National's Hamilton West MP Tim Macindoe has been referred to police along with Free FM in Hamilton for allegedly airing an election advertisement outside the proper period.

Outspoken biologist and atheist Richard Dawkins has provoked outrage on Twitter by saying that 'stranger rape' was worse than 'date rape'.

Firefighters are dampening down hot spots at a rural location near Cambridge following a massive shed fire in the early hours of this morning.

Two firefighters have narrowly escaped serious injury after a water tanker they were travelling in rolled near Cambridge.

A light plane crashed on Kumara Beach, near Hokitika, this afternoon but the pilot walked away.

It is quite likely we will one day create a machine - a robot, if you like - that can "think" faster than we do, writes Gwynne Dyer.

Four overturned trucks in just over a week have brought a warning to drivers to watch their speed, loads and fatigue levels.

To mark the Herald relaunch we're taking an in-depth, week-long look at what it means to be Kiwi. Today - why we choose NZ over anywhere else on the globe.

A truck driver has been taken to hospital with serious injuries after he was rescued from a milk tanker which crashed into a power pole, bringing down live power lines. The man was trapped in the badly damaged cab for about 40 minutes.

This charming Waikato town proves a great choice for a weekend away, writes Elisabeth Easther.

Tame Iti and his colleagues weren't the only ones on trial for the past five weeks. The terrorism claims in the still-unresolved Urewera case have revealed deep divisions over Maori and Pakeha