Between 1963 and 1975 some 3500 Kiwis served in the Vietnam War. This edited extract from a new book, No Front Line, tells the grim reality of jungle warfare.

Dizzying aerial shots of wide, sweeping landscapes used to be the exclusive domain of big-budget film productions with a helicopter, but not any more.

A Kiwi expat in the UK is coming home permanently - but he's doing it a little differently.

Scientists in western Canada have discovered the fossilised footprints of three tyrannosaurs that suggest these fearsome predators may have hunted in packs.

The numbers are clear: Apple is selling fewer iPads. Is it the "death of the tablet"? Or are people just buying one iPad and not replacing it?

By now you may have heard Weird Al Yankovic's parody of Royals as it mades its way around the internet.

An unemployed Auckland man who purchased $50,000 worth of firearms then passed them to gang members and other criminals has been jailed for nearly six years.

The first trailer for Fifty Shades of Grey sent the internet into paroxysms this afternoon, with conversation being 5% portrayal of women, 10% Beyonce soundtrack, 15 % "squeeeeee" and 70% Jamie Dornan's torso.

A quick bite of the best of the action from day one at the Glasgow Commonwealth Games.

As they posed for a celebratory selfie to mark their first win in the Commonwealth Games, these two Australian hockey players probably didn't think their day could get any better.

Auckland's flash new electric trains have been grounded by power faults which are mystifying the region's transport authority.

Te reo has paved the way for careers in journalism for two sets of Kiwi siblings who work on opposing Maori news shows.

Outgoing National MP Claudette Hauiti admits using her parliamentary charge card to buy petrol for her personal car in a further breach of the rules on card use.

A video of Kiwi surfer Tim Thompson tackling a Brazilian man who dropped in on his wave has gone viral.

He's been labelled a 'national hero' for battling Sierra Leone's deadly Ebola outbreak. Now he's been infected with the disease that has no cure.

Peaches Geldof's baby son was left alone with her body for up to 15 hours after she died of a heroin overdose in a room littered with syringes and 'importation quality' drugs.

Five hotels in Paris have started allowing customers to pay however much they think their stay was worth.

The Wellington Phoenix brought professional football back to Auckland with a bang last night, beating English Premier League side West Ham United 2-1 at Eden Park.

Nikau remains the most popular name for Maori boys born last year while Aria takes the top spot for girls from Maia.

Google has announced a surprising end to its controversial "Real Name" policy with a contrite post on Google+, telling users that there are "no more restrictions" on the names people can use.

In the agonising quest to pin down exactly what happened when Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 went down over Ukraine last week, Web archivists and other digital sleuths are playing an unusual — potentially pivotal — role.

This 27-year-old abstained from drinking booze last year and spent the money he otherwise would have spent on beer on 41 tattoos of TV's biggest beer drinker -- Homer Simpson.

Most of us know someone who claims that they can get away with very little sleep. But that's not backed by science. We bust the sleep myths.

New Zealand's own Warrior Princess is set to star in popular US television series Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

Another tournament win and topping the US$1 million mark were not the only things in the bag for Kiwi golf prodigy Lydia Ko yesterday. She was also sporting new All Blacks-engraved clubs.