NZ Herald

British singer Sam Smith has been admitted to hospital for an eye operation while holidaying in Auckland.

A passenger on board a flight on which a young boy died has described the heartbreaking moment the child started to panic 30 minutes into the journey.

Former Queenstown player  Ben McLachlan and his German doubles partner have beaten Kiwi Michael Venus and Raven Klaasen in the final of the ASB Classic in Auckland.

New Zealand football great Wynton Rufer says he's "lucky to be alive" after suffering a heart attack while riding a Lime scooter.

The Police Dive Squad has recovered a body at Whangārei Falls believed to be the international student who failed to resurface yesterday afternoon.

Mark Hager has resigned as Black Sticks women's head coach and will take up a role as head coach of the Great Britain and England women's teams.

A 7-year-old boy who died after being swept out to sea at Raglan was swimming at an unpatrolled section of beach.

Firefighters in rural Canterbury have contained a large scrub fire which forced the closure of State Highway 7 in the Lewis Pass.

A man who spent nearly 11 hours on top of pipes at the entrance of Wellington's Terrace Tunnel has been charged by police.

Economists are warning of three major factors that could influence New Zealand's housing market this year.

A baby boy has been flown to Auckland's Starship Hospital with serious injuries following an incident at a Tauranga home.

One person has died in an incident with a tractor south of Auckland.

A New Zealand woman who wrote to the Prime Minister about international child abduction rules which she said were putting her children at risk has been ordered to return to Australia.

Police dog Caesar is recovering after being stabbed in the eye socket when tackling a man robbing a home near Whangarei, police say.