Kristin Chenoweth has called on fans to pray for her after she was struck down with a mystery illness.

Airbus' technical and sales machine touched down in Auckland last night aboard the world's newest airliner.

Her car is parked outside the rental home she shared with her longtime boyfriend Connor Morris, who was killed in a fight in Don Buck Rd in Massey at the weekend.

Millie Elder-Holmes has made an emotional visit to the Auckland gang headquarters where the body of her slain boyfriend Connor Morris lies.

Auckland can expect a boost of millions to the economy with a record number of cruise ships hitting our shores.

From Auckland's highest extreme temperature to 1-in-60-year rainfall in Northland, July's wild weather set records in many places around New Zealand.

A woman who developed locked-in syndrome after suffering a stroke at the age of 30 has overcome her disability to complete a university degree by blinking.

An experimental serum treatment on two US missionaries has raised hopes of an effective treatment for the disease after doctors reported a "miraculous" improvement in the health of one of those who contracted the disease.

The surf club guarding one of the country's most dangerous rip-torn beaches says it is losing efficiency and members.

A hailstorm that left a blanket of white over some Auckland suburbs was the first sign of the cold snap to come.

Comedian Jaquie Brown's famous short hair is about to get shorter, when she shaves it next week to raise finds for the Cancer Society.

These terrifying images show the moments after a window-cleaning cradle on Austria's tallest building suddenly slipped, leaving two workers clinging on for their lives.

Larry King revealed a gap in his knowledge when he asked the married star Anna Paquin whether she was now a "non-practicing bisexual".

The bizarre lives of some of our garden-variety creatures have been revealed in a book by two leading Kiwi biologists.

I look in the mirror and wonder how I managed to survive the torture and humiliation I faced when I was a teenager, writes Jesse Greenslade.

There will be global indifference felt towards the Waratahs' maiden title but massive satisfaction that Richie McCaw was cast as the villain in an epic final.

The latest Airbus has been frozen, subjected to super-hot temperatures, had its brakes jammed on until they reached 1400C and its wings bent to breaking point.

Learning the ukulele? Can’t remember what that song playing on the radio is? Trying to find the wine you liked at a party? There are apps for all that.

On Tuesday night Philip Patston went to Parliament to collect the inaugural Arts Access Accolade.

Janine Joubert lives by a simple mantra. "Success is not about being better than someone else, it's about being better than you were yesterday," said the 36-year-old administrator from Te Awamutu.

Australians are irrepressible. Admirably so. This time 12 months ago rugby was the black sheep of their respective football codes - scarily close to oblivion.

Lorde isn't just recording a new single for the next Hunger Games film, she's choosing the movie's entire soundtrack.

It's been labelled a bogan town, a cow town, even the "chlamydia capital of NZ". But from today the city will celebrate 150 years of history

A motorist fleeing police got trapped when he tried to escape by driving over Auckland harbour's tidal sands.

Usain Bolt has denied calling the Commonwealth Games a "bit s***", describing the reports as "nonsense".

Health Minister Tony Ryall has signed off on his 15-year political career by reminiscing on his role in asset sales, helping former Prime Minister Jenny Shipley roll Jim Bolger and the achievements he was proudest of as Health Minister.

I went to a Christian school growing up and at 14 I was pretty much set on being a helicopter pilot.