PM John Key says he directly asked Sri Lanka's president about abductions in the country - but is reluctant to criticise Sri Lanka because the issues 'would take time to resolve'.

As one of life's builders, Nigel Latta enjoys meeting inspirational people - and watching zombie films.

Before Michelle Goodhew started catching babies, she was catching fish.

It's starting to feel that Dan Carter's sabbatical might be the last throw of the dice. This year he's managed just 150 minutes of rugby in the last four times he's started.

'We thought it was just an accident, but then the second time we knew it wasn't.' Witnesses described the horror of watching a repeat hit and run in Hamilton.

Hard slog and a classy lineout got the All Blacks home this morning in London. Seriously hard slog as it happens as England were a tough nut to crack.

I didn't do it for charity. I didn't do it just for novelty. I really did it to irritate the girl I was seeing at the time.

An unpublished photo of former president JFK minutes before his assassination sat on a desk in a Mission Bay home for 30 years.

It was a moment of stupidity that almost cost Greg Watts his life - and made headlines around the world. We meet the man who fell from a motorised bar stool.

A remote group of islands notorious for shipwrecks and a massive tract of land that takes in four of our national parks have been rated among the world's most important and irreplaceable protected areas.

Middle-earth mania, strong marketing campaigns and economic growth are reasons for an increase in tourists from Asia and the Americas, says a new survey.

Middle-aged men appear to be the group most at risk of being killed cycling, and wearing high-visibility clothing is no guarantee of survival.

People wanting to pay less interest and shave years off their mortgages are being advised to buy homes in "hidden-gem" suburbs.

Secret details of the United States-Pacific trade agreement have been leaked showing New Zealand in serious dispute with US negotiators on many issues.

A retired policeman and a chartered accountant are among 55 New Zealanders fleeced for $1.7 million by a Malaysia-based scam.

A new privately-funded search for the missing yacht Nina is taking off this morning - more than five months since the historic yacht left Opua in the Bay of Islands.

Labour MP Carol Beaumont has been forced to declare her role in administering $900,000 worth of property.

A Facebook billionaire, an investment company tied to a charitable trust working with Australian Aboriginal communities, and TradeMe founder Sam Morgan are among the largest holders of Xero shares which have soared more than 500 per cent in the past year.

Skiing down the treacherous, avalanche-swept Caroline Face of Aoraki-Mt Cook has become a goal for some of the world's most highly-skilled extreme skiers.

A coroner will hold a series of inquests into forestry workers' deaths with the aim of identifying systemic issues within the country's deadliest industry.

Inspired by "the most famous tabloid photo of the decade", Herald photographer Alan Sayers slipped into a chorister's robes with his camera concealed beneath.

Prime Minister John Key says two of his top ministers would make fine future leaders but he hopes a decision on his successor would be "a long way into the future".

It wasn't until after he had taken the photo for his new book featuring people from 35 tribes from the Siberian Arctic to New Zealand that British photographer Jimmy Nelson realised who Pita Sharples was.

"Do you know why we're called the Moon Travellers?" asks Jude Mackie, handing over a business card which proclaims, "Moon Travellers".

A lack of protein in the modern diet is a cause of overeating and is a big factor in causing obesity, an Australian university study has found.

The City of Sails is fast becoming the City of Snails, and is rising on a list of the world's most congested cities compiled by navigation firm TomTom.