Cycling is around 35 times safer than rugby, according to Auckland University researchers who compared accident claims and participation rates in several activities.

Jamie Whyte is Act's new leader and David Seymour will be the party's candidate in Epsom at this year's election while John Boscawen has resigned as Act president.

Janika ter Ellen - it's a name the 27-year-old has heard mispronounced too many times to remember. Jan-ika, Janeeka, Janataellen. Even Fiona.

A girl who crashed into a car as she rode her bike south of Auckland on Thursday is a "free and strong spirit" who is giving herself every chance of pulling through, her father says.

Well-known NZ actors Craig Hall and Sara Wiseman have been recruited by Tourism Western Australia in a domestic marketing campaign to promote the region to the rest of the country.

Lydia Ko went to hospital on Friday night to seek help after a bout of gastro illness. They told her it was something to do with her "guts". She headed back to the golf course and there demonstrated she had plenty of guts.

A pint-sized house - smaller than a double garage and below the minimum permitted size for an apartment - may be the new first rung on Auckland's hard-to-reach property ladder.

About 30 boys are being pulled out of class and made to sit in the school hall while staff at Whangarei Boys' High School chase up outstanding fees.

With her long, straight platinum blonde hair, 10cm heels, miniskirt and bronzed skin, the woman was a striking presence as she made her way to the witnesses' chair.

When his time comes, Stephen Wealthall would like to be at his Greenhithe home feeding the ducks and chickens or simply watching the stands of trees on his property swaying in the breeze.

Customers are being tracked by bugging devices fixed to their shopping trolleys and baskets as they shop in an Auckland supermarket.

Writer Jamie Whyte looks set to become the new Act leader tomorrow.

As a patriotic nibble, Anzac biscuits are second to none. For years New Zealand has had a better claim to the original recipe and name.

Jennifer Doolabh knows her battle against breast cancer began too late. 'Cancer never crossed my mind because I was only 25.'

More than 200,000 Chinese and Koreans here joined over a billion others around the globe in welcoming the Year of the Horse overnight.

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.

The battle lines are drawn in the race for 7pm current affairs viewers when rivals Seven Sharp and Campbell Live return tonight after the summer break.

Twelve Chinese-manufactured sleepouts, designed to be cheaper than renting for Aucklanders.

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.