New dad Sir Elton John is being bombarded with Kiwi offers to babysit during his one-off gig in New Zealand.

The partner of Sean Davison, who helped his terminally ill mother to die, says his sons would be proud of him.

A southern council has gone into damage control after publishing a list of offensive words in an agenda.

Almost 2000 protesters plan to occupy Auckland's Aotea Square for the next six weeks.