The latest figures from the Real Estate Institute show Auckland continues on the downward slide while in the rest of the country, house prices continue to rise steeply.

REINZ data for May showed Auckland growth well behind NZ figures.

Roads are closed and Cook Strait crossings suspended as wild weather wallops country.

Dunedin feels the cold, with snow this afternoon.

Cold weather is going to grip much of New Zealand.

Team NZ will face off against Oracle in the America's Cup.

Imagine the All Blacks getting a five-point head start for the World Cup final.

From today an active front will begin to cross the South Island, moving north.

22 thousand foreign students wanting to do “low level” courses here, will be affected by Labour’s immigration policy.

Tomorrow the Herald launches Counting Crime, a week-long series that looks at offending in New Zealand, who is affected by it, when and where.

The Marceau family may finally hear what motivated their daughters killer.

The Flava team head down to the Viaduct for the America's Cup grinding challenge.

Laura McGoldrick meets the rural bachelors competing for the Golden Gumboot.

Wind, cold and snow, this week has it all.

An Internal Affairs report has raised concerns that three charitable trusts - run out of New Zealand and holding over $130 million dollars - may have been misused to evade tax or launder money.

With voting closed in the UK’s snap election, exit polls are suggesting a hung parliament.

Voluntary euthanasia bill to be debated in parliament.

The former head of the FBI James Comey gave testimony before a US Senate hearing investigating whether Russia interfered with the 2016 election.

Jason Donovan is in the country to perform in the Million Dollar Quartet.

Benny Foar is a member of the Blind Foundation. He suffers from vision loss, but every week he takes blind people out for walks around the Auckland Domain.

One cafe owner has combined a pie with a coffee.

Steve Hansen has named the All Blacks Squad that will take on the Lions.

Fletch and Vaughan put the new sugar free Coke to the test.

The Blues bested the Lions at Eden Park last night.

UFC fighter Ross Pearson is in the country to face off against Kiwi fighter Dan Hooker.

Anti-sugar lobby FIZZ has congratulated Coca-Cola on offering another sugar-free variety

Team NZ had a big setback at the America's Cup.

600 visitors to the cathedral were locked inside when a hammer wielding assailant attacked police outside.

Back in 1995 Peter Blake pulled on a humble pair of red socks to raise funds. This year there’s a twist, the creation of a Dream Bank.

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and English met at Premier House this morning.