Big strides are expected this year on five key projects to improve travel to, from and around Auckland. Transport reporter Mathew Dearnaley looks at the progress.

Kiwi toddler Kahlei Stone-Kelly is taking the world by storm with his skateboarding skills, but it's nothing new for him - he's been doing it since well before his first birthday.

New Zealand's hottest act will tour America from early March, with all 16 shows sold out.

The Herald looks back at some of the most high-profile unsolved murder and missing person files - all of which are still under active investigation by police, but remain "cold cases".

Lorde wore a gown from French fashion house Balenciaga for the Grammys ceremony.

A cast of the foot of an emperor penguin dubbed New Zealand's 'Happy Feet' has spent more than a year travelling around the world to members of a unique group.

Chinese businessman who arrived as a boy in 1939 can look back on 75 years of fruitful life in NZ as a proud Kiwi.

Green Party co-leader Metiria Turei has promised a free lunch for all children in low-decile schools.

Ahead of Lorde’s performance at the Grammys tomorrow, the Herald on Sunday polled over 4000 Kiwis on our all-time greatest songs.

A top Auckland secondary school is asking parents to shell out more than $1000 when their sons return to class in two weeks' time.

Cold, hard statistics insist Stanislas Wawrinka cannot win the Australian Open over world No1 Rafael Nadal at Melbourne Park tonight.

Tomorrow Paul Little will be sitting in the gold section of the Staples Center in Downtown LA with his fingers crossed.

A former top gay rugby player says life inside NZ's NPC environment was "suffocating and emotionally draining" and a gay All Black represents an important "last hurdle" for the sport.

A misdiagnosis led to a woman continuing to give her partner medicine that masked the presence of meningococcal disease, which killed him days later.

NZ and India produced one of the most epic one-day encounters on these shores with a tied third match, meaning the series stays alive into the final two games.

As the nation heads back to work after the summer break, it’s time to consider how many of us really need to be in the office at all.

A state primary school has recommended that children have an iPad for the upcoming school year, as an increasing number of schools add tablets or laptops to their back-to-school lists.

Dr Jared Noel’s one wish was to meet his baby daughter before he died. Now he has helped deliver her.

A former Black Cap who took one of the greatest catches in cricket history says those wanting the best chance to snare a one-handed $100,000 should sit at deep mid-wicket.

New "executive" and "expert" positions in schools could have wide-reaching effects - including more-energised teachers and reduced competition between schools.

Labour MP Jacinda Ardern is putting a different spin on the phrase "on the record" by agreeing to do a slot as a DJ at the Laneway Festival on Monday night.

Kiwis are an outward-looking, globe-trotting bunch who want to explore the world, with many planning to move overseas for work, new research shows.

Police are trying to track down the owner of an Auckland rental property bought for almost $1 million last year which was destroyed by the young tenants.

Comedy video website Funny or Die, co-founded by Hollywood star Will Ferrell, has partnered with Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi's vampire mockumentary What We Do in the Shadows.

Motorists wrongly ticketed in multi-occupancy vehicle lanes want Auckland Transport to use better detection tools such as thermal imaging.

Paul Henry's resurrection - a late-night TV3 current affairs show, which begins next week. He will not be watching what he says.