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.

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.

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.

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.

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

The PM's about-turn on working with Peters was utterly predictable, writes John Armstrong.

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.

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.

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.

Scientists expect quake activity in Wairarapa for weeks after yesterday's 6.2 shake.

Rusty taps, creepy dolls on beds, dishes on the bench, dirty washing in the laundry and even cat bowls with cat food scattered around them.

New Zealand has fallen well behind Australia and most of Europe in a new report ranking the healthiest places to eat in the world.

Newspapers are at the coalface of the media revolution this year as they push ahead with the switch in focus from print publications to online, writes John Drinnan.

Tuesday was a good day for Josef Roberts - he made about 30 million bucks.

Authorities missed many red flags before Bradley and Ellen Livingstone were killed by their father in their Dunedin home.

The small Dunedin school that slain siblings Bradley and Ellen Livingstone attended is working with their mother to plan a lasting memorial to their short lives.

She grew up in Whangarei as a ballerina and a vegetarian, but 23-year-old Emma Phillips is back as a Mandarin-speaking acrobat who loves eating duck heads.

After deciding to air the Grammys seven hours late, TVNZ bowed to common sense. Nothing less was really going to suffice for such a momentous occasion for the local music industry.