It was the first time in 40 years Andrew Welch had not been home for Christmas, his brother Jeremy recalls.

All Black star Dan Carter, 32, and his wife Honor, a former Black Sticks player, are expecting another baby.

TimeOut presents the best in movies, games, TV and albums for 2014.

Elton John officially tied the knot with his partner at their estate in Windsor in south east England, on the ninth anniversary of their civil partnership.

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.

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.

Stumbling reporters, sexual innuendo, incredibly lengthy awkward pauses and a "shag on the rocks" have all made it into a video compiling the best news bloopers of the year.

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.

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.

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

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.

His nickname is The Bender, so perhaps it's little surprise that Highlanders and All Blacks star Ben Smith celebrated his last days of bachelorhood with a fun-filled stag party dressed as a glam-rock....

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....

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

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.