2025 Cambridge International exam results: New Zealand schools with the highest‑achieving students
The Herald can today reveal New Zealand’s top schools for Cambridge, and which produced the highest‑achieving students. This…
Rugby: Ranking New Zealand’s top 100 Super Rugby Pacific players for 2026
100. Pita Ahki – midfield, Blues (new) With Ioane on sabbatical in Ireland, Ahki joins the Blues as…
The murder of Malachi Subecz: Inside the custody battle that left him with killer caregiver
Another damning inquiry into the murder of Malachi Subecz has been released with Coroner Janet Anderson saying, “No…
New Zealand’s best 10 city beaches have been named, but which will you vote as your winner?
Even Hamilton has its riverfront Wellington St Beach. So you can nip for a dip on the weekend…
More than $3m put into bank accounts of illegal migrant in alleged kiwifruit tax evasion scam, police investigate alleged kidnapping of ‘money mule’
This was one of the NZ Herald’s top stories of 2025. An illegal overstayer working in the kiwifruit…
Givealittle fight: Pregnant partner of man killed in sand dune turns to High Court after being excluded from donations, funds frozen
More than $30,000 was raised in a subsequent online appeal from 835 donors – with the funds due…
Why 70 really is the new 50 … and why the retirement age will need to rise – Liam Dann
I’m acutely aware of this for two reasons. One is that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) included a…
NZ’s Best Beach 2026: Toni Street, Julian Dennison, Ali Williams & more share their favourites
Whangamatā is Toni Street’s favourite beach in New Zealand, and one she returns to every summer. Toni Street…
Sir Peter Jackson’s Miramar development revealed in new consent plans
The vet hospital is just one part of the sizeable development. The site, on Park Rd in Miramar,…
Study claims illicit tobacco is now more than a quarter of the New Zealand market
He is just one small drop in the bucket when it comes to New Zealand’s illicit tobacco industry.…
Auckland Weiti Bay housing project’s failure leaves property owner with $20m debt
It stemmed from landowner Green and McCahill Holdings Ltd (GMHL) claiming it suffered massive losses because of a…
Bankrupted Auckland property developer owes millions, companies liquidated, blames housing market for debts
He has blamed the collapsing Auckland property market for his financial woes, but hoped to trade himself out…