The NZ Super Fund's annual results are out and they show a return of almost 11.84 per cent, adding 5.5 billion to the Crown's books.

Auckland Council's tourism head says the city is going to be hit hard by a 40 per cent drop off in cruise ships coming this season.

Crime correspondent Sam Sherwood on the latest from the police incident in Waikato.

Our comedians Te Radar and Irene Pink bring some levity the end of the week

Sports commentator Sam Ackerman

Around the motu: Jesse Archer in Taupo

Kiran Dass reviews Universality by Natasha Brown, published by Faber.

Beijing's military spectacle, which brought together leaders of China, North Korea and Russia, has drawn global attention; Indonesia's President Prabowo Subianto is in China amid protests at home, and it is "sleep week" in Japan,

The search is on for boomers this weekend. Not the human kind, but the Matuku or Australasian bittern - an elusive heron-like bird native to wetlands, with a distinctive booming call.

A young entrepreneur is hoping to make New Zealand a more accessible place for people with physical disabilities.