Comment: If NZ starts participating more in military alliances it will make us a target rather than protecting us from harm, argues ...

ASB survey shows erratically rising confidence in house prices – with some home-owners still suffering serious pain in the most unexpected places, reports Alice Peacock.

Top junior Ella Lash overcomes a health scare to join her inspiration Joelle King and a clutch of world-leading players at the NZ Squash Open ...

After further lowering its guidance for its full-year result and offering little in the way of optimism of a turnaround anytime soon, Spark shares nosedived a further 19 percent to close at $2.38 – an ...

If the pension age lifted to 67, those not wanting to work an extra two years would require significantly more savings, Craigs says.

How a kiwi documentary producer has been instrumental in getting authorities to revisit one of the most notorious murder cases the United Kingdom has ever seen ...

While the spotlight is on NZ's dispute with the Cook Islands, a separate spat with a Pacific neighbour could have severe consequences ...

A late call by an immigration minister grants a stay of deportation for a mother controversially convicted of child abuse, ...

Trent materialises out of the dark, slides an arm around Lizzie’s shoulders, slips a cigarette into her mouth. She inhales, sighs. He grins at Corinne, huge teeth appearing, luminescent in the ...

Steve Braunias is the literary editor of Newsroom's books section ReadingRoom, a noted writer at the NZ Herald, and the author of 10 books. His latest book, The Survivors: Stories of Death and ...

Recent events in Auckland have resurfaced memories of when being gay was considered a neurotic personality disorder.

The Court of Appeal erred by throwing out Mike Smith’s case that the Crown breached his whānau's rights, his lawyers say.