Juan Cumar was part of the foiling surfers crew who were foiling on surfboards in the wake of the Waiheke ferry.

Huawei, the world's second-largest cellphone manufacturer have launched the latest members of its 'Mate' smartphone family.

57,000 kids have been given pedometers as part of New Zealand's Healthiest Schools Challenge

Lime have launched 600 e-scooters in Auckland and 400 in Christchurch, but concerns have been raised about their safety.

David Taylor got his money back after taking clampers to Small Claims Court.

Auckland Council offers guidelines for healthier Diwali food.

Winston Peters plays Burning Bridges song while speaking to media.

Families across NZ will be celebrating Diwali, or the 'Festival of Light'.

Tonga's historic rugby league clash with Australia isn't until Saturday but the excitement has already boiled over in the streets of Auckland.

National MPs Amy Adams and Judith Collins comment on Jami-Lee Ross ahead of the caucus meeting.

Minister for Sport and Recreation Grant Robertson says findings "deeply disappointing".

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern addresses petrol taxes.

Foreign Minister Winston Peters on the risk posed by Pacific nations racking up debt they can never repay.

National MP Jami-Lee Ross has been identified as the person who leaked Simon Bridges' expenses.

Heron's review has concluded Anthony Peden had an inappropriate relationship with a female athlete.

Inquiry fingers Jami-Lee Ross as National expenses leaker - caucus to decide his future.

A west Auckland man built the ultimate Kiwi summer hack - and it's surprisingly simple.

Tama Nio-Aporo's 'beer table', that took him a day and a half to make, is designed for 'lazy' summer drinkers.

'Rap God' comes to capital: Eminem to play one show next year.

A group of women battling terminal cancer tell the Herald what they would do with extra time

Jake La Jeunesse, an American teacher who has struggled to find a fulltime position in NZ, says that the rules are designed to drive immigrants away.

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The Herald investigates whether it's possible to shop plastic free by visting 3 NZ supermarkets armed with a shopping list of 17 kitchen staples or household items.

A 20 metre pine has been destroyed and a pohutukawa attacked as a sea view beckons.

A pine tree had been ring barked about 90% of the way around. Because of this, it had to be removed.

Former New Zealand Olympic skeleton racer Ben Sandford speaks to The New Zealand Herald about being a representative of WADA. / Alan Gibson

Ben Sandford, Olympian, lawyer, Labour candidate on why he didn't quit Wada over Russia.

Star Trek actor William Shatner joked about sending Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern's baby into space, as he opened Rocket Lab's new factory in the Auckland suburb of Mount Wellington.

Bus crashes into shop, 3 pedestrians injured, in Birkenhead, Auckland.