The New Zealand Herald

Kayaker Kyle Mulinder is slapped in the face with an octopus by a seal in Kaikoura, New Zealand. Photo: Instagram/taiyomasuda

Extreme Sports

Seal slaps kayaker in the face with an octopus

28 Sep 2018 - 12:53am 1

New Zealand will impose a ban on foreigners to buy existing homes. Limited stock, low interest rates and immigration have driven prices up in recent years. Photo: AP

Business

New Zealand’s foreign buyer ban set to hurt housing prices

18 Sep 2018 - 6:28pm

New Homes in Auckland. Plans by the New Zealand government to overhaul tenancy laws have been criticised by property investors. Photo: Alamy

International

New Zealand’s tenancy law overhaul gets thumbs down from property investors

27 Aug 2018 - 8:03pm 1

New Homes in Auckland, New Zealand. Photo: Alamy Stock Photo

International

Auckland’s house prices could follow Australia’s down

14 Aug 2018 - 7:34pm 1

Astrophotographer Josh Kirkley managed to catch the International Space Station passing over the moon, a rare event he says may be the first time it has been done in New Zealand. Photo: Josh Kirkley

Science & Research

New Zealand photographer captures ISS passing moon

26 Jun 2018 - 4:08pm

Researchers have drawn on DNA to work out how the first dogs came to arrive in the Pacific, thousands of years ago. Photo: 123RF

Australasia

Where did the Pacific’s first dogs come from?

21 Jun 2018 - 3:49pm

Photo: Makesushi.com via Reddit

Gear

You’ve been eating Pringles wrong your whole life

20 Jun 2018 - 12:45pm 3

A dancing cadaver in a previous Body Worlds exhibition. Photo: Supplied

Australasia

New Zealand man charged with stealing toes from exhibition

19 Jun 2018 - 1:19pm 1

Fieldays says it's taking time to fine tune the red fruit's commercial introduction. Photo / Alan Gibson

Australasia

Red kiwifruit two years away from commercial introduction

15 Jun 2018 - 1:16pm

The young taste testers were left stunned after it was revealed their delicious meals contained dog meat. Photo: Freshpet

Companies

Children unknowingly served dog food by pet company chef

14 Jun 2018 - 12:30pm

Fish from colder water is more nutritious for animals that eat them - including humans

Australasia

Warmer water worsens nutritional quality of fish, says study

13 Jun 2018 - 1:38pm

Jim Palmer, the singing Matarau School caretaker, with his grandchildren Phoenix Steventon, 9, Alanna Steventon, 5, and Opal Steventon, 7, and Reuben Barnes, 13. Photo: Tania Whyte

Australasia

Singing New Zealand caretaker releases album

12 Jun 2018 - 2:51pm

Almost 20 per cent or one in five property sales in central Auckland in the last three months were to overseas buyers. Photo: Doug Sherring/NZ Herald

Australasia

One in five central Auckland homes sold to overseas buyers

7 Jun 2018 - 3:40pm

Debbie Hotene, left, with her son Rikki. She is devastated by his death and angry with P&O Cruises. Photo: Supplied

Australasia

Terminally ill man dies during bucket list cruise ship holiday

6 Jun 2018 - 3:48pm

Mother and daughter pair Kura and Amira were euthanised after Auckland Zoo staff made the tough but compassionate decision now their health had started to fail. Photo: Auckland Zoo

Australasia

New Zealand’s Auckland Zoo puts down its last two lions

6 Jun 2018 - 11:20am

The famous kauri tree Tane Mahuta, in Northland's Waipoua Forest. Kauri have just been classified as threatened by the Department of Conservation. Photo: File

Australasia

New Zealand’s kauri trees are officially under threat

5 Jun 2018 - 2:34pm

SOFIA takes off from Christchurch International Airport in 2017. Photo: Sofia/Waynne Williams

Science & Research

Nasa’s flying observatory returns to New Zealand

4 Jun 2018 - 1:12pm

China’s Li Tong winner of the Patrón Perfectionists Cocktail Competition makes a cocktail called Dancing Kiwi that is made with Moutai baijiu. Photo: Greg Bowker

Australasia

Can China’s national liquor find its way into New Zealand’s signature drink?

1 Jun 2018 - 3:02pm

Photo: Bloomberg/Bartek Sadowski.

Australasia

Amazon to block Australian consumers from global e-commerce sites

1 Jun 2018 - 1:19pm

The roof of 86-year-old Richard Draper's house in Birkdale was blown off during the April storm that ravaged Auckland. Photo: Brett Phibbs/NZ Herald

Australasia

Nearly 800 emergency calls abandoned by automation during storm in New Zealand

31 May 2018 - 4:36pm

Singapore Airlines is the launch customer for the ultra-long range Airbus A350. Photo: Supplied

Asia

Singapore Airlines announces 19-hour ultra-marathon to New York

30 May 2018 - 1:59pm 8

Mitzy lived with the family for five years after her owner died. Photo: Stacy Majchrowski

United States & Canada

Canadian woman receives 20-year-old fine for off-leash dog

29 May 2018 - 12:24pm

Photo: SCMP/Sam Tsang

Australasia

New kind of deadly synthetic cannabis surfaces in New Zealand

28 May 2018 - 3:25pm 1

Wellington has topped the world quality of life rankings for the second year in a row. Photo: NZ Herald

Australasia

New Zealand city is world’s most liveable for second year running

25 May 2018 - 3:02pm 2

Milford Sound, a fiord in the southwest of New Zealand’s South Island, received 810,000 visitors over the year to March - and more than 4,500 on its busiest days. Photo: Mike Scott/NZ Herald

Australasia

Can New Zealand’s environment 1.7 million tourists in a year?

