Most woman can only dream of being pulled out of a crowd by Bruce Springsteen and being asked to dance to his 1980s hit Dancing in the Dark.

There was a time when staff inventing something and presenting it as fact would be taken very seriously indeed by a news organisation, writes Paul Little.

The Boss and Lorde came together last night, in a surprise opening to Bruce Springsteen's first New Zealand concert in 10 years.

State broadcaster TVNZ has attempted to push the mute button on staff - with a media ban and fears of dismissal for those who speak out.

James Newland is a little disappointed he only scraped a pass mark of 78 per cent in his latest physics exam. That is because he is top in the world at business studies.

A few years ago, he was the $60m man with a property empire that included over 20 pubs, hotels and a fun park. Now Michael McGurk is doing odd jobs to get by, and has a criminal conviction.

As Patrick Veal performed CPR on his good mate Kenny Jenkins, he feared the 23-year-old was going to die on the side of the road.

Former TV star Tamati Coffey wants to be Rotorua's next MP, and has been nominated for selection as a candidate for the Labour Party.

Michael Vukcevic has resigned from the Middle East Business Council after revelations he claimed to have a law degree.

International students are paying tens of thousands of dollars to attend our state schools - funding that is crucial to lessons, teacher development and other support for locals.

A Fijian migrant who needs a life-saving kidney transplant says he has been given a "death sentence" by immigration officials who will deport him if he does not leave New Zealand.

The public will be able to step inside 10 of Waiheke Island's most exclusive homes during the Waiheke House Tour.

Spending half the year in the bush might be too adventurous for most of us, but for Ron Standfield it's retirement.

The new police commissioner is not intending to apologise directly to Arthur Allan Thomas despite a plea from his brother, who says the public apology was "half-hearted''.

The chief executive of a legal firm who stepped down after an internal investigation into his qualifications has admitted he does not have a law degree as claimed.

An associate of a former head of a top law firm who quit after he made false claims about having a law degree says the issue's been blown out of proportion.

The brother of Arthur Allan Thomas says new police commissioner should apologise to Mr Thomas directly for a recent eulogy and ensure resolving the Crewe murders has priority.

Nick Walls knows the slow pace of recovery better than anyone.

Telecom has revealed its plan to become the Netflix of New Zealand by providing movies and TV shows to subscribers over the internet.

Karen Rowan feared she would die of pain while a surgeon operated when she was fully awake but unable to call out because of an anaesthetic failure.

A Herald analysis shows students do far better under internal assessment, away from the pressure of tests

A top New Zealand businesswoman says Kiwi women are still being "frozen out" of the boardroom.

How do you stop truckloads of unsaleable food from going to the dump - and turn it into something useful? Put a few thousand piggies in the middle.

The number of people absconding from home detention is dropping, but offenders are still regularly cutting off their monitoring bracelets to get out and about.

For most 11-year-old boys, Facebook is a way to chat with friends and share photographs - but for Reece Puddington.

Taking on motherhood later in life is becoming more common in New Zealand.

The popularity of hospitality classes in schools has surged thanks in part to high-rating television shows such as MasterChef.

Farmers has stood proud in Auckland's central city for nearly a century - but the iconic store is about to close its doors for the last time in the CBD.

A Kiwi family packed in their jobs 16 months ago to see the world - and never in their wildest dreams did they think they would wind up settled on a farm in central France.