From Labubus to robot vacuums: Afterpay shares New Zealand’s quirkiest buys in 2025
LED facemasks were particularly popular with women too, who bought 69% of the nearly 430 sold through the…
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…
Finding 94kg turtle delights Far North woman on morning walk
Kelly Tarlton’s Aquarium aquarist Bella Jansen said it was still early days for the turtle found by Cowan,…
Aotearoa NZ Māori Rugby League pulls five major tournaments from Rotorua
The league organisation’s chairman John Devonshire said the tournaments had grown since Rotorua started hosting them 13 years…
Search your school: The most-improved schools in NZ – and how they did it
The Herald has crunched the University Entrance and NCEA Level 3 data for every high school in the…
Jetstar Christmas sale launches with 45,000 cheap fares from $48
Air New Zealand estimated 1.6 million passengers will be travelling domestically around New Zealand this summer season. “Queenstown…
Bondi terror hero Ahmed Al Ahmed faces losing arm as donations pass $1.84m
His migration lawyer Sam Issa told the Sydney Morning Herald the pain had “started to take a toll…
Man charged with stealing Diane Prince’s ‘Please walk on me’ flag which went missing from Hastings gallery
“[It’s] to provoke thought, right? A good piece of art will provoke thought,” he said. “It provoked me…
Auckland businessman who took $773k in ANZ commissions gets home detention
However, AIG commission records associated with the ANZ legacy products indicated commission payments were made payable to a…
HMNZS Aotearoa sailor returns home for Christmas after 307 days away from home
As part of the three-month deployment to the Indo-Pacific region, HMNZS Aotearoa also completed defence engagements and exercises…
All Blacks review: Don Tricker to assist in New Zealand Rugby assessment of 2025 season from Scott Robertson and his men
Previous All Blacks coaches who worked with Tricker say he’s adept at extracting information from players, coaches and…
Christchurch pounamu headstone theft: Family plead for taonga to be returned
The circular, solid greenstone monument with its gold-lettered epitaph was mounted on a red plinth, which was also…