One day in the 1980s, a scientist took a bizarre phone call about a sheep in Canterbury that couldn't stop having triplets.

Korean mother Christina Oh, 39, is thrilled at the prospect of being able to vote in this year's general election after she got her New Zealand permanent resident visa just before Christmas.

Lorraine Cohen knows about drugs. She knows about trying to get clean, then getting dragged back in again.

The Warriors are on the march - and the Nines look here to stay.

Parents are going to extreme lengths to give their children a head start before they hit the school system.

Thousands of Kiwi jobseekers are being targeted by an alarming new identity theft scam in which fake job ads are placed on the TradeMe and Seek websites.

Art, music and sporting fans have been spoiled for choice with the NRL Auckland Nines, Rapture 2014 and Splore events occurring in the city this weekend.

For every day we survive on this earth, we in New Zealand can expect our lives on average to extend by six hours.

Oh yes. I was my own person from a very early age. I did things on my own terms.

When Anthony Marter met Susan Zhu, not only did he find a wife but also a reason to be celebrating Valentine's Day twice in the year.

Amber-leigh Erasmus had Myrah when she was 17 years old.

It was February 11, 1864 and the invading British forces advanced deeper into the Waikato heartland, closing in on the Maori King Movement's agricultural base.

At 49 years old, Glenn Bratton didn't expect to be looking for a new career.

Taxpayers have spent nearly $30 million targeting vandalism at schools in the past two years, while thieves have made off with items such as plastic guttering and wooden seats.

In honour of Valentine’s Day, Living goes behind the scenes of a much-anticipated TV wedding.

Dean Lonergan and business partner David Higgins know what it is to stare in the face of bankruptcy. But next weekend, they will kick off their biggest event yet, the $7.5 million NRL Auckland Nines.

New Zealand cricketers Doug Bracewell and Jesse Ryder are under investigation after a late-night drinking session the night before the first test against India.

It's the middle of summer but you wouldn't know it as dozens of kaihoe (paddlers) brave the drizzle and blustery winds at Waitangi on what is New Zealand's most historic day.

The country's most dangerous rail crossings - including one in Auckland - have been revealed as authorities plead with motorists to take care following a spate of near collisions.

State house tenants in many parts of Auckland will have to move, at least temporarily, as Housing New Zealand ramps up an aggressive programme of redeveloping some of its oldest and highest-value sites.

Airlines claim legal measures to deal with violent passengers outdated, jeopardising safety and call for revamp.

About 4000 state house tenants who are paying market rents are likely to be the first required to leave when Housing New Zealand's "house for life" policy ends on April 14.