Married for just a month, he couldn't wait to enlist.

John Drinnan writes in his media column that NZ's biggest newsroom has taken the unusual step of setting up a register to formally identify 'risks' in its coverage.

New electric trains could become a quiet, fast-moving hazard for the unwary when they start running in Auckland on Monday.

Today marks 92 years since the first Poppy Day was held in New Zealand. Here are 10 facts about this special day of remembrance.

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Green Party co-leader Metiria Turei has shot back at departing Labour MP Shane Jones, saying his personal attacks show he does not have control over his emotions.

From a spooky Bolivian soccer shadow to Shaq's Linkedin profile, Daily Shorts looks at the light-hearted side of sport.

Shane Jones' antipathy for the Greens went so deep he once told Labour's leadership he would not be a minister if he was "second fiddle" Russel Norman.

The rugged, scrub-covered hills are unmistakably those of Gallipoli's Anzac Cove. But who depicted them in an extremely rare, nearly century-old painting is a tantalising mystery that an Auckland art gallery director is battling to solve.

Stressed at work? Not getting along with your colleagues? The answer is simple. Take your pooch into the office - and many Kiwis are doing just that.

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National's audacious poaching of Shane Jones could be seen as a cynical ploy to undermine the electoral chances of the Opposition, writes Bryce Edwards.

A shop display of golly dolls, previously known as golliwogs, has some shoppers angry the "racist symbol" continues to be sold.

The Easter weekend trading laws aren't working and need an overhaul, Prime Minister John Key says.

Cooks Global Foods, the New Zealand franchisor of the Esquires cafe chain in markets outside Australasia, is poised for North American expansion.

The Herald's list of the 50 coolest New Zealanders has polarised the opinions of more than 2000 readers who claim Sonny Bill Williams, Lorde and Tame Iti are not cool.

The truck driver involved in a crash that killed Whenuapai mother Lysette Brown was on his way to deliver chairs to his sister's wedding.

Corstorphine House's history of accommodating royals and Hollywood actors may help attract global "A-listers" when the Dunedin property goes on the market for $3.8m.

A burglar with 80 convictions had just been released from prison when he broke into an Auckland family's home.

Life is just fine for many Kiwis living in Australia who say they have nothing to moan about after crossing the Tasman in search of a better life.

Interest rates could peak at a level which would see first-home buyers in Auckland spending two-thirds of household income paying the mortgage.

Acoustic engineers have been trying to soften the air-conditioning noise on Auckland's new electric trains with a week to go before they are rolled out for commuter use.

When Paul Southwick embarked on a lengthy search for his father's World War II acquaintances, the best he hoped for was a few words of remembrance, maybe a photo.

Long-established golf courses in the financial rough are selling land and property to generate the funds they need to stay open.

Benji Marshall's inclusion in the Blues match-day squad is now hanging by a thread.

The proportion of house sales to first-home buyers has gone down in 90 Auckland suburbs since the Reserve Bank's mortgage lending limits came in.

Some of New Zealand's most vulnerable premature babies will soon take part in ground-breaking research.

An Anzac Day documentary tells the story of a Kiwi soldier who comforted the dying.

In the magical world of beauty pageants, Collette Lochore is the fairy tale queen. But the infighting and recriminations behind the scenes of Miss Junior NZ are stranger than any fiction.