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New law aims to reduce laser attacks
The lives of thousands of unsuspecting aircraft passengers have been placed at risk this year by people targeting planes with high-powered handheld lasers.
The lives of thousands of unsuspecting aircraft passengers have been placed at risk this year by people targeting planes with high-powered handheld lasers.
Savers should expect to feel some relief from next week with economists predicting short-term deposit rates to head up in line with a predicted increase in the official cash rate.
More New Zealanders are using the internet to research their medical woes - and some are using their findings to treat themselves rather than visit a doctor.
An Auckland woman born in Ukraine says residents in her home country are ready to take up arms against Russian occupiers.
There's no signpost to say you're nearing New Zealand's subantarctic islands, but a welcome that's a little more dramatic.
He was announced this week as a tour ambassador for the next Rugby World Cup, but All Black hero Stephen Donald is also here consulting on a TV movie.
It's no secret that Auckland is a diverse city full of different cultures and new research has shed light on exactly how it and the rest of the country are changing.
At least one young Kiwi motorist will die on a New Zealand road this week.
Most woman can only dream of being pulled out of a crowd by Bruce Springsteen and being asked to dance to his 1980s hit Dancing in the Dark.
The Boss and Lorde came together last night, in a surprise opening to Bruce Springsteen's first New Zealand concert in 10 years.
There was a time when staff inventing something and presenting it as fact would be taken very seriously indeed by a news organisation, writes Paul Little.
James Newland is a little disappointed he only scraped a pass mark of 78 per cent in his latest physics exam. That is because he is top in the world at business studies.
State broadcaster TVNZ has attempted to push the mute button on staff - with a media ban and fears of dismissal for those who speak out.
A few years ago, he was the $60m man with a property empire that included over 20 pubs, hotels and a fun park. Now Michael McGurk is doing odd jobs to get by, and has a criminal conviction.
As Patrick Veal performed CPR on his good mate Kenny Jenkins, he feared the 23-year-old was going to die on the side of the road.
Former TV star Tamati Coffey wants to be Rotorua's next MP, and has been nominated for selection as a candidate for the Labour Party.
Michael Vukcevic has resigned from the Middle East Business Council after revelations he claimed to have a law degree.
International students are paying tens of thousands of dollars to attend our state schools - funding that is crucial to lessons, teacher development and other support for locals.
The public will be able to step inside 10 of Waiheke Island's most exclusive homes during the Waiheke House Tour.
A Fijian migrant who needs a life-saving kidney transplant says he has been given a "death sentence" by immigration officials who will deport him if he does not leave New Zealand.
Spending half the year in the bush might be too adventurous for most of us, but for Ron Standfield it's retirement.
The new police commissioner is not intending to apologise directly to Arthur Allan Thomas despite a plea from his brother, who says the public apology was "half-hearted''.
The chief executive of a legal firm who stepped down after an internal investigation into his qualifications has admitted he does not have a law degree as claimed.
An associate of a former head of a top law firm who quit after he made false claims about having a law degree says the issue's been blown out of proportion.
The brother of Arthur Allan Thomas says new police commissioner should apologise to Mr Thomas directly for a recent eulogy and ensure resolving the Crewe murders has priority.
Apple's iPad Air has come out on top of a review of 28 tablet computers by Consumer NZ.
A popular Ponsonby bar has been caught out advertising jobs for women only, a day after the Herald revealed that Masala restaurant in Stanmore Bay had done the same.