Over a year the 27-year-old teacher paid more than $28k - unwittingly, to the 14-year-old she was sleeping with.

UK Prime Minister Theresa May is the first foreign leader to visit the Trump White House and it seems that Trump is going to be very hands on.

COMMENT: Peter Thiel makes for good copy, but the nub of the issue over his freshly revealed citizenship is straightforward: How'd he get it?

US President Donald Trump wants a new 20 per cent tax on all imports from Mexico to pay for a wall on the southern US border.

The inner strength of a little girl starved, beaten and imprisoned in a tiny urine-soaked closet amazed her rescuers.

UK Prime Minister Theresa May is set to meet Donald Trump for the first time today as she sets out to forge the future of the special relationship.

Politics sure makes for strange bedfellows. Donald Trump has slammed Chelsea Manning as an "ungrateful traitor" for criticising Barack Obama.

Since Donald Trump took office, initiation fees at Mar-a-Lago have doubled to US$200,000.

Tess Nichol is all the richer for spotting a humpback whale and witnessing swooping bald eagles at an exclusive resort in British Columbia.

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There's a strange side to one of the country's wealthiest citizens.

Donald Trump took steps to advance construction of the controversial Keystone XL and Dakota Access oil pipelines.

Pictures of Trump signing the executive order show him surrounded by his new cabinet - a bunch of men.

There are just 315 scientologists in NZ, yet the church, which was established here more than 60 years ago, has just opened a new $16 million base.

An Opotiki doctor is traveling to America to research how technology is changing rural healthcare in New Zealand. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

A selection of Hollywood hot spots that will transport you to the colourful movie's world.

The most expensive home ever listed in the US has just hit the market in Bel Air, LA at a whopping US$250m.

Donald Trump and his family hit the ground running in Washington DC, busying themselves with an array of events and appearances.

Tess Nichol spots a humpback whale and swooping bald eagles at an exclusive resort in Canada.

Ricky Gray is the second person to be executed in the United States this year. His chilling confession reveals details of how he slashed the throats of his victims, including a 4-year-old girl.

Three men were overcome by poisonous fumes and a firefighter attempting to save them narrowly escaped death.

Handover a huge moment for US - and two families at centre of transition.

Reality fails to meet expectations when Alexander Bisley travels from Toronto to New York.

Sadie Whitelocks' legs turn to jelly when a great white grips the side of her cage.

Tourists have been caught up in a deadly shooting at an electronic music festival in Mexico, which left at least five people dead and sparked a stampede.

Audrey Young flies UA1885 across the USA.

A record number of New Zealand students have received early round offers to some of the world's best tertiary institutions, including the Ivy League.

Many people have hailed Lizzy a role model for women of all sizes because of her confidence and beauty.

For the first time, a leading Democrat has called into question Donald Trump's legitimacy as president.

A newborn baby who was kidnapped from a Florida hospital 18 years ago has been found alive and well in South Carolina.

Miller Patane's long lost sister "bawled her eyes out" when she saw her long lost brother's photo in the Herald after he was given food by newlyweds.