One critically injured after car plunges 40 metres down bank near Whatatutu
A St John ambulance spokesman said on Monday there was a young person in the vehicle taken to…
Severe weather: Trees down, power cuts and muddy start to festivals as gales lash north
Gale-force winds reaching 120km/h and torrential rain have started to turn campsites and festival grounds into bogs as…
Gull, NPD merger should bring fuel prices down with low-cost business model – AA
Australasian private equity firm Allegro Funds, which owns Gull, would hold the other half. In a joint statement,…
A look back at the positive moments of 2025
From sporting surprises and record-breaking runs to major wins for conservation, 2025 delivered plenty of moments worth celebrating.…
Rotorua Christmas Day Community Lunch: Doors open to hundreds
The lunch offered a chance to step outside that experience. It gave people something else to focus on,…
Christmas Eve shopping: Transactions for midday spending peak fall again
The peak-hour total fell to 660,815 in 2021, 650,909 in 2022 and 626,692 in 2023. The peak minute…
Napier man’s bounce-back from life on the streets: ‘I would have been dead’
On a bright, sunny afternoon, sitting outside, clearly garden and house proud, he sees things as starting to…
Thai police arrest Olympic gold medallist boxer on the run for fraud
AFP 20 Dec, 2025 05:08 AMQuick Read Subscribe to listenAccess to Herald Premium articles require a Premium subscription.…
Bondi hero Ahmed Al Ahmed: How Syrian training prepared him to act
According to British Government and European asylum authority reports, Syrian conscripts undergo months of intense training before being…
NZ sharemarket drops on more AI worries on Wall Street – Market close
“You’re obviously seeing investors rotate out of some of those high-flying tech and AI stocks that have done…
Reserve Bank makes it cheaper for banks to meet controversial capital rules – savings expected to be passed onto customers
The changes will enable banks to replace some of the high-cost, high-quality capital they have to hold with…
Ninth fall for GDT prices in final auction of the year – NZ Herald
Ninth fall for GDT prices in final auction of the year NZ HeraldGlut in global milk supply keeping prices…