cancer

Too young for cancer? Think again

At 26, she's survived cancer. Now she wants 400 Kiwi women to give her the "best birthday gift".

Three found dead

Car police have been tracking for days found at house where three people discovered dead.

2 min ago  A car police have been tracking has been found at a house where three people were discovered dead.

Hunter dies in West Coast fall

The man was on a hunting trip with a friend when he slipped and fell from a ridgeline.

Biking back from the brink video

Sprawled in a pool of blood, his throat slashed by glass, Keagan Girdlestone shouldn't have lived.

Woman killed in crash at funeral

After "some sort of dispute", a vehicle ploughed into gathered mourners in Australia.

Building ablaze in central Christchurch

Five fire crews battling building blaze in Stanley St, downtown Christchurch.

national

Mayor attempts sleeping rough

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Wellington Mayor Celia Wade-Brown on her last day as Mayor, takes part in the ...

Wellington Mayor Celia Wade Brown's final night on the job will be spent in a cardboard box.

Man arrested after $8M P bust

A Canadian man was arrested as he tried to leave the country after alleged importation of 8kg of P.

An elderly victim of a scam reads through the list of withdrawls against her card.

Sisters jailed for scamming elderly

The crime ring contacted elderly women by phone and told them their power could be cut off - then cleaned out their accounts of a total of $240,000.

Video

Florida bracing for Matthew

As the eye of the storm tracks along the east coast, 200,000 people are without electricity, wind gusts are up to 100kph and storm surges now threaten.

world

'He fed him to the pigs'

Heather Jones, 30, pleaded guilty to a charge of first-degree murder.

US stepmother admits murder in one of worst cases investigators had ever seen.

Banner hung from NYC bridge

"Peacemaker" is how the poster referred to Vladimir Putin, now US police are investigating who left it there.

"I don't care if you just came back from the doctor and he gave you the worst possible prognosis, meaning it's over," ...

Trump tells terminally ill, vote

The Donald singled out a new group of people to offend - the dying, as he suggested they "hang out till November 8."

business

Vegan 'fearful' after backlash video

Vegan travel vlogger Kristin Lajeunesse cries at the sight of livestock on the Interislander.

Vegan blogger shocked by "overwhelming and negative" reaction to her tearful post about sheep.

Making it work video

When Seaton Clark was sacked, he lost a lot more than just a pay cheque.

Calendar Girls on K Rd has gone into liquidation and receivership.

Firm behind strip club collapses video

Company behind a K Rd strip club is put into liquidation, owing tens of thousands of dollars.

technology

An app for your bucket list

Tick off activities with your mates.

It was developed to answer the common questions "Have you seen ...? " or "Have you been to ...?"

FIFA 17 best game of 2016 

The game has an innovative, immersive new story mode and stunning presentation.

@good_opinions is the work of Nora Reed, an activist and artist.

Bot baits internet imbeciles

A Twitter "honeypot" bot is provoking people, revealing how desperate some people are to get into online fights.

life & style

$10k cat survives surgery

Daniel awaits surgery.

Daniel the cat has made it through his crowdfunded surgery unharmed, but isn't out of the woods yet.

Why the prince wears shorts video

Long trousers on young boys is "suburban" and beneath a royal, says an etiquette expert.

Ellie Goulding shows off her moves at Nike in Sydney.

'I want to run like Forest Gump'

How does Ellie Goulding stay so fit? She does half-marathons for fun and loves a good burpee.

well & good

The obsession with white teeth

Our desire for whiter teeth stems from a deep-seated desire to improve our sexual prospects and appearance of health.

Why are we so caught up with our appearance?

'No excuses' mum not as fit

Maria Kang now admits there are, actually, excuses - three years after she was accused of fat-shaming mothers.

"The odds of anybody in the world surviving to 125 in any given year is less than one in 10,000."

What's the limit of human life?

New study suggests we are approaching the edge of the possible human life span.

home & property

Who won - and who judged?

'The Misty River Retreat" by Design Depot in Hamilton won the NZ Interior Design Awards announced at the Waikato Home & ...

The judges of this Waikato show competition may be familiar - they won The Block NZ.

Masonic Lodge conversion

Annie Hayward and her husband James were scouting for a warehouse to covert when they spotted an old Masonic Lodge in Wellington's Eastbourne.

People love New Zealand-made products, says Anna Lim of The Garden Party store.

Is Kiwiana decor too kitsch?

Have we had enough of New Zealand vintage tea towels, tui cushion covers and the Four Square man?

food & wine

8 great shows for food lovers

American chefs go head-to-head in Knife Fight, an intense competition with plenty of exotic ingredients.

Looking for some good shows to bingewatch this wet weekend? Foodies, we've got you covered.

What are your eating habits?

To predict your ability to lose weight permanently, take this test. 

Sushi chain's 'wasabi terror'

Recipe: Prawn cakes

nz farmer

Our chicken addiction

Kiwis rank seventh in the world for chicken consumption, the OECD says.

Kiwis have a serious hankering for drumsticks, breasts and wings.

Contaminated fodder warning

Dump left over seed from contaminated lines of fodder beet seed imported last year - warning to farmers by MPI.

Rural news: October 7 video

Paua profits help fund marae

entertainment

Duo 'have got the chops' to win video

The X Factor Australia host Jason Dundas believes that Kiwi brother-sister duo Isla and Finley Brentwood, have "got the ...