24 May 2018 - 3:10pm 1

Internet mogul Kim Dotcom with his wife Liz Dotcom. Photo: AFP PHOTO/KATE DWEK

Australasia

New Zealand city becoming millionaires’ doomsday hide out, says Kim Dotcom

24 May 2018 - 3:00pm 1

Photo: SCMP/Dickson Lee

Australasia

Police warn of kidnapping scam targetting Chinese students in New Zealand

23 May 2018 - 3:00pm

Ministry of Health figures show nearly 16 per cent of New Zealanders smoke, including 35 per cent of Māori and 25 per cent of Pacific Islanders. Photo: 123RF

Australasia

Ban cigarette sales by 2025 to hit smoke-free goal, New Zealand told

23 May 2018 - 3:00pm

Nasa's Zaheer Ali on board the Sofia flying telescope. Photo: Supplied

Science & Research

Antarctica could help unlock mysteries of universe

22 May 2018 - 4:31pm

A group of New Zealand scientists is to lead a new investigation of the murky waters of Loch Ness in Scotland next month to tackle the mystery

Australasia

New Zealand scientists to lead new hunt for Loch Ness monster

21 May 2018 - 3:00pm

A California burglary suspect can be seen giving new meaning to "pop and lock" after breaking into a Fresno business. Photo: Fresno Police Department

United States & Canada

Thief caught dancing on security camera in the US

17 May 2018 - 12:05pm

Regular changes in the Earth's orbit and axis of rotation have caused significant changes in both the evolution and extinction rates, a new study has found. Photo: 123RF

Science & Research

How Earth’s axis influences evolution - and extinction

16 May 2018 - 3:00pm

Mental health conference hosted at "bad taste" venue associated with gambling. Photo/NZ Herald File

Australasia

New Zealand psychiatrists outraged at choice of venue for conference

15 May 2018 - 3:45pm

An Auckland real estate busted spending the night at a house set to be auctioned the next day has been found guilty of disgraceful conduct

Australasia

New Zealand agent caught sleeping at house set up for auction

11 May 2018 - 12:44pm 1

Speaker Trevor Mallard with police dog puppies and his own dog, Violet, left. Photo: Supplied

Australasia

New Zealand speaker’s dog has wee run-in with police pups

10 May 2018 - 4:29pm

The buoy that picked up the monster wave was deployed near Campbell Island in March by the HMNZS Wellington. Photo: Dean Whaanga

Australasia

Record seven-storey-high monster wave in the Southern Ocean

9 May 2018 - 4:13pm

The Silver Spirit leaves the shipyard in Sicily after its lengthening. Photo: Supplied

Europe

How to make a 36,000 tonne luxury liner longer

9 May 2018 - 4:08pm

Many Maori and Pacific Island patients complained of racism. Photo: 123RF

Australasia

Racism and rough handling of New Zealand health patients

8 May 2018 - 4:02pm

New Zealand's crops could be hit by more - and more serious - disease as climate change brings harsher, longer droughts. Photo: New Zealand Herald

Australasia

Climate change spells trouble for New Zealand’s crops

7 May 2018 - 4:50pm

No one wants a parasitic worm infection and they can be bad for your health, but studies show diseases such as asthma, multiple sclerosis and Crohn’s disease can be reduced if your body is a host to these blood drinkers

Health & Wellness

Worms could leave multiple sclerosis with little wiggle room

7 May 2018 - 4:32pm

Removal was to ‘avoid further confusion’ that people could get visas as skilled prostitutes

Australasia

New Zealand pulls sex worker from skilled employment for immigration

4 May 2018 - 1:18pm

Man jailed for five years after woman moved from her home as she no longer felt safe

Australasia

Burglar in New Zealand threatens intellectually disabled woman with taser

3 May 2018 - 4:41pm

The Westland petrel is one of the last few petrel species that remains on the mainland of New Zealand. Photo: T. Poupart

Australasia

Endangered New Zealand seabird may be under greater threat

2 May 2018 - 2:41pm

Elias Smith was sentenced to two years and three months' in prison. Photo: Supplied

Australasia

New Zealand teen appeals dark net ‘criminal enterprise’ jail term

1 May 2018 - 4:30pm

Richard Genge was jailed for life with a minimum non-parole period of 15 years. Photo: NZ Herald

Australasia

New Zealand murder convict to repay legal bill at US$1.41 per week

30 Apr 2018 - 3:22pm

A picture of U.S. President Donald Trump and "Make America Great Again" caps are displayed for sale at the Guntoberfest gun show in Oaks, Pennsylvania, U.S. Photo: REUTERS/Joshua Roberts

United States & Canada

US judge rules bars can throw out Trump supporters

26 Apr 2018 - 12:28pm 1

Lisa Lewis, a sex worker, says it is absurd that sex work and escort is listed on New Zealand's skilled employment list. Photo: NZ Herald

Australasia

‘Sex work/escort’ is on New Zealand’s skilled employment list

25 Apr 2018 - 12:22pm 3