A hedge fund manager is suing his wife for 35 per cent of her NZ$1.2m shoe collection - claiming she hid them in the divorce settlement.

National Geographic photographer Jason Edwards has become the first to capture the mating ritual of humpback whales on camera. Jason recorded four males competing to copulate with a solitary female.

There has been a reprieve for diehard Marmite fans who are itching to get their fix - in the South Island at least.

Auckland's Mount Terrace apartment rooms could be the smallest dwellings in New Zealand. Described as "smaller than a carpark", the apartments could fetch $45,000 at an auction planned for next week.