The health sector watchdog is apologising and reopening a woman’s complaint after her case received public attention and the Government lauded her advocacy work. It follows the Herald exclusively reporting the details of Charlotte’s...
Black Caps batter Devon Conway is ready to end his New Zealand Cricket central contract exile and recommit full-time to the national organisation. The 34-year-old opted out of a national contract in 2024 and has been casually contracted...
When Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer led the Labour Party to victory in Britain’s last general election, in 2024, he campaigned on a platform of stability, selling his party as the antidote to years of chaos under a succession of...
It turns out regular Kiwi families aren’t the only ones being clobbered by the cost-of-living crisis. Some members of Auckland’s blue-blooded Northern Club say they’re also feeling the pinch. The Weekend Herald has obtained a copy of the...
Professor Michael Ardagh was waiting to board a flight to Wellington when the February 22, 2011, earthquake struck Christchurch. His plane had been delayed. Had it left on time, he would have been in the air when the city was...
Q: Hi Liam, your column about youth unemployment really hit home. My son graduated at the end of last year with a vocational degree, with a distinction endorsement. He has worked part-time since he was 14 in retail, cafes and factories, so he...
On the footpath outside the Raglan Surf Co’s iconic store, colourful chalk words mark the concrete. The writing on the pavement is welcome messages for some of the globe’s best surfers, who this week descended on the Waikato beach town...
The three Kiwis contesting the World Surf League’s Raglan event all fell in their heats yesterday. There were three wildcards available for New Zealanders to surf the event. Billy Stairmand secured the first as the highest-ranked Kiwi on the...
A young mother and her 3-year-old daughter have died after a blaze engulfed their home on Thursday night. Four other children, who were the girls’ siblings, were also injured in the house fire in Mairehau, Christchurch. They were aged between...
A Navy officer accused of threatening an interpreter in Afghanistan has been found not guilty at a court martial. The complainant had alleged the officer cornered him at Kiwi Base in Bamyan, Afghanistan, in 2013 and threatened to have him...