Arrowtown siblings earned X Factor Australia's first standing ovation for the season with their incredible harmonies.

Run Banksy, run!

Watch: Is it just a stunt for Banksy's upcoming pop up show, or is the secretive artist finally caught out?

Wellington Central MP Grant Robertson offered a hand to help get Cart's Black Power Film Festival at Paramount Cinema in ...

Paramount to host film festival video

Wellington's Black Power Film Festival has shifted venues with the help of a local MP.

travel

5 weird things to smuggle

A tiger cub was found drugged and hidden in the suitcase of a woman travelling from Bangkok to Iran.

Attempts to smuggle intestines, a tiger cub, and even a wife - better work stories at border security.

How to avoid travel tantrums

The joy of travelling with children - how to limit the stress of flying with little 'uns.

A passenger enjoys business class in Cathay Pacific's Airbus A330-300.

Airfare wars: It's business time

More travellers are flying business class as it becomes cheaper to nab a seat down the pointy end.

stuff nation

Interest is not in NZ's interest stuff nation

Graduate

Without education how will we fill the wards with doctors or even get new politicians?

Rugby players make mistakes stuff nation

Despite their continued success on the field, off-field dramas are continuing to plague the NZRU.

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Week 27: Made in England stuff nation

Bruce Cushen reviews Elton John albums to distract himself from cancer treatment.

motoring

Ford fans gather to mourn

Ford enthusiast Patrick Boylan drove from Mt Gambier in his 1962 XK Ford Falcon.

They drove the objects of their devotion to the gathering - a wake for the shared love of their lives.

Test the supersized Superb video

The Skoda Superb is very traditional but hugely appealing, writes David Linklater.

Even a small push is enough to send both trailer and muscle car careening to certain destruction.

Trailer towing? Weight a minute video

Video of toy Ford Mustang helps towing illiterate understand chaos of getting it wrong.

sport

The scars that tell a story video

Liam Malone celebrates after winning the men's 400m T44 final.

Every time he runs, Liam Malone goes through incredible pain. But he still trains relentlessly, usually alone.

Whincup quickest in qualifying video

The Aussie driver has dictated terms to secure the final run in tomorrow's Shootout.

Maria Sharapova has had her suspension reduced but, despite her celebrations, she is still banned for taking drugs.

Sharapova yet to answer

OPINION: Tennis star is still banned, and she should not just waltz back into the sport.

good reads

Learning to deserve to grieve

A bench placed at Pukekura Park in 2015 is a memorial to the Rilkoff twins Fred and John.

Grief is not about what you have lost. It's about what you can never have.

Another male UN chief

Portugal's Antonio Guterres, the next United Nations Secretary General accepted his nomination on Thursday.

OPINION: It was meant to be time for an Eastern European woman, but it's a man's world.

Local democracy is dying

Cromwell resident Sarah Christiansen believes it is worth voting, but many do not.

Local body elections leave us cold. Bad news but so understandable.

The future: No traffic lights

Driverless vehicles such as this to be trialled in Christchurch next year will change the way we travel.

NZ's first driverless vehicle trial in Christchurch offers a view into impending paradigm shift in our cities.

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'Crazy clown lives matter' video

Pennywise - the clown form of a demonic entity from Stephen King's 1986 horror novel It.

Fear not, Porirua residents: clowns are not "psycho killers" - as a march in the US aims to demonstrate.

World's smallest Rubik's cube? video

World's smallest Rubik's cube.

It may be a tiny brain-teaser but it's not for tiny brains. And you'll need some decent tweezer skills.

'Budgie 9' set free video

Australian F1 revellers stripped down to Malaysian flag-themed underpants.

Nine Australians arrested at F1 for wearing togs emblazoned with Malaysian national flag escape conviction.

'Creepy clown' panic in Porirua

Pennywise the clown from Stephen King's movie It.

Police play down latest sightings as fears spread from US.

Parenting

Officer comforts upset child

The photo that won police officer Precious Cornner-Jones thousands of fans on the internet.

The four-year-old boy was having a rough day. So the cop wiped his tears and laid beside him to comfort him.

What new mums need to eat

Do women need to adjust their diets while breastfeeding?

Here's what breastfeeding mums should eat - and what they should avoid.

When you'll never be a mum

At what point should a woman give up her dream of becoming a mother?

After six years of failed IVF, one woman finally accepted her fate - and is now sharing her story.

Lego hair: Coolest helmet ever?

Think your child would a like a Lego hair helmet?

If you ever wanted to be a Lego figurine, here's your chance.

kiwi traveller

5 things to do on a bike

A cyclist bikes past a vineyard along the Tasman Great Taste Trail.

Gourmet food and wine stops make these relaxing rides even more enticing.

Two weeks in Iran stuff nation

John Hearnshaw hiking with Iranian students on Mt Daraband, near Tehran.

Many delights and surprises await the western traveller to Iran, the modern-day Persia.

I quit my job to travel video

Jordan Adkins finds llamas love a selfie in Colca Canyon, Peru.

Travel agent Jordan Adkins decided to take some of his own advice, and quit his job to see the world.

NZ: An airport survival guide

Visitors to Wellington Airport will find a giant Gollum.

Here is everything you need to know about New Zealand's five main airports.