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Prince Harry cheekily planted a purple hand print on a veteran British royal photographer's forehead during a visit to a youth centre in Auckland.

A World-wide television audience of up to 200 million will be watching golfers in the 2015 NZ Open compete for a $1 million purse.

The location scout for Lord of the Rings has died.

A homicide investigation has been launched after a man died at Auckland City Hospital this afternoon.

The John Lewis Christmas advert is a UK tradition, and the 2014 version is called #MontyThePenguin.

The holiday weekend road toll is now at three.

ODT Online rugby writer Jeff Cheshire rates Otago's players after their loss to Manawatu  at Forsyth Barr Stadium on Friday.

Noten Spring/Summer 2015 women's ready-to-wear collection show during Paris Fashion Week

A jet drops retardant on the King Fire near Fresh Pond, California.

Where his mates saw firewood, Murray Vince saw potential.

Helping clean up along John Wilson Ocean Dr yesterday are (from left) Julia Trendall, Logan Thomas and his mother Linda Thomas. Photo by Linda Robertson

After out-lasting all of its New Zealand counterparts, University of Otago's Department of Botany is celebrating its 90th anniversary this week.

Devotees splash water on an idol of Hindu elephant god Ganesh, the deity of prosperity, as it is carried for immersion into the Arabian Sea on the last day of the Ganesh Chaturthi festival in Mumba.

The daughter of comedian Joan Rivers, hospitalized in serious condition after suffering cardiac arrest, said on Sunday the comedian's family members are "keeping our fingers crossed," according to a hospital statement.