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.

Informality rules as Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern kicks off Labour's first caucus and declares 2019 the Year of Delivery.

Former coal mine to be restored back to lake. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

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

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

Anti-P protesters have marched down streets in Kawerau where police carried out raids against the Mongrel Mob in 2018.

Boy who lived all his life in Grammar zoned forced to cut hair to attend Auckland Grammar.

13-year-old James Hunt relented, getting his haircut the evening before starting Auckland Grammar.

Building more social housing is at the heart of John Tamihere's mayoral campaign.

The Little Creatures Brewery comes to Hobsonville Point.

Almost half of schools oppose plans to shift control of schools to regional 'hubs'.

Focus: Simon Wilson interviews John Tamihere after he announced he is running for mayor in January 2019.

Revenge porn and online image-based sexual abuse has impacted around 151,000 adults in New Zealand, new research has found.

Aiden Moe, 6, was mistakenly left inside a locked van in a garage at a holiday programme.

The New Zealand Herald spoke to the mother of a child who was locked in an Auckland Council van.

Friends of slain Flat Bush mother Xi Wang speak out about the "amazing" woman.

A fire broke out at Auckland Normal Intermediate School in Mt Eden this afternoon.