Prime Minister John Key has kicked off the final two weeks of the campaign with his first campaign visit to the Epsom electorate.

This may simply be a video of a dog in a spider outfit, but the man who created it made sure it was scary enough to make real people run for cover.

Leading artists are flying their ideas for a new national flag in an Auckland art gallery ahead of next year's debate and referendum.

New Zealand First's Winston Peters' ongoing rivalry with the Conservative Party's Colin Craig featured in last night's TV One minor parties leaders' debate.

To get a sense of how important Kieran Read is to the All Blacks, one needs only to stand on the sideline at training.

Kim Dotcom has again denied he is the alleged hacker Rawshark who has published material taken from the computer of blogger Cameron Slater.

More than $20 million dollars is still waiting to be collected by a Big Wednesday first division winner.

The only New Zealand crew member on board the Rainbow Warrior says it was a "painful mistake" for a Greenpeace calendar to include a photograph taken by a French spy convicted of the ship's bombing.

A shark attack sent $12,000 worth of camera equipment down to the bottom of the ocean off New Zealand - and now a $5000 reward is being offered to get it back.

Someone is $20.2 million richer than they were yesterday after a Big Wednesday first division win last night -- but they might not even know it yet.

While stars may baulk at the news that bikini bodies have been named the most annoying type of selfie, it will come as less of a surprise to the rest of us.

A surgeon at Waikato Hospital was surprised to find a patient he was treating in the emergency department was the man he trained under nearly 20 years ago.

Registered nurse and fertility expert Karin Hammarberg explains the odds of pregnancy and how to find your 'fertility window'.

For one guardsman, the monotony of walking back and forth outside the Queen's London residence just got too much.

Four years ago today, Cantabrians were tossed out of their beds at 4.35am.

New Zealand's richest man has splashed out on a second luxury yacht - this one worth up to an estimated $78 million.

After the nude photos of a raft of celebrities were hacked and leaked this week, Rhodri Marsden shows you how a few simple steps can keep your data away from prying eyes.

Makere Bradnam is considered a hot newcomer to sports television in New Zealand, a star very much on the rise.

CeeLo Green has deleted his Twitter account after sharing his controversial rules on rape.

A new wave of "nude" celebrity photos have been leaked online amid claims the graphic images may have been passed around an online club for months.

American cable giant HBO has commissioned a new show from Flight of the Conchord stars Bret McKenzie and Jemaine Clement.

The hosts of the 2015 Rugby World Cup say they didn't forget to feature the All Blacks in an ad released yesterday encouraging people to buy tickets to the tournament.

Royal Caribbean boss Richard Fain is blunt about cruise ship economics - the vessels cost too much and the fares are too low.

Research for gynaecological cancer awareness month shows worrying face of women’s knowledge of diseases’ warning signs.

Construction work has started on what was Auckland's biggest construction hole - the controversial Soho in the heart of Ponsonby.