The video for Kimbra's latest single has received nearly 200,000 hits on YouTube already.

Scientists have called for more research into hair dyes and perming products to assess whether they contain a harmful substance which has been linked to causing cancer.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Portuguese police sources have confirmed to a British newspaper that a number of suspects identified by Scotland Yard detectives will be arrested "in the very near future".

For rent: a $220 a week room on Auckland's North Shore complete with a "summer kitchen".

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

This generation of young people are apathetic. Apathetic young people are a constant of life, like tax and Keith Richards, writes Verity Johnson.

The social media phenomenon known as the Beached Az whale has been killed off by its creators to highlight the plight of marine life ahead of World Oceans Day.

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.

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.

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.

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

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