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Bystanders try to stop car attack

'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.

All Blacks maintain perfect record

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.

Kiwi's stunning photo of JFK emerges

An unpublished photo of former president JFK minutes before his assassination sat on a desk in a Mission Bay home for 30 years.

Is Facebook killing charity?

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.

Hard road back from bizarre crash

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.

How I got two top Kiwi stars together

It's been a week since a tweeted picture of Lorde and Eleanor Catton reading in bed together in New York became a world-wide hit.

Lands so precious, they're irreplaceable

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.

Ton-up Carter 'genuine bloke'

Of all the tributes paid to Daniel Carter this week for his 100th All Black test, none will mean more to him than that made by Jimmy Cowan.

Labour MP's $900k trust role

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

Pain lingers after murder

Who owns a slice of Xero pie?

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.

Life behind the lens

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.

The deadly face of Mt Cook

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.

NZ's deadliest industry under scrutiny

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.

PM: No succession plan for Nats

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".

Sharples as the world will see him

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.