This afternoon on NZ Herald Focus the body of a 66-year-old man has been found in the search for the missing pair swept from their vehicle yesterday in Greymouth and we reveal NZ’s most dangerous areas through an interactive map.
Do Wales stand a chance against the All Blacks this Saturday? and New Zealand's gross debt has hit half a trillion dollars with housing accounting for $218 billion of that. Expert Liam Dann breaks down the figures.
President Barack Obama officially endorsed Hillary Clinton's bid for the White House and a search will start again for a man and a two-year-old girl who got into trouble crossing a West Coast river.
Charles and Janine Williams are some of the first artists to unveil their work for the Matariki Festival with their rain art installation Hauhake.
Max Key discusses his controversial Remix magazine photoshoot.
Simon Cowell is convinced that he's discovered the next Taylor Swift. The music mogul and his fellow America's Got Talent judges (Howie Mandel, Heidi Klum and Mel B) were blown away by a young girl called Grace VanderWaal. Source: America's Got Talent
This afternoon on NZ Herald Focus convicted sexual offender and former Stanford University student Brock Turner has 2 months cut from his already lenient sentence and Hamilton City Council pleads guilty over the death of one of their zookeepers.
Sky Network TV has announced it is planning to buy Vodafone New Zealand for $3.44 billion in cash and shares and a massive sinkhole has closed down a portion of Canada's capital.
Rapper Louie Knuxx loves Mercury Plaza so much, he's written a song about it. He talks about that, and the closure of his favourite food court, with The Herald.
This afternoon on NZ Herald Focus Louise Nicholas voices her opinion on the father of the former Stanford university student convicted of sexual assault and the last rescue dog from the 9/11 attacks dies, aged 16.
Paula Abdul knows it's the unscripted moments that make for TV magic. So hopefully that thought sustained her as she was showered in vomit on Monday night's episode of So You Think You Can Dance.
Bobby Brown believes he had sex with a ghost. The singer, who was married to Whitney Houston from 1992 to 2007, opened up about his intimate ghoulish experience in an interview with US TV show, 20/20. Source: ABC
We speak to some of the Welsh rugby players ahead of Saturday's first test against the All Blacks and what did Donald Trump say to offend this time?
This afternoon on NZ Herald Focus iconic Maori leader Sir Graham Latimer dies at home, aged 90 and Hillary Clinton gears up to enter the race to the White House.
The family of a 37-year-old autistic man who spent five years locked in isolation are desperate to free him and Former Black Caps captain Brendon McCullum has hit out at cricket's bosses during his MCC Spirit of Cricket Cowdrey Lecture.
This afternoon on NZ Herald focus the Japanese boy lost in the woods for six days has been found and a group of four wheel-drive enthusiasts attempt to retrieve their snow bogged vehicles.
Hillary Clinton has attacked Donald Trump's major foreign policy saying that he is "temperamentally unfit" to be president and we talk to Israel Dagg about his return to form.
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Severe flooding has forced the famous Louvre museum to close its doors so it's priceless artworks can be moved to safety and a two-year-old girl shot dead in her South Auckland home is being remembered as a "daddy's girl".
A law enforcement official claims that tests show the music superstar died of an opioid overdose.
R Kelly had to sing to prove who he was to a fan, and it still didn’t work. Source: DJ DR DOOM
Sam Wallace has caused another hilarious stir after pointing out something a little risque in this morning's weather report. Source: TVNZ
John Key announces his policy that will require councils to open up new land to housing and a street has been cordoned off in South Auckland after the death of a child in a property there.
Work begins on the 2.5 billion dollar Auckland City Rail Link - we talk to Len Brown about what it means and an insiders view on the Johnny Depp / Amber Heard break up.
Source: NZOnScreen Dunedin-born Alan Dale always had his sights set on brighter lights: first Auckland, then Sydney, then Los Angeles, where he now lives. He started out performing in amateur theatre, but came to professional acting late, taking a DJ slot on Radio Hauraki in his late 20s, followed by a role on the Hauraki-inspired series Radio Waves.
The soaring prison population has led to an over spend of 45 million dollars on jails in the last 12 months and new technology could help reduce the number of bobby calves being killed. Also a Kiwi takes America’s got talent by storm.
Simon Cowell returned to the judge's seat this week, this time on America's Got Talent, but he now seems to like things he'd usually hate, and it's great. When he was first welcomed on as the show's new judge, he replied with a "let's get to work", seeming like his usual self, but when the acts came on it all changed.
Search and rescue services have found the hunter missing overnight in bush near Levin and we bring you delightful footage of pandemonium in a Chinese zoo.
On NZ Herald Focus – The Treasury is warning that record levels of immigration could push New Zealanders out of low-skilled jobs and Islamic State militants launch a major counter-attack on Iraqi government troops in Fallujah. Also Rolling Stones guitarist Ronnie Wood is a father again at the age of 68 after his wife gave birth to twin girls.
Today - New Zealander Steven Adams takes to court in the NBA finals between the Oklahoma Thunder and the Golden State Warriors and the director of Cincinnati Zoo has defended the decision to shoot dead a gorilla after a 4 year old boy fell into its enclosure. And on world smokefree day M?ori Party politician Marama Fox has challenged the Government to make Parliament's grounds smoke free.