School advocates for road improvements after child hit by car and critically injured. / Jason Oxenham

Two officers narrowly avoided death after a man allegedly pulled trigger on rifle at them.

Brooke Howard Smith is spearheading a social media campaign to get New Zealand's four largest chain restaurants to ditch plastic straws.

David Downs had to travel to Boston to undergo Car-T cell therapy in order to battle non-Hodgkins lymphoma. Now he's trying to make it easier for other Kiwis to receive the treatment.

Twenty four staff on at least $1 million.

NZ Herald Business Editor at Large Liam Dann looks at some promising signals from Auckland's property market.

Fonterra has faced intense investor scrutiny this year.

The elderly resident also had other underlying health conditions.

The care and treatment of women patients turned a corner in 1988 following a doomed trial.

Karina Tipene heats up her house by cooking dinner late for her seven young grandchildren.

Rongomai School is the first of a hundred schools that will receive a piano through the project.

Simon Bridges speaks to the media about Abby Hartley's death.

Auckland University Engineering student Mackenzie Round explains the struggles of being a woman in a traditionally male-dominated workplace.

Supermarkets are introducing 'quiet hours' for people with autism to shop with ease.

Susan Peterson is on the board of the ASB, Xero and three other listed companies and says progress is so slow in getting women onto boards she now believes quotas should be considered in New Zealand.

Top company director says quotas may be needed to get more women on boards.

Seven 14 and 15 year old girls from Western Springs College share their views as part of Herald and World Vision Not For Sale campaign.

John Banks takes the hand of Penny Bright and says there is no bigger fighter

Direct Animal Action who captured the footage, is upset at the "slap on the wrist" by MPI.

Controversy surrounds training of boxer hospitalised after first fight.

Jane Weekes talks about how she's coped after her triplets were killed in a Doha mall fire.

Mum of Kiwi triplets killed in a mall fire in Qatar is set to share her story across NZ.

Perhaps the fight will only be over after swathes of native forests have fallen silent.

The wealthy are chasing experiences rather than buying bling, fueling luxury cruising here

Former Fonterra executive Leon Clement talks to Jamie Gray about jumping ship.

Leon Clement talks about being the new Chief Executive of Synlait Milk.

Refugees caught in limbo on the Pacific island of Nauru speak to the Herald about their hopes of moving to New Zealand. Video / Jason Oxenham

Ivy, who has since been diagnosed with tonic-clonic epilepsy, is back to her bubbly self.

Ivy Barn, who has since been diagnosed with tonic-clonic epilepsy, was reunited with the supporting crews who saved her life.

Protests against the use of 1080 poison will be held in several Northland towns tomorrow.