The birthplace of the country's biggest garden centre is for sale for the first time in 102 years.

Pregnant women are being reminded to heed dietary guidelines because not doing so can result in the death of unborn children.

A covered stadium for bowls is being planned for Auckland in a move designed to reinvigorate the sport.

If the Blues have taken a step forward in 2014, they are about to take at least two back, writes Gregor Paul.

Kiwi families reveal their stories of living life with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.

In 1898 New Zealand was favoured with a visit from Sydney and Beatrice Webb. This English couple were early members of the Fabian Society, a progressive political movement that was an important driver in the formation of the British Labour Party.

Damien Grant asks: Why can we buy Fair Trade coffee but not Fair Trade electronics?

Lou Vincent has been largely deserted by former New Zealand team-mates since his confession to cheating which resulted in a life ban by the England and Wales Cricket Board.

After a gruelling three-month journey, transtasman kayaker Scott Donaldson faces a battle against the wind to reach New Zealand.

Two St John managers have been suspended from work after an investigation was made into claims they used an ambulance vehicle to taxi them home after a night out drinking.

Free to air TV networks are holding urgent talks with Hollywood studios after revelations Slingshot is offering easy internet access to shows they have paid for.

National MP Maggie Barry has revealed that Rolf Harris groped her during a radio interview she was hosting in the 1980s.

Air New Zealand’s first 787 Dreamliner touches down next week. Grant Bradley reports on the airline’s high hopes for its revolutionary new plane.

American actor and film director Peter Berg (Battleship, Chicago Hope) will be the guest of honour in Manukau tomorrow night supporting his friend and compatriot Brian Minto.

Up to 600 new apartments, townhouses and duplexes in 17 blocks, six to nine levels high, are planned in the now open areas around Wynyard Quarter.

The moa were driven to extinction due to human activities - over-hunting and habitat destruction. Here are 10 other animals mankind has wiped out.

New forensic imaging techniques are being used to solve the mystery of the final resting place of Amelia Earhart, whose plane vanished over the Pacific in 1937.

Rachel Grunwell chats with a professor, psychologist, meditation coach and a sufferer about this inner turmoil.

At first blush, the increased visibility of sexual minorities in popular culture would appear to reflect a growing openness and acceptance of non-heterosexual forms of sexuality.

The streaker who was crash-tackled during an All Blacks match last month for a $500 bet has broken even today after being fined $500 at court.

Kendall Jones, 19, has provoked worldwide fury after posting pictures of herself smiling next to animals she hunted, including a lion, rhinoceros, leopard, elephant and zebra.

A Hollywood actress has described how a "river was running through the aisles" of one of Qantas's giant A380 jets about an hour after taking off from Los Angeles for Melbourne.

Tim Alpe was climbing the ranks at Tourism Holdings Ltd when he and younger brother Dan came up with an idea to launch a backpacker-focused car rental business.

NZ is the only non-European country to make the top 10 of the 'Good Country Index' which measures 125 countries on how they give to the world's 'greater good'.

A lucky Kiwi punter managed to make more than $50,000 from yesterday’s Football World Cup matches.