Much of the country is in the grip of a chilly start ahead of rain and strong northwest winds that are set to sweep into the ...

Amid rape allegations and questions of whether reality TV contestants are properly protected, the UK version of the popular ...

A senior public servant was replaced as acting chief executive of a government organisation after revelations she used ...

US President Donald Trump talks to reporters about his proposed White House ballroom next to the worksite. Photo / Chip Somodevilla, Getty Images via AFP United States President Donald Trump showed ...

The Labour Party has criticised the Government’s proposed public service overhaul, saying its “arbitrary” target will hurt Kiwi families. Yesterday, Finance Minister Nicola Willis announced the ...

A driver whose vehicle smashed into a property in the Waikato town of Matamata overnight has been left with life-threatening ...

Each week our cartoonists at the New Zealand Herald tackle the big stories of the day.

Where traffic jams are all about wildlife.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has arrived in Beijing for talks with his Chinese counterpart and “long-time good friend” Xi Jinping, intending to show their ties are unshakeable days after a visit ...

Iranian authorities have held mass public weddings in Tehran for couples who signed up to a state-sponsored scheme declaring ...

ANALYSIS: Liam Dann takes a deeper dive into the week's economic news.

In the early evening on an Auckland street where children had been playing and road workers were nearby, a 501 deportee stood ...