The Prime Minister's office is demanding a Chinese immigration agency remove a picture of John Key from its website, which appears to show he endorses the organisation.

A global survey has found that one in every six Kiwis ran out of money for food in 2011-12 - more than in all except eight other developed nations.

It's becoming much harder to feel rested with the ongoing urgency of modern day living. Here are seven reasons to tell your boss you need a nap.

Every group of people develops its own slang, which can make it difficult for overseas visitors to understand. New Zealand is no exception.

Jetstar will quit flying from Auckland to Singapore from July, saying the route is not performing as well as it had hoped.

If someone called me bossy I'd interpret it as a compliment, Shelley Bridgeman explains.

Damon Albarn discusses Blur's Big Day Out no show and upcoming first solo album with Des Sampson.

A mentoring programme aimed at helping women victims of domestic violence is the brainchild of fashion designer Annah Stretton.

To celebrate the arrival of the honey bee in New Zealand 175 years ago, we explore some amazing facts about bees.

Controversial church plans to picket Lorde's Kansas concert and claims NZ is hated by God for its filthy manner of life, false religious systems and evil govt.

Wildfire, the social marketing firm co-founded by Kiwi expat Victoria Ransom and sold to Google for $250m is being 'sunsetted' barely 18 months after the acquisition.

A doomed tone characterises virtually all of the political commentary about the Labour Party at the moment, writes Bryce Edwards.

The Government is facing flak on two fronts over issues affecting Maori Television, amid staff concerns about plans to realign its news and current affairs department.

They're alternative rock's towering giants - two men responsible for some of the biggest riffs, baddest songs and best albums of the past 20 years.

Two New Zealand boys are among 251 victims of a massive international online child pornography ring busted in the United States.

The unborn baby of a woman who was 38-weeks pregnant has died after a Hawke's Bay car crash described as the 'ride from hell'.

Our generation has accepted obsessive-compulsive tendencies as part of modern life. Lee Suckling explains.

Auckland's "dysfunctional" transport and technology museum is to be reinvented as a hands-on learning hub.

We're increasingly becoming a nation of renters with less than half of us now owning our own place, Census data shows.

Auckland Airport is urging the Government to consider closely the threat posed to competition.

In the last 100 years there have been many diets that various people and companies have advocated – some are bizarre, some are gross and some are deadly. Here are 10 diets that you don't want to try.

A study released by NASA has revealed that modern civilisation is heading for collapse. Today we look at seven civilisations that have disappeared and the reasons behind their demise.

It's time to reclaim periods as a healthy, normal part of life. There's nothing shameful about them, Shelley Bridgeman writes.

The jeep seized from the man identified as the prime suspect in the murder of roadworker George Taiaroa is still being held by police and is key to detectives' inquiries.

Former Waitakere mayor Sir Bob Harvey on his 43 years of marriage to Barbara: "In our house we have never discussed divorce. Only murder."

She can see it, that moment almost a year ago when her husband was shot and killed.

A passion for travel has inspired a Kiwi artist to create some of the more unusual maps you'll see.

Yvonne Costar is used to seeing Maori families around her battling on struggle street.

A Kiwi believes she has what it takes to spend a year on "Mars" - although any close encounters won't be with cute aliens but curious polar bears.