Winston Peters refused to answer questions about his ugly parliamentary put-down of his rogue former MP Brendan Horan in his first day back in the House.

It took just 10 hours and 72 shares on Facebook for a UK tourist to track down the owner of a memory card found in a battered camera near Lake Pukaki in the South Island.

Unable to find jobs they enjoyed, two Auckland teens decided to open their own cafe - for charity.

An Anglican pastor has quit the church and is taking his congregation with him after the governing body moved ahead with plans to bless same-sex relationships.

Criticism, disbelief, and a degree of mockery sums up the response to the newly launched Internet Mana Party, writes Bryce Edwards.

They started out so well and promised so much, but ended so terribly. Chris Schulz examines five TV shows that should have ended much earlier than they did.

It's third time unlucky for the Honda Torneo, after it topped the most frequently stolen car list for the third consecutive year.

Watch Stop/Go, one of 10 three-minute documentaries made as part of the Loading Docs project.

How much graduates in different fields of study can expect to earn has been revealed. So what should school students be choosing to study?

Today we look at 10 bizarre items confiscated by airport security around the world - from a live chameleon to a dead body.

A teacher who sent a 16-year-old student suggestive messages on social media, despite the student's attempts to stop him, has been deregistered.

A motorist who was snapped driving at 170km/h on a north Waikato road then blew over twice the legal alcohol limit when he was pulled over, police allege.

NZ On Screen have pulled together some of the best moments of TV with the help of the public. With the results tallied, Paul Casserly uncovers just what makes good telly.

A woman had her expensive cosmetics binned in front of her at the airport without an explanation - despite the goods being under the 100ml carry-on limit.

It was only a year ago that he gave up his wings as a Royal Air Force rescue pilot, but it appears the lure of the skies may be just too tempting for Prince William to resist.

Prime Minister John Key last night confirmed that an attempt to hack into a supercomputer at the nation's weather forecasters was from an IP address in China.

Pasifika people are drinking less, staying away from crime and doing better at school.

Dozens of dancers, music and a couple of young lovers - the ballet's come to town.

A done-up Ponsonby villa that was auctioned with more than $100,000 of extras to sweeten the deal pulled a top bid of $1.67 million.

If lambs' brain tacos, sharing plates of bone marrow and a pig's head terrine sound more Fear Factor than restaurant fare - think again. The "forgotten cuts" are staging a comeback.

The Samoan Rugby Union requested a test when it celebrated its 50th anniversary but apparently the NZRU said its dance card was full, writes Kerre McIvor.

It must surely be tempting fate to mention it, but there are definite signs that Labour has finally emerged from its long bleak winter, writes John Armstrong.

Over the past month the Herald's Wynne Gray has been naming his 100 Greatest All Blacks. The list culminated with his naming of the First XV - the top 15 players from Kieran Read to his favourite ever All Black Jonah Lomu.

Those savouring a barley sugar during this weekend's 40 Hour Famine can thank cautionary advice received when the now iconic charity event was just a brave concept.