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.

National is pointing to Australia to highlight drop in business confidence.

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

Hot Lips, which operates out of another Ponsonby Road restaurant’s kitchen can only be found on the Ubereats app.

COMMENT: Doesn't the medicinal marijuana debate infuriate you?

You won't find its customers queuing for a table or sipping sparkling water inside.

WARNING: Disturbing footage: 'The sheer scale of animal suffering was overwhelming.'

COMMENT: Simon Bridges employed some imaginative politics ahead of the party conference.

Simon Bridges kicks off his first conference as National Party leader today.

The new KiwiBuild chief executive remembers he and his wife’s struggle to buy their first home 31 years ago.

Steve Braunias continues his series on preparing for Doomsday with a visit to Queenstown.

Wellington's Te Papa museum has commissioned its first ever dance tour, a 20-minute experience at Toi Art that has participants led through the gallery's art by a dancer.

The heavens are treating star-gazers to one stunner of a variety show with three celestial events.

The footage filmed by Direct Animal Action comes as Tegel suspends its plans for a controversial mega-farm in Dargaville.

All three tickets were a winner for an Invercargill man who took home $1m.

Diego Opatowski was shocked to discover a gym he had been a member of years ago and which had closed down had been taken over by a new company that were still charging him fees.

Airbus has released new footage of Beluga XL. The aircraft will transport plane parts around Europe.

Variety works with Decile 1 Pt England school in Auckland to help its pupils succeed under challenging conditions.

Jefferies will be sentenced on September 7 for the murder of his partner.

On the eve of the National Party conference, Simon Bridges sits down for a chat.

Potential benefits need to be weighed against the arguments for potential risks.

Simon Bridges is confident 'brand serious' will trump 'brand celebrity' in 2020.

At one Auckland school, 1 in 10 students are getting help with basic items like clothing.

The SPCA's Cupcake Day has raised millions for vulnerable animals in New Zealand.

The futility of war and its ongoing impacts, are front and centre in a new exhibit at Pukeahu National War Memorial Park.

The membership was never cancelled so it continued after the initial 12-month membership.

A young woman has fought stage four cancer and completely changed her body.

Home-buyers are being tricked into putting their money into scammers accounts.