NIWA forecaster Ben Noll explains why August is set to be warm but September/October are set to be cooler.

Speaking to parents about whether they think the teachers strike is justified.

Major Auckland construction company Ebert is in receivership and workers have been locked out of sites.

Peters reiterates that not everything can be fixed in one Budget

Nicola Carruthers said gaining a plumbing apprenticeship in 2018 was far easier thanks to the frees-free course at Wintec in Hamilton. Video / Alan Gibson

Jump in second-half domestic enrolments relieves financially strapped polytechnics.

EDITORIAL: Consensus among parties for use of medical marijuana represents a sea change.

A Mangere mother is more than $200 negative per week after bills and debt payments.

A Mangere mother-of-three is left with short more than $200 per week after bills.

Adele Graves lives in Torbay with her daughter Libby. After gaining access through a dog door, the burglar stole money and the family car.

A slip of the tongue has seen National leader accidentally insult his deputy.

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex began their day at Rotorua's Te Papaiouru Marae, being greeted with a pōwhiri and waiata.

Simon Bridges comments on Winston Peter's time as Acting Prime Minister.

Police are appealing for sightings of a 2007 white Toyota Rush, registration KTC591.

The Parnell Terraces townhouses are currently undergoing redevelopment that has racked up a 24 million dollar bill.

"I turned the lighter on to match the positive and the negative the right way and the boat exploded."

EDITORIAL: Bridges has six to eight months to show his party and NZ he has the goods.

"I looked around, I had no roof, no walls on the boat, no cockpit, no dinghy..."

Acting PM hits back at description of the NZ election as "disappointing, unjust, unfair"

Kim Richmond's mother 'ecstatic' at murder verdict for Cory Jefferies.

If you happen to have a spare $7.25 million, you can still be in the running to snap up one of New Zealand's most expensive apartments with its views over Auckland city and the harbour.

Through the use of a virtual reality headset, the Massey University-developed digital programme allows a user to be immersed in a store experience replicates the real-world experience.

Tired of unreliable consumer surveys, a researcher at Massey Uni found a tech solution.

The Korean-Japanese man was seeking a verdict of not guilty by reason of insanity.

Cory Jefferies earlier admitted killing her but denied it was intentional.

COMMENT: National says it's forward looking but try telling that to half the conference.

Video interview with Michael Reeves swam out and saved the person who was on board the yacht that exploded, after he was thrown into the water from the blast, the moored just off Herald Island. Video by Brett Phibbs

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex arrive to meet with young Wellingtonians at Maranui Café.

COMMENT: Conference had a nervous groom plus something old, new, borrowed and blue.

COMMENT: Smoking comes obscured by a stinky cloud of ironies.