Lower rural speed limits on a city fringe are a developer's dream.

House sale volumes have hit an eight-month low and Auckland's median sale price is sticking in a flat pattern, around $850,000 for nearly two years, new data from the Real Estate Institute shows.

REINZ data is just out for September

Primary teachers who trained after 1996 earn $12,000 more than those who trained earlier.

Fuel prices around the country are causing headaches for Kiwi families around the country.

Tauranga teacher Eileen Gilmour is stuck on a pay scale because she started teaching before a university degree was required. / Alan Gibson

COMMENT: There is more to the rising prices than profiteering by oil companies.

The Not For Sale campaign can change lives, says Grant Bayldon.

Seven 14- and 15-year-old Western Springs College girls react to two videos.

Cyberbullying is costing New Zealand $444 million each year in harm to victims and resources to help them, a report reveals.

Squatters leave St Heliers house in shambles after being evicted.

A South Auckland resident kept awake by trucks roaring down his suburban street says he has no other option than to follow the advice of the Deputy Mayor and start taking sleeping pills.

Focus: Who is getting fleeced at the petrol pump?

Pakistan's Supreme Court has postponed its ruling on a final appeal by a Christian woman on death row since 2010 on charges of blasphemy.

Choreographer Rina Chae has teamed up with the Korean Consulate to provide a dance course based on the K-pop craze sweeping New Zealand. Video / Doug Sherring

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has announced the Government will prioritise the passing of a commerce amendment bill, as she is concerned with the high price of petrol.

Next K-pop dance workshops on Wed and Fri at 11am.

Federated Farmers water quality spokeman Chris Allen's response to the government's freshwater announcements. / Mark Mitchell

Waitākere Ranges Local Board chairman, Greg Presland, talks about changes happening Glen Eden. / Michael Craig

Takeshi Teruya says drift racing 'is my life'. So he built a race track around his home.

A richlister is banking big on a little-known company, Helius Therapeutics.

Horsepower Heaven - Hamilton resident Takeshi Teruya has built his dream drift driveway, a drifting circuit that circles his home.

Richlister Guy Haddleton has invested $15 million in Helius Therapeutics.

The bride and groom walked out of Auckland’s St Paul’s Church to have their photos taken. He was 55 years old... she was a child.

Some of the NZME team tries to pronounce the most difficult place names.

COMMENT: How would we react if businesses started saying 'no elderly people allowed'?

About 3000 demonstrators have gathered outside the Supreme Court to protest Brett Kavanaugh's nomination to the nation's highest court.

The cranes are the biggest in Australasia and weigh 2,100 tonnes each.

A Pukekohe childcare centre that had animal faeces in its sandpit has had its licence downgraded after a Ministry of Education investigation.

The giant cranes - almost 20m taller than the Harbour Bridge - cost $60 million.