Auckland house values have risen up to 51.9 per cent in the past three years, which will impact on rates bills next year.

Today we take a tour of seven of the most luxurious resorts in the world.

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

Today we look at ten of the more memorable celebrity moments caught on tape – whether they were intentional or not.

PM John Key says leaving some synthetic drugs on the market was “a mistake” and Government should have banned all products until a rigorous testing regime was in place.

Auckland's gleaming new electric trains launched into business at 5.48am today - and quickly experienced delays.

Speculation is rife that Kiwi sports star Sonny Bill Williams may be expecting a baby with his hitherto-secret wife, Alana Raffie.

New Zealanders whose lives have been blighted by the dangers of legal highs are thrilled by plans to pull them from sale within a fortnight.

A custom-made Trelise Cooper dress worn by Maggie Barry on her gardening show is among used clothing the politician will donate to a new up-market charity op shop.

If you're first-born and female you're statistically more likely to be the most ambitious and well-qualified of your siblings, according to research.

The second set of receivers to take control of a Bay of Plenty resort in less than five years have been made two offers for the "luxury" complex, whose owners still owe millions.

Stephen Town, the new chief executive of Auckland Council, says the Len Brown sex scandal is not an appropriate subject for him to discuss with a newspaper.

A disoriented little blue penguin which was taken to safety after being found wandering along the road in suburban Auckland is recovering well at a bird rescue centre.

New Zealanders gathered in their thousands to celebrate Anzac Day at dawn services around the country on Friday, and now attention turns to preparations for next year's centenary of the World War I Gallipoli campaign.

"He's innocent," my host at a recent dinner party exclaimed. We scoffed, writes Jack Tame.

An al-Qaeda "foot soldier" killed in a drone strike in Yemen had lived in New Zealand for two years until he fled from the authorities.

A whistleblower alleges that as the war in Afghanistan reached its deadly zenith, Kiwi forces were asked to use booby-trapped mines to combat insurgents.

At the going down of the sun and in the morning We will remember them.

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.

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

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.

Germany has overtaken Japan to become NZ's fifth-biggest source of tourists and the royal visit has increased interest in other key markets.

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.