Pet owners are inspired by the names given to newborn royals, new research has found.

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Sir Peter Jackson has paid a touching personal tribute to Andrew Lesnie, the Oscar-winning cinematographer who was behind the camera on eight of his films.

The Nigerian army has rescued 200 girls and 93 women who had been captured by terror group Boko Haram.

The Kiwis are wary of an Australian backlash on Friday night, after the New Zealanders' surprise Four Nations success last November.

The ponytail-pulling antics of John Key appear to have had no immediate impact on his party or personal popularity, our Herald-DigiPoll survey suggests.

After 68 years of service, just four people boarded Air New Zealand's final flight out of Westport this morning, bound for Wellington.

A disappointed Prince Harry will tonight fly out of the UK to Australia without seeing his new niece or nephew.

Clarkson, Hammond and May were "on the brink" of renewing their contracts for Top Gear when Clarkson's infamous "fracas" an end to the celebrations.

Air New Zealand ceases operating services to and from Kaitaia, Whakatane and Westport today.

John Key is so very very very sorry, writes Steve Braunias

Star Wars: Battlefront looks impossibly gorgeous, writes James Cullinane, who got an early preview of the title at Star Wars Celebration.

After spending the season in the shadow of his younger brother, Marty McKenzie has earned the opening opportunity to fill Aaron Cruden's boots.

He may have found fame by featuring on a track by exuberant dance duo Disclosure, but last night at Vector Arena, Sam Smith was all about the ballads.

Google logs all of your searches, analyses them, and uses them to individually personalise the search results you see.

John Campbell and his team have been trying every trick in the book to try to escape TV3's death row.

A harrowing statement from Katharine Webb to police has revealed the horrific minutes leading up to her children's deaths.

Manu Vatuvei has re-signed with the Warriors — and the terms of his deal are set to make him one of the longest serving NRL players of all time.

Calls for an inquiry into the quality of early childhood education have been met with support from opposition parties, but the Government says it isn't warranted.

Miley Cyrus bared her breasts in tribute to Joan Jett as she inducted the singer into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Five Apple workers who were paid US$281 million ($366 million) last year are among the 100 highest-paid executives in the United States.

All Black captain Richie McCaw is flying high after becoming a director of commercial chopper company Christchurch Helicopters.

Luca Enna, 4, knows that when his best friend - who has a blood condition - gets hurt on the playground, he must tell a teacher fast.

Matilda Kahl, an art director at Saatchi & Saatchi, wears the exact same "uniform" - an outfit made up of black trousers, white shirt and a custom leather rosette - every single day.

People are jumping up and down about Campbell Live, saying that it's due to be axed, when all we're doing is a review, with a view to replacing it with a soap opera.