The recipe for Marmite could be rejigged to make it healthier in response to new Government plans to introduce nutrition rankings for all packaged food.

Auckland has been hit by power outages after a storm pushed across most of the region this evening.

Motorists should fill up now if they want to beat the tax going up on petrol on 1 July, says the AA.

A church which advertised that a prayer session could heal health problems including "incurable diseases" has been told to remove the advertisement.

With half of the World Cup teams heading home, we look back on the group stage of the 2014 World Cup and which teams and players stood out.

Watching three or more hours of television a day can double your risk of dying young, say researchers.

Dominic Corry makes his picks from the upcoming International Film Festival line-up.

Breast cancer screening for women under 50 should stop in light of growing questions around how beneficial the practice is, health researchers say.

Chlamydia rates in Kiwis are on the decline, but New Zealand still has a much higher rate of infection than Australia.

Sally Ridge lost her legal battle to gain half of ex-partner Adam Parore's business and was told to pay costs of more than $100,000.

War hero Willie Apiata drew on his own experiences as a fatherless child to help launch a foundation close to his heart.

The owners of a house for sale in West Auckland have taken open-plan living to a new level, inserting an "en suite" complete with toilet into a bedroom, with no dividing walls.

Having grown up in Christchurch and attended a largely Pakeha high school, Leonie Wethey finds she learns as much from the predominantly Pasifika students at Tamaki College as they learn from her.

Two inquiries have begun into the award of an $80,000 military contract after the Defence Minister was told the private company doing the work was owned and run by serving personnel.

A grey 6.6m Comsub, which the owner says has been used to explore waters near Half Moon Bay and Waiheke Island for the past few years, is for sale.

A Christchurch couple's red zoned house will be auctioned tonight with a $1 reserve, but buyers have so far shown little interest.

Sally Ridge's appeal against a High Court decision has stumbled after she failed to pay $5880 as security for costs.

It's probably around the two-hour mark of this big, bloated, bombastic spectacle of a sequel that you might start thinking to yourself, why are we doing this again?

It has long been associated with guilt and heartache, but a new study suggests casual sex can have a positive effect - for some people.

Here are a few examples of how to make small and positive changes to your current workplace habits. See which ones apply to you and tackle each one week by week.

Auckland Big Day Out promoter Campbell Smith is confident the event will return to Auckland in 2016 after missing next year.

"While I've yet to experience parenting a teenager, I can report that my approach to children and alcohol was cautious from the outset."

This Friday at 4pm, the music television channel which was previously known as C4 becomes The Edge TV - a TV channel tying into national radio station The Edge.

Jon Toogood was leaving his central Auckland hotel and walking towards York Street Studios with one thing on his mind - the new Shihad album. Then something stopped him in his tracks.

Winston Aldworth flies EK413 from New Zealand to Australia.

A former Crusaders and Hurricanes rugby player is among 76 constables to graduate from Police College today.

Monthly grooming inspections for boys and a ban on untied hair for girls - some Auckland schools have strict rules on students' locks.

He can overcome any obstacle on screen with ease, but George Clooney must have been daunted by his latest real-life challenge: meeting his mother-in-law to be.