Kiwis have already spent more than $3 billion in the lead-up to Christmas. Paymark yesterday revealed it had processed more than 59 million electronic transactions...

New Zealand cleaning products company ecostore has signed a deal that will see the company export to South Korea from next year.

Wayne Smith, confirmed as an assistant to Steve Hansen for next year's World Cup, says he never thought he would coach the All Blacks again following their triumph in 2011.

Audience drawn into a real-life opera as tenor proposes to his girlfriend on stage.

A cyclist who was assaulted during a motorist's fit of road rage has forgiven the man and says, in fact, he feels sorry for him

A rare native bird has been released back into the wild a month on from a stormy rescue by a Hamilton police officer.

Who wouldn't want to spend hours in a room with Brad Pitt? Apparently, not members of the Los Angeles Criminal Court.

It's the size and scale, as much as the detail, which is breathtaking at Helena Bay - estimated to have cost more than $50 million to build.

The number one gripe of Kiwi drivers pertains to slow cars in the outside lane, says Shelley Bridgeman. It's a phenomenon that drives (ha!) people crazy.

Mystery surrounds the cancellation of what was shaping up to be one of the local tours of the summer.

A Waiheke holiday home with private beach access owned by a trust linked to businessman Mark Hotchin has sold for more than $14 million.

Champion wakeboarder Brad Smeele will tonight make a rare trip out from his care unit where he has been since returning home to Auckland in October after a crash left him a quadriplegic.

Britomart has gone from decay to super cool, churning over $1.3 billion a year to the Auckland economy, says a book tracing the first 10 years of the redevelopment.

The Year 2038 problem could cause a large number of the world's computers to stop working at 3.14am on Tuesday January 18, 2038.

iPhones, barbecues, outdoor furniture and costumes from Disney's Frozen movie will be filling stockings next week if Trade Me search patterns are anything to go by.

Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi and Gareth Bale are usually the best guys to watch if you want to learn how to take a good football free-kick.

Jetstar is attempting to reshape its image in this country as it moves into its sixth year of flying domestic routes.

Could it happen here? That is a question to haunt this country whatever the outcome of the hostage crisis in Sydney.

The siege comes months after Australia's biggest ever counter-terrorism raids and follows repeated warnings by ASIO, the domestic spy agency, of the growing threat of a homegrown domestic....

If we treated people with diabetes the way we treat those with depression, there would be an outcry, says the new president of the Royal College of Psychiatrists.

Former league star Sam Burgess has admitted playing rugby is harder than he thought after making his starting debut in the 15-man code on Saturday.

Rob Fyfe thought life would be a lot quieter when he stepped down as boss of Air New Zealand but he has just taken up his latest role as strategic adviser to winery Craggy Range.

Princess Srirasm Suwadi of Thailand has lost her royal title after a series of moves that have left the country's citizens wondering what is happening in their royal household.

Kiwis will have a chance to see one of the most world's spectacular meteor showers with the naked eye in the early hours of tomorrow morning.

Readers have contacted me to say The Pirate Bay torrent site is up and running again, after it went down following a raid.

Burgers, coffee, meat and butter - Delaney Mes takes a look back at the biggest food trends of 2014.

Keira Knightley is reportedly more than three months pregnant.