Ann Packer surveys the best new books for teens

Red is returning to school, six months after the unexpected suicide of her best friend, Wolf. In supremely accessible verse ...

Push for cat curfew in Hawke’s Bay: ‘You’re either on the side of the birds or the predators’

A former Hawke’s Bay political leader says councils and residents need to band together to ensure the region’s cats cannot go ...

Thirty-five Kāinga Ora homes to be built in Whanganui by next year

A 10-home Kāinga Ora development in Whanganui is gathering steam, with consent applications to be filed next month. Eight two ...

When human rights rhetoric ignores reality: A response to Helen Clark – Samira Taghavi

OPINION: New Zealand should list the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as terrorists.
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Herald Hat-trick am sports quiz – Wednesday March 4

Get all three sports-related questions of varying difficulty (easy, medium and hard) and you claim the Herald hat-trick. Quiz compiled by Cameron McMillan. Want more quizzes? Test your knowledge in ...

Jacinda Ardern a finalist in this year’s Ockham book awards

Jacinda Ardern is a finalist in the general non-fiction section of the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards for her memoir, A Different Kind of Power.

Hawke’s Bay poet Nafanua Purcell Kersel shortlisted for Ockham book awards prize

March 2026 NZME supplied A Hawke’s Bay woman is up for a prestigious national poetry award for her debut collection of poems.