NewsBank (Herald on Sunday)

Changes to the “golden visa” for wealthy foreigners announced in September not only resulted in a renewed spike of interest in New Zealand property from overseas, including from billionaires, but sparked Fomo among those already able to buy.

It’s still up for debate. Is Andrew Coster a bad man? Or is he a good man who made a bad decision?

Secret mayoral files were not the only documents that went astray in discarded Wellington City Council furniture, and a “furious” former mayor urged for a legal injunction to block publication after the Herald obtained the collection, new details of a privacy breach reveal.

It’s the end of an era with the news that Allan Bunting is not seeking reappointment as the Black Ferns director of rugby.

The All Whites face a step into the unknown over the next four days. Not only are games against world No 13 Colombia (today at 1pm) and No 23 Ecuador (Wednesday at 1.30pm) potentially the most challenging of the year, they are also unusual, given New Zealand rarely faces South American opposition — only 17 times ever, including 10 this century.

The Kiwis may not play again on home soil until 2028. Off the back of the recent Pacific Championships triumph — which featured record crowds, enthralling matches and a strong new rivalry with Samoa — such a drought seems inconceivable.

Morgan Freeman has been taking legal action against those replicating his voice without permission.

The Prime Minister has said he wants a mature conversation about asset sales.

Dozens of Indigenous protesters blocked the entrance to the UN climate summit in Brazil yesterday to spotlight their struggle in the Amazon, prompting high-level interventions to defuse the situation.

A Coromandel stunner that won over UK TV star Phil Spencer will hit the market for sale this week.

A Coromandel stunner that won over UK TV star Phil Spencer will hit the market for sale this week.

Boating entrepreneur father-and-son duo Amos and Kelvin Kay have placed their Glendene-based business, K2 Marine Ltd, into voluntary receivership.

Donald Trump notched another victory in his war on the media when the UK’s national broadcaster apologised over a misleading edit of the US President’s remarks and two executives resigned.

I am amazed at how Chris Hipkins can stand before TV cameras and plead a lack of knowledge of problems with the upper echelons of NZ Police when he was minister.

Several people have died after a house fire in Manawatū, police have confirmed.

Only on this wildest of racedays could a trainer win and lose the $700,000 New Zealand 2000 Guineas in the same judge’s call.

Victoria Beckham is opening up about her “unhealthy” relationship with her body in a candid new docuseries.

Britain’s Princess Catherine has hailed the importance of “human connection” in early childhood development after her husband Prince William revealed their three children have not been given phones.

Wayne Brown has stormed home to win a second term as Mayor of Auckland, comfortably beating his main challenger, Kerrin Leoni.

One of New Zealand rugby’s brightest young talents has been linked to a code switch with the Warriors in 2026 — leaving his home union “gutted”.

In a tranquil clinic in Mt Eden, psychotherapist and AI ethics researcher Dr Brigitte Viljoen sits perched on an armchair and explains it may soon be normal for people “to have an AI partner and a real partner”.

Designed by celebrated local architect Warwick Lee and constructed around 1980, Johnand Angela’s peaceful and stylish home, set on 602sqm, down a private driveway in Seaview Road, had been completely updated – including new cladding, when they purchased it in 2015, and John says that they’ve barely needed to lift a finger since then.

Bay of Plenty triumphed 27-7 over Tasman in Tauranga yesterday, ending the Makos’ season in the NPC quarter-finals.

Heather du Plessis-Allan suggests (October 5) that New Zealand should withdraw from the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) because it would “drop electricity prices almost overnight”. She argues that burning coal at Huntly is too expensive under the ETS. But the problem we’re trying to solve isn’t just high power prices; it’s climate change as well. The ETS exists to encourage cleaner energy, not...

Four-time Greek Olympian Kristian Gkolomeev proudly states on his Instagram account he is the “fastest swimmer in history”.

The exclusive New Zealand preview of Hayu’s The Real Housewives of London took place in Auckland last Thursday. Guests watched the first episode, which introduced its six stars — Juliet Angus, Karen Loderick-Peace, Juliet Mayhew, Panthea Parker, Amanda Cronin and Nessie Welschinger — while enjoying prosecco and a British-inspired high tea at the Library boutique cinema at Westfield Newmarket.

Many a Kiwi dreams of retiring somewhere exotic overseas.

NZ Fashion Week: Kahuria begins on Monday, and this year’s re-energised event will include a raft of off-runway activations.

Chipmaker Intel has agreed to give the US Government a 10% stake in its business, the company and President Donald Trump have announced.

The United Nations has officially declared a famine in Gaza, blaming “systematic obstruction” of aid by Israel during more than 22 months of war, but Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu swiftly dismissed the findings.