The explanation isn't overly scientific either, NIWA says.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has given her first statement to the UN General Assembly.

Filmmaker Gabo Arora describes how this child bride story affected him deeply.

PM speaks at UN, expected to give response to Trump, talk climate change.

Occupant told landlady he would pay his rent only if she "takes off her pants".

John Tamihere will not stand for mayor, but he sure is on the attack against council.

Cochlear implants were a game-changer for four-year-old Matthias Berndt.

A new study in the US has found that limiting screen time to less 2 hours a day is associated with improved cognition.

Kyle Mulinder explains what it felt like to be slapped by a seal with an octopus.

COMMENT: When Jacinda Ardern sacked Meka Whaitiri a week ago, it was on a trust-me basis.

COMMENT: A blanket one-speed-fits-all may not aways be appropriate for the Auckland CBD.

We were world leaders on social security in 1938. We can be so again, argues Mike O'Brien

Foreign students may now prefer Australia, which has nine universities in the top 200.

Air New Zealand is pushing up some prices on a number domestic routes by up to 8 per cent and $10 each way across the Tasman.

Some higher level fares are on the way up at Air New Zealand.

Video interview with Captain Merle Clawson, who pilots the 1929 Bellanca CH-300 Pacemaker aircraft, it was the actual aircraft that started it all for Hawaiian Airlines, 89 years ago. / Brett Phibbs

Speed limits around the CBD changed from 50km/h to 30km/h last year, now Auckland Transport has proposed speed limit changes to other 800 Auckland roads. Video / NZ Herald

Former Prime Minister Sir Bill English receives a knighthood Government House in Wellington.

Apple's new products have been run through the gauntlet - and didn't fare well.

NZ Herald reporter, Hamish Fletcher, talks with Derek Handley.

'It's Australia's problem' - New Zealand strawberry grower on needles fiasco.

Strawberry grower Phil Greig says it's important for people not to panic.

There were heated exchanges among students during this morning's protest.

Doctors are warning a powerful superbug could become deadly if it continues to spread​ at its present rate.

Victoria Yao talks about Glenfield Nights Markets at the mall and Ko Hayashi talks about life in Glenfield.

The Government is concerned about the discovery of a needle in a punnet of strawberries at an Auckland supermarket - and wants answers on why more checking was not in place.

Allegations against MP more than just a "beltway" issue for those obsessed with politics.

John Tamihere gives Auckland mayor Phil Goff a deadline over housing.

PM Jacinda Ardern is paying for Clarke Gayford to travel to New York herself.