Many kids are begging Santa for Lego, iPads and iPods or a new dog or cat for Christmas in letters they have written, New Zealand Post says.

Nearby coastal areas are reaping the benefits of a buoyant Auckland property market, with homeowners beginning to use extra equity to buy baches, experts say.

With a relentless look of malevolence Grumpy Cat is not exactly cute. But her owner believes she's "unstoppable".

Rachel Glucina lists off some of the best Instagrams by Kiwi celebs.

Naturalist Paul Rosolie tells of why he chose to be 'eaten alive' by a giant anaconda in support of a good cause.

Lorde has revealed adults don't always like to take orders from her, because she's a teenage girl.

It won’t be a quiet Christmas for the powers that be at TV3, who are scrambling to prepare for Paul Henry’s new multi-platform breakfast show next year.

When is the council, Government, SIS and NZ judiciary going to wake up and move Christmas Day into winter where it belongs?

Jason White, the touring guitarist of pop punk three-piece Green Day, has been diagnosed with tonsil cancer.

Sir Bob Jones has preached caution over the hype surrounding his former charge Joseph Parker.

Hundreds of smokers around New Zealand participated in the Stoptober campaign to quit smoking.

Only 20 per cent of people near retirement surveyed passed a quiz about the basics of retirement planning.

He fronts a conservative political party, but Epsom electorate MP David Seymour, the leader of the Act Party, was far from quiet and measured when he got into a Twitter war of words.

Since early settler days and gold rush fever they've been the next stop on the dusty road. A place to hang your hat, quench your thirst, and make new mates.

Sam Smith, Taylor Swift and Iggy Azalea are among artists nominated for next year's Grammy Awards.

Bono "can't move" for "a couple of months" after sustaining a number of injuries in a bicycle accident.

A seven-year-old girl who was born with learning difficulties because her mother drank heavily while pregnant is not entitled to criminal injuries compensation.

The woes of one-time market star Pumpkin Patch continue with one accounting professor saying the struggling retailer may now be worth more to shareholders broken up.

The bromance is over. Jay Reeve and Paul Flynn are saying goodbye to their six-year radio relationship on ZM's drive show and going separate ways.

New Zealand's population is tipped to age at a faster rate than our Australian neighbours.

Bill Murray wants most child actors to be "taken out and shot".

Emirates has unveiled details of its more than half a billion dollar "liquor investment" programme.

Shelley Bridgeman lists ten advertisements from 2014 we'd rather forget.

The official NZ casting call for Disney's first Polynesian princess Moana has opened - and sparked huge interest.