The Herald’s annual search for New Zealand’s Best Beach is now open. To inspire your nominations, we asked some well-known New Zealanders to share their favourites. Do you agree with their picks?

Erin and Ben Napier break ground on Season 10 of their HGTV series "Home Town" on Jan. 4, 2026. Erin Napier sheds some tears in the upcoming season of "Home Town." Among their projects for the 10th ...

The Herald’s annual search for New Zealand’s Best Beach is now open. Here’s how to nominate your favourites. After three years as the ultimate fan favourite, there was a shock surprise for Ōhope in ...

The gap between people who get unusually good results and people who don't is often just willingness to tolerate friction. We often associate tedious tasks with low ...

In 2024, the song of the year was so undeniable and inescapable that we don’t even have to bother naming it. This year, the landscape is much trickier. Twenty twenty-five hasn’t produced a ...

That’s seven distinct, time-taking, brain-taxing to-dos for one holiday tradition. Me, I adore cards. All cards. All paper products, really. So I am happy to spend my energy writing notes and ...

In real life, 2025 has been a chaotic year. We've navigated the beginning of a divisive presidential term, the longest government shutdown in U.S. history, witnessed a pope from Chicago get elected, a ...

What made this one of the best start-to-finish albums of Earl’s career, and 2025, is the beat selection (mostly Theravada, with a few crucial contributions from Navy Blue, Child Actor, and Earl ...

Kevin & Co (Taskmaster NZ, Homebound 3.0, Double Parked) has announced a new six-part comedy spy series commissioned by TVNZ. The executive producers are Cam Bakker and Bronwyn Bakker for Kevin & Co, ...

Google Tasks for Android finally gets the deadline functionality. As the name suggests, this allows you to set a deadline date for your tasks. However, you can’t set a deadline time for the tasks at ...

Earlier this year, I asked my best friend, “Macy,” to be my maid of honor. We’ve been close since college -- over a decade -- and I never imagined anyone else in that role. At first, she seemed ...