Auckland commuter Marius Botha is relying on the co-operation of bus drivers to get to and from work after a $190 AT Hop card payment disappeared.

A $120 million housing project at Weymouth is being touted as a "pathfinder" for what could be New Zealand's first large-scale affordable new housing project in 30 years.

Black Caps coach Mike Hesson - fresh from a one-day series win over India - says he has faced real challenges in his career.

Jobs to go as council takes over Shore entertainment centre and its $500,000 debt.

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

King tides lure dozens out to play but expert warns people to take care in the current.

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.

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.

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.

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.

"Stay proud, Ella. You're a hell of an artist and feminist." That is the kind of support I hope Lorde is getting from her family, friends, manager and Joel Little, writes Fran O'Sullivan.

In what is quickly becoming a year-long de facto election campaign, one can guarantee National will drum in the message that Cunliffe is a politician who cannot be trusted, writes John Armstrong.

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.

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

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.

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.

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".

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

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.