.
Part of a mall now at risk of a collapse after last month's tremors is coming down today.
Tens of thousands of people have watched the video of Shadbolt nipping down to the shops on a push scooter.
More than half of Hawke's Bay teenagers aged 13 to 17 will receive free GP visits next year thanks to a unanimous decision by the
About half a dozen online retailers are selling "pure, hand-bottled, pollution-free, oxygen-rich air from New Zealand" to people in China's smoggy northern cities.
Letters must be sent to the man in red by Sunday to be sure of getting a response in the post.