A woman has been shot during a domestic dispute in Hamilton this morning.

A man who put a 3-year-old into a scalding bath, causing the boy's skin to "flake off", has been jailed for nearly four years.

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A family is suing a high flying real estate agent for failing to tell them the pricey Mt Eden villa they bought was next door to a drug rehab centre.

Instead of gifting clients a bottle of wine for Christmas, a number of corporates are opting to put the money towards something more meaningful.

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates is helping Massey University research into Ebola and other deadly diseases be received on the world stage.

Owners of a top Wellington restaurant could be left tens of thousands of dollars out of pocket from last month's earthquake.

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.

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.

Three Head Hunters gang members are facing charges for allegedly selling methamphetamine in Wairarapa.

Kaikoura's fur seals famously splashed and frolicked in a pool at the foot of a waterfall. And then the earthquake came.

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.

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.

Black Gold: The billion-dollar human hair trade

The teacher has resigned from her role and been censured by the Education Council's Disciplinary Tribunal.

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.