A youngster from the Solomon Islands has taken on the future king of England in a show of football prowess - and won. "He was good, yes, but not as good as me," said Philemon Fatai, 13.

An elite school plans to send Year 13 students away to camp next year - for the entire year.

A campervan full of kids forget TV when there are sights to see, says Rob Cox.

To mark the Herald relaunch we're taking an in-depth, week-long look at what it means to be Kiwi. Today - why we choose NZ over anywhere else on the globe.

Joanna Mathers puts herself back in the saddle to see the sights of an ancient Maori settlement.

The provincial towns and cities are well below their 2007 peaks, but there are signs of life south of the Bombays, reports Bruce Morris.

A trip to Whitianga is an adventure with wheels like these, writes Estelle Sarney.

In Maungatautari, Elisabeth Easther is propositioned by a rare bird.

As valuable to marine life as it is prized by humans, the Hauraki Gulf is in decline. Though solutions seem as elusive as the gulf's fish stocks, a groundswell is building for collaboration.

The mother of a Spring Hill prison guard who was killed by an inmate says she's not bitter about her son's death, despite a Coroner's criticism of Corrections.