The number of deaths linked to a legionnaires outbreak in Auckland has doubled to two as the outbreak nears a possible conclusion. 

Auckland Council officials refuse to say which city buildings have been "shock-dosed" with chemicals after a legionnaires outbreak claimed its first victim. 

New research released by the University of Otago shows the fear of death causes non-religious folk to consciously increase their disbelief in God while unconsciously their belief increases. 

PM John Key and NZX boss Mark Weldon heald tributes for Infratil founder Lloyd Morrison who has died in Washington, aged 54, following a battle with cancer. 

Literary hermit and American icon JD Salinger is dead.

The author of The Catcher in the Rye, died at his New Hampshire home on Wednesday (local time), aged 91.

The Catcher in the Rye was published in 1951 and became an immediate and controversial best seller making him one of the most famous authors on the planet.

He shunned the fame and spent the last 50 years of his life avoiding the notoriety his work brought him.