The Herald's resident Game of Thrones addicts give their thoughts on last night's ninth episode of season four, The Watchers on the Wall.

A life-long rugby fan says she is "completely and utterly ashamed" of some All Blacks supporters after being subjected to abuse at Eden Park on Saturday.

English comedian and actor Rik Mayall died this morning aged 56, sparking an outpouring of tributes from fans of his classic scenes.

As flames engulfed the crashed car, firefighter Buddy Harwood knew an explosion was only minutes away.

A video on YouTube is teaching would-be migrants how to get into New Zealand to work while holding a visitor visa.

A couple who sold their "dark", "sad" and "depressing" Auckland home before they realised there had been a suicide on the property have lost their bid to be compensated.

Fifty youngsters took to the track at Hampton Downs Motorsport Park in Waikato to test-drive a road-safety course which aims to teach vital skills.

Cheeky stickers were sneakily slapped around what were considered men's health hotspots overnight.

Who has time anymore to stop, and have a browse for time-saving features? Especially with emails continually piling up in your inbox, writes Debbie Mayo-Smith.

Economic Development Minister Steven Joyce has not ruled out putting extra government money into a new America's Cup challenge - if other sponsors step up.

An investigation is under way after a 2-year-old girl nearly choked on two rusty metal rings while eating a McDonald's cheeseburger.

The number of houses, flats and apartments valued under $400,000 in Auckland dropped by a third in the past 12 months.

Kasey and Karena Bird will share their recipes in a new, fortnightly column.

Restricted views at sports stadiums come in all shapes and sizes and so do the people causing them.

On the eve of the opening of her award-winning play on reproduction, Elisabeth Easther looks at the business of fertility and asks why making babies can be so simple for some and so complex, expensive and heartbreaking.

Team New Zealand boss Grant Dalton believes America's Cup authorities have eliminated any possibility of a commercially funded team from entering the next event.

Women who are sick of buying clothes online only to find they don't suit or don't fit when they are delivered might have a new favourite website.

David Taite still does not accept he should have been shot by police officers in an incident near the Central Hawke's Bay township of Otane in October 2011.

Chamberlain Park's future as an 18-hole public golf course is under threat from a plan to open up the Auckland landmark for football fields, a playground and formal garden.

Young fans got to show off their skills in front of "a big NBA star" when basketballer Steven Adams appeared at a youth training session yesterday.

A landlord tried to rent a North Shore studio which had the kitchen, bathroom and laundry in the same room.

It would appear the saying "a girl in every port" is true for one young Australian naval officer who, while staying in Auckland, wrote love letters to women around the world.

Police are warning parents to buckle in children after a toddler was discovered asleep in the footwell of a car and two siblings unrestrained on the back seat.

Gregor Paul looks back at some of the iconic New Zealand vs England moments of the modern era.

Here are the most popular news stories today, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about tomorrow.

British police searching for Madeleine McCann's remains are examining a hole in the ground about 300 metres from the resort she disappeared from.