And before the advent of local anaesthetic, the process of treating them sounds fairly miserable.

Six months from kickoff, the shiny new Super Rugby series is facing significant glitches to its expansion plans.

He earns $2.7m a year, has a model wife, a huge property portfolio and lost his brother in a car crash at 16: The life of shark attack survivor Mick Fanning.

Three New Zealand hot sauce companies are World Champions after beating out entries from around the globe at the 2015 World Hot Sauce Awards.

Japan’s new national stadium in Tokyo will not be ready for the 2019 Rugby World Cup.

Olivia Fane filled in as a secretary for her vascular surgeon husband. She says there's no quicker way to wreck your love life and self-confidence.

Prime Minister John Key has opened the door to possible restrictions on foreign buyers if information gained shows high numbers of foreigners are buying in New Zealand.

But bar owner says the two Ministry of Social Development workers who abused his staff won't be welcome back.

"I really like the way my hairdresser does my hair, but she insists on chatting the whole time. I don't want to chat. How do I tell her to pipe down?"

The NZ dollar has been trading around 65 US cents, which the Prime Minister has previously called the "Goldilocks" level.

Colliers' advertising in China for Auckland apartments talks up soft rules.

Max Key has posted a video in which he flaunts his jet-setting, perfectly tanned lifestyle with girlfriend Amelia Finlayson — but there’s no hint of a marriage proposal.

You'd think that, between the filters and the #fitnessgoals and the celebrity-grams, Instagram would make an unfriendly place to talk body acceptance. But the opposite is actually true.

Vegetarians rejoice! Researchers at Oregon State University have patented a new strain of succulent red marine algae that tastes like bacon when it's cooked.

The dollar has since consolidated after a slump in dairy prices and benign inflation stoked expectations of interest rate cuts.

Johnny Depp’s wife Amber Heard has been issued with a summons for illegally importing his two dogs into Australia on a private jet.

Mike Hosking sides with Dan and Honor Carter when it comes to photos of children being published in gossip magazines - and he should know.

Ruby would probably not be alive - and certainly wouldn't be mobile - without the assistance of New Zealand Pug Rescue, an off-shoot of the Wellington Pug Dog Club.

A dog callously thrown off a Tauranga bridge in the middle of the night is now up for adoption.

To commemorate Prince George's second birthday next week the Royal Mint will release a limited edition sterling silver £5 coin.

Tennis superstar, Serena Williams, has reacted to social media comments calling her brows 'caterpillars', sharing a video as she undergoes personal grooming.

Kiwis need to celebrate the good times more than they do, according to All Blacks skipper Richie McCaw.

The dollar plummeted after whole milk powder fell more than expected in the GlobalDairyTrade auction overnight.

An anxious nature can be an advantage - but only if you have the tools to manage it. Here, Dr Alice Boyes explains the technique.

Australia's largest integrated off-the-grid solar power system will be up and running in 2016 at a copper mine in remote Western Australia.

The elaborate prison escape of Joaquin "El Chapo" (Shorty) Guzman may have cost US$50 million ($74.6 million) including huge bribes to prison officials.