Why should Don Brash be spared the challenge to his 1970s view of New Zealand's future?

Brash will lead a debate against Herald writers Simon Wilson and Fran O'Sullivan.

Four or five new high schools and eight to 10 new primaries to cope with Auckland growth.

Cat that broke its claws clinging to a car grille for hours set to be reunited with owner.

The Herald rang petrol countries around the Super City to see how prices varied.

Adrift for days, one sailor became so thirsty he drank his own urine.

29-year-old who was shot dead by police threatened officers with a machete, police say.

Delays expected as key transport link expected to remain closed much of the day.

NZ First leader Winston Peters says his MP apologised after Mitchell 'misunderstood.'

The "hot spot" suburbs include a number of up-and-coming neighbourhoods, agency boss says.

A police officer said businesses could see the system's effectiveness for themselves.

Surf lifesavers are kept busy as more people flock to beaches

A new breed of schools is taking kids out of classrooms and letting them go wild.

Labour is poised to ask Aucklanders to help pay for a rapid transit network.

Home detention for 20-year-old caught importing LSD and ecstasy into New Zealand by mail.

About $240 million will build new schools across Auckland.

School zones are being rewritten to cope with bulging rolls at 43 Auckland schools.

An animal rights charity says to prepare for a stream of motorbikes and revving engines.

Don Brash returns to the same place, Orewa, to deliver the same sort of speech, but this time as spokesman for Hobson's Pledge.

Blair Cole even displayed the Licensed Building Practitioner logo on his business card, despite not being licensed.

A technical issue at NZME's print plant has affected production of several newspapers today.

Police are praising members of the public, including a Shortland St actor and Flava radio star, who helped to free a man from a burning, crashed car.

Uncle tells of the moment he found his 4-year-old autistic nephew floating in his neighbour's pool.

An Auckland mum is petitioning Parliament to give Pharmac more money to fund treatment for rare diseases.

A 42ha greenfields site north of Auckland is planned to be developed into a 570-residence housing estate.

A 26-year-old was today sentenced to more than four years in jail after getting in an argument after a heavy drinking session in Orewa in June that ended in her stabbing two people and injuring a third.

The creators of Coronation Street have sent their condolences to the family of a longtime fan who died after watching a "traumatic" episode of the soap.

A longtime Coronation Street fan suffered a fatal heart attack while watching a "traumatic" episode of the soap.

Bike, swim or lick an icecream at this beachy paradise, writes Elisabeth Easther.

Julie Denham thought her precious heirloom brooch was gone forever. She didn't count on the efforts of a motorway maintenance crew.