Blind baker, Parveen Shankar gets his dream job, and is helping others who have lost their sight

Cookie Project employs special needs workers including the blind.

Cannabis law and tax policy reform will both test Labour's appetite for electoral risk.

Parents had newborn and redundancy to deal with when he was rushed to hospital.

Jai Costello has to travel to Auckland's Starship Hospital every 4-6 weeks for throat surgery. His family say it would not be possible without Ronald McDonald.

Interview with LGBT essay competition winner Sophie Newton, a Year 11 student at Glendowie College.

Wellington property developer Ian Cassels is doing his bit for the city's rental properties shortage, by provoding emergency student accommodation in a building he owns.

"Everything can be taken away so quickly."

The men said they could fix her roof but instead left a hole in it.

Dialysis patient gets second life after transplant.

COMMENT: Bridges' State of the Nation speech in Christchurch should have been a breeze.

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A remarkable story of teamwork secured Finau Veikoso her transplant.

Comment: Long-term insurance is not a subject most customers monitor closely.

Temperatures are starting to reach the mid-30s in parts of the country today.

Teachers from overseas now teaching in New Zealand schools. / Doug Sherring

Asian elephants Burma and Anjalee get a special treat to help cool them down in the hot weather.

It might be hot – but this month's warmth still doesn't stack up to last January.

Infants, particularly those under 12 weeks of age, struggle to regulate their temperature.

The Wellington suburb of Kelburn reached 30.3C at around 4pm this afternoon.

Wholesale change is needed for the insurance industry to clean up its act, the head of the Financial Markets Authority says.

Construction workers, gardeners, and chefs are among those battling the heat as temperatures near 30C across the country.

The New Zealand Herald spoke to Georgina Griffiths from MetService about New Zealand's potential heatwave.

The strike action today and tomorrow follows failed mediation talks last week.

Yes you can still train outside, even in this heat, but here's what you need to know.

A Wellington City councillor is writing to the NZ Transport Agency, in a bid to rid the blasting of horns in the Mt Victoria tunnel.

They say the unprovoked attack has made them feel unsafe in New Zealand.

Mayor says he stands by his comments about the 'unruly' British family.

Of the 98 KiwiBuild homes offered for sale in 2018 ballots, 48 have not been sold.

A young Colombian woman who had plans to travel the world has been left traumatised after a brutal alleged attack on her and her sister at an Auckland mall. / Video by Michael Craig