Hawke’s Bay extremist admits plot for mass stabbing after FBI tip-off
Inside his home, officers found a bayonet and a diary outlining the man’s manifesto. “His plans were to…
This isn’t a housing market meltdown, it’s a full-blown crash – Liam Dann
If you are in Auckland or Wellington, the current property market slump is one of the worst in…
How Hills Real Estate traders made $5.4m by flipping 71 Auckland properties
This was one of the NZ Herald’s top stories of 2025. A Herald analysis goes inside $60 million…
New Zealand’s Best Beach 2026: Vote now in the Herald competition
Today, the Herald launches our annual search for New Zealand’s Best Beach and we want you to nominate…
Christchurch detective investigated after having intimate relationship with rape complainant
He was eight years older, a foot taller and the man tasked with investigating the complaint she was…
Invercargill’s Richardson Group: From sawmilling to $2 billion empire
Nestled at the point where the Southern Alps give way to wide farmland and the land ends in…
Auckland CVs: What is the city’s most expensive street?
Helping push up Cremorne St’s average values are its famous clifftop mansions, including developer Simon Herbert and wife…
Westlake Boys’ High: Inside the culture driving the North Shore school’s sporting dominance
“We do have good facilities and that’s something we focus on,” says headmaster Paul Fordham. “That’s something that’s…
On the canvas: Why the economy didn’t recover like it was supposed to – Liam Dann
We’ll definitely turn a corner then, right? The data will improve, and confidence will return … things will…
NZ Herald’s top 20 Premium stories of 2025
The following are just 20 of the best-read Premium articles in 2025. After years of declining education achievement…
Cambridge International exams: The NZ schools that produced the highest-achieving students
Yet 12 months earlier, he wasn’t even considering taking PE. He’d long dreamed of being accepted into an…
Power list: BCI names NZ’s busiest commercial builders for projects started in 2024
The BCI Construction League Report assigned a dollar value to workloads started in 2024, meaning the top three…