The gap in New Zealand's capital markets needs addressing urgently, writes Franceska Banga.

New Zealand First leader Winston Peters made some big-spending promises to the Grey Power conference in Hamilton last night - including paying part of their power bill.

Seven seconds in March convinced Mystics coach Debbie Fuller her team were made of the right stuff.

A man charged with setting his wife on fire at a rural Waikato roadside before fleeing for Fiji with his son will plead not guilty to her murder.

Last year, 12 people died in nine separate crashes over the Easter break - this year, there have been no deaths.

The winner of half of the biggest Lotto Powerball first division prize is still to collect the riches.

nzherald.co.nz brings live updates of the second feature race of the ITM400 V8 Supercars event in Hamilton.