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How one Bay of Plenty family blends Polish and Kiwi Christmas traditions
Christmas Eve is for dumplings and soup, Christmas Day for cricket and beach swims.
Rotorua Christmas Day Community Lunch: Doors open to hundreds
Hundreds choose community company at annual Christmas lunch.
Inside Hawke’s Bay’s 155-member Lady Riders motorbike group
'My life two years ago was completely different. I never ever expected it.'
Christmas Day brings wet and windy weather for some
MetService said a front was moving northwards over the South Island into early Christmas morning.
Northland Christmas Day weather: Far North rain turns to localised showers
MetService says Far North rain in the morning will clear to localised showers today.
What makes Chris Knox's Seizure an essential album
Nick Bollinger explores the work of one-of-a-kind musician Chris Knox, with a particular focus on his 1989 solo album Seizure.
All alight: Final train departs Melling Station ahead of RiverLink upgrades
Melling train station has seen its last service for about three years, ahead of major infrastructure works.
What to watch on Christmas Day
Belly full? Christmas cheer all spent? Need the kids to flop? Here's what's on the box on Christmas Day.
Why it's rare to give birth on Christmas
Christmas is a rare day to be born in New Zealand. Let alone to be having twins, as was the case for Lee Scanlon in Westport.
Year in Review: Tom and Fiona Langford - life after winning 2025 Share Farmers of the Year
This look into farming life with the Langfords was one of the most popular reads of 2025.
Pastures Past: A very merry rural Christmas from the 1930s and 40s
Kerikeri mum’s best gift in 1941: a card from POW son in Germany, once thought missing.
Herald morning quiz: December 25
Test your brains with the Herald's morning quiz.
One Mother to Another Christmas care packs help parents in hospital with sick kids
Christchurch charity One Mother to Another will support parents in 21 hospital wards.
Boris the missing cat home for Christmas: Ten months on the loose after Nelson SPCA intruder freed him
After a vet check, Boris will be adopted by the woman whose house he chose.
Year in Review: When Te Kūiti’s Jack Fagan won A$20,000 for 19.78 seconds’ shearing
Shearer Jack Fagan's triumph in February 2025 was a well-read story on The Country.
Three youths arrested after Christmas Eve robbery in Hamilton
The trio are due to appear in Youth Court in the coming days.
Uncovering the mysteries behind eel migration and spawning
Dr Amandine Sabadel said tracking technology has helped find the first clues as to how and where eels spawn but there is still more to do.
Far North town, Kāeo, gets running water for first time in more than two months
Residents of Kāeo have lived under a boil-water notice for more than 10 years, but in October the water stopped completely.
Nitrates in water: ECan's rule-making fell short of law over allowing discharges, High Court rules
The High Court stopped short of ordering the regional council to change the rule relating to the discharge of nitrates because of the amount of time that has lapsed.
Warning after multiple people hospitalised after using synthetic cannabis
High Alert is warning people to use "extreme caution" if using synthetic drugs.
