I don't want to be that guy. You know the type, the sweaty dude sitting behind his computer, gleefully hurling hurtful insults at pop stars in posts typed all in caps on YouTube videos.

Auckland doctor Jared Noel's fight with bowel cancer, which he fought long enough to see his daughter born, came to an end yesterday.

A glorious blood moon delighted skygazers in many parts of New Zealand last night.

Miley Cyrus devotees have had an exciting 24 hours, after the star touched down at Auckland Airport yesterday morning for her first New Zealand concert at Vector Arena last night.

Norman Ng is 82 and arrived in NZ as Japan invaded China. 75 years later he's a successful businessman who owns the skinniest building on K'Road.

Counties Manukau are still alive in the Premiership semifinal hunt and Sonny Bill Williams blew out the cobwebs with 20 minutes off the bench.

A potential health hazard that comes complete with rotting floorboards and nicotine-caked walls sold for $1.075 million this afternoon.

Actor who played reverend on long-running TV drama fired from Ted sequel hours after reports he confessed to molesting girls.

Over the past few years, Morrissey has been forced to cancel a string of live dates citing various illnesses - from double pneumonia to bleeding ulcers.

Selection dramas with the Kiwis seem to occur about every six months. Yesterday was no different, with the late withdrawals of Roger Tuivasa-Sheck and Jared Waerea-Hargreaves from the Kiwis' Four Nations squad.

A car's early morning plough through a wooden fence and subsequent crash into a Hamilton home had a resident thinking "something must have blown over" outside.

Actress Teuila Blakely, 39, has moved on from the high-profile sex tape scandal involving on-again/off-again lover, 23-year-old Warrior Konrad Hurrell.

It was a small advertisement with a big meaning: the Ponsonby rugby club wanted a new director of rugby. In other words, active service for one of the greatest Auckland rugby men - Bryan "BeeGee" Williams - is coming to an end.

Packaged carrots and lettuce are being blamed for a painful epidemic of food poisoning sweeping through New Zealand.

Robert Downey Jr says he would return to play Tony Stark in another Iron Man sequel if Mel Gibson was hired to direct it.

A mother fed up with cruel comments about her son - who suffers from a rare disorder- penned this touching tribute to him. She shares it with us.

French actor Gerard Depardieu has stunned fans by revealing he use to work as a male prostitute.

Customers who pre-ordered Apple's latest model iPhone are angry at being kept waiting - and one says he was offered a Samsung Galaxy as an alternative.

US actress Blake Lively and her actor husband Ryan Reynolds are expecting their first child together.

Shia LaBeouf slashed his own face with a knife and had a tooth removed in a bid to make his Fury character more realistic.

A woman alleged to have been an internet troll who abused the parents of Madeleine McCann has been found dead in a Leicestershire hotel.

A 12-year-old nicknamed "little samurai" has raised nearly $600 for the Mental Health Foundation after a karate teacher who inspired him committed suicide earlier this year.

Sonny Bill Williams has done the smart thing in returning early to New Zealand rugby as tomorrow night's ITM Cup Premiership clash is a must-win for the Steelers.

NZ has a "rock star economy" and surveys reveal high levels of business confidence, but what could make the economy run out of puff? Peter Lyons looks at the issue.

Ben Affleck launched into an angry debate over religion on TV show Real Time With Bill Maher on Friday.

Some slender people are essentially an illusion of good health. They're a ticking time bomb for a health scare. Here's why.

The fourth wave of of celebrity nudes hacked from the iCloud has leaked online - revealing its first male victim.

How did the country vote in the 2014 General Election? You can explore results for every electorate, every candidate and every polling booth in this interactive.

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