Air New Zealand says it is already benefiting from The Hobbit, even before the movie's wide release.

People on the streets of Wellington brave the wild weather that hit the capital city this afternoon.

The family of bashed Martinborough firefighter Peter Fisher are thrilled with the progress he is making in rehab and have been told medical staff aim to have him go home on January 7.

As John Key wraps up an important Burma visit, he talks to Herald Political Editor Audrey Young about what he's learned and seen.

Two rare birds have laid eggs at Wairarapa's Riversdale Beach and a temporary fence has been built to protect them.

The trial of the man accused of stabbing to death a Stokes Valley father after an alleged road rage incident has been aborted after three days.

A witness has told the High Court trial of a man accused of murder how she saw two men struggling to get their arms through a car window to attack the driver.

A man who had been fatally stabbed shouted after his alleged attackers they should "fight like a man'', a court has been told today.

Christchurch mayor Bob Parker doesn't pull any punches in a personal account of the earthquakes that rocked his city.

The so-called Urewera Four have lost their appeals against conviction and sentence, but the case could still be taken to the Supreme Court.