Leap To Fame Wins New Zealand Trotting Cup at Addington

US Commerce Department agents stopped investigating suspected Nvidia chip smuggling into China after Nvidia's general counsel reached out, citing the undersecretary's blessing.

A $300m wood pellet factory and data centre plan unveiled in Ruapehu last week could bring 100 jobs to a district hit by the 2024 pulp mill closure.

The NZ Army's new Future Fighting Concept embraces AI, machine teaming and rapid autonomous targeting as allied exercises show drone kill chains shrinking from 15 minutes to seconds.

The Criminal Cases Review Commission has referred Lon Reti's 1998 murder conviction back to the Court of Appeal, citing expert evidence never heard by the jury.

NZ Herald columnist Leah McFall wants readers to start refusing commitments in November, ahead of a smaller, saner Christmas.

A 14-year-old Whangārei boy was left with a fractured eye socket after being beaten by up to eight adult men, and his mother says police let days pass before taking his statement.

Two Kiwi founders are keeping their Kabul factory open for 34 Afghan women despite a $287,250 air freight bill, power cuts and a land requisition.

Judge Tomlinson rejected a drunken joke defence and jailed a man for five months, calling the assault an invasion of the victim's body.

Silver Ferns Kate Mason and Grace Salmon say the collapsed private netball league has left players heartbroken, out of pocket and on the benefit.

Doctors' groups are calling the University of Waikato's plan to drop ethnicity from medical school admissions regressive, warning it could worsen Māori health inequities.

A Russian strike on an aid distribution point in Zaporizhzhia has killed 40 people, with 59 missing, days before peace talks in Abu Dhabi.

Christopher Luxon launched a three-day final campaign bus tour from the Hutt Valley toward Auckland, urging voters to stick to the plan as polls tighten.

The final five years before retirement leave no room for error, with health, debt and family spending quietly eroding Kiwis' plans.

Beaten jockeys pointed to a crawl-slow tempo after the 2026 Melbourne Cup at Flemington, with riders from Vauban to Knight's Choice left frustrated on Tuesday.

A Stroke Foundation fridge magnet helped Auckland mum Vicki spot her own stroke at 42. Her recovery since reveals the gaps in support for stroke survivors in New Zealand.

French content creator Ilyes Nait El Cadi pleaded guilty after a base jump left him dangling 70 metres up an Auckland hotel, and agreed to pay $22,000 in reparation.

Former Shortland Street actor Reuben and teacher Rhiana are expecting their first baby in Whangārei, after meeting through his school youth mentoring work.

<p>A confession published in the <a href='S1'>NZ Herald</a> on November 1, 2026 has struck a chord with travellers: writer Tamara Hinson admits that Japan's convenience stores, not its shrines or forests, top her list of reasons to return.

Iran's supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei told military commanders on Saturday that any renewed US or Israeli attack would bring an immediate response with no geographical limits.

The Fiji Bulikula beat France 54-6 to reach their first Rugby League World Cup semifinal, while the Kiwis crushed the Fiji Bati 78-0 on the Gold Coast.

A Parnell palliative care doctor is running a landmark New Zealand trial giving MDMA to dying cancer patients, and early results have exceeded expectations.

New research puts 12,200 young New Zealanders in homelessness or severe housing instability, with Māori youth over-represented, as the country's first Youth Homelessness Summit demands action.

Laura Brand told Southwark Crown Court her husband was caring but found monogamy difficult, as the rape trial continues.

New Zealand's wool industry will extend its animal welfare training programme for shearers, after two prosecutions for sheep abuse and a video exposé that forced the sector to confront mistreatment inside its wool sheds.

A new film, Primetime, reopens the case against To Catch a Predator, asking whether a newsroom sting protected children or turned their harm into prime-time entertainment.

A NZ Herald travel account shows how local guides, refugee histories and hanok villages turn a South Korea trip into something deeper than sightseeing.

Winston Peters defended an NZ First ad blaming the Manawanui sinking on DEI, claiming Captain Yvonne Gray was not qualified, despite offering no evidence.

Waitākere Hospital's new six bed ICU has no staff or funding and no opening date, leaving West Auckland's 250,000 residents facing 90 minute trips to North Shore for critical care.

Air New Zealand is burning about $6.8 million a day on jet fuel, up $1.2 million since the start of the financial year, as war-driven oil prices squeeze the national carrier.