Apple's new iPhone 6 is already a big hit - with more than 4 million pre-orders in just 24 hours.

As part of an epic 3600km road trip, two Kiwi blokes will be soaked in icy water, do hot laps, fight paintball battles and even play a spot of 20/20 cricket, all in the name of charity.

A former violinist, whose career was cut short by a debilitating movement disorder, regained her ability to play while surgeons in Israel operated on her brain.

Ancillary revenue on top of airline ticket prices has soared by 1200 per cent in the last seven years.

Kanye West stopped a performance in Sydney to demand everyone in the audience stand up and dance - unless they had a 'handicap pass'.

Any leader of a country visibly ages before your eyes, says John Key — it’s a high-stress environment.

It has been 21 tests since anyone beat the All Blacks - 36 since they lost at home and there is no debate on whether they are the mentally toughest.

Once considered the country's most expensive penthouse, which played host to America's Next Top Model and has the nation's highest swimming pool, is back on the market.

Judge Thokozile Masipa was contemptuous of Pistorius' snot and tears during his performance on the stand, writes Kerre McIvor.

Grammy winner Jemaine Clement says some of his earliest New Zealand TV roles left him "ashamed" after "running down" his Maori culture.

The team at TV3 comedy show 7 Days has redesigned political billboards as part of its own election campaign.

Watchers of the big watchmakers are beginning to worry that the good times for "dumb" watches are running out.

So they ducked under Dirty Politics. Kim Dotcom's already admitting his bombshell is more of a soggy sparkler. And David Cunliffe's not exactly dicing his opponent into whale meat.

That frisson of excitement as you step onto a plane and turn left rather than right, knowing you haven't paid full whack, can be better than the holiday itself.

Dating app Tinder has become so popular in New Zealand, the Los Angeles-based office says 8 per cent of the population is looking for love on it.

Our social media scouts Cam Mansel and Liam McEwan give you the run down of things you might have missed in the weird and wonderful world of celebrity social media.

But a new study has revealed sodium does not cause high blood pressure, and the link between the two is "more complex than once believed".

We are already paying for the offspring of poverty, writes Lucy Lawless. Hungry kids are sick kids - so feeding them in schools is a smart strategy.

When it comes to the amount of sleep adults require there is not really a "one size fits all". Sleep expert Gemma Paech explains how to figure out how much you need.

Some 4000 free tickets have been snapped up to see legendary Kiwi rockers Shihad perform a one-off Christchurch gig tonight that will also air live on Sky Arena.

Black Cap batsman Martin "Guppy" Guptill and Radio Hauraki DJ Laura McGoldrick are staying strictly schtum about their wedding tomorrow at a multimillion-dollar Auckland estate.