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Chiefs 28Crusaders 19 A match worthy of a final and on this form there is every chance the Chiefs and Crusaders will meet again in the play-offs.It was pulsating encounter in front of 22,...

A powerful earthquake has hit Russia's Far East with slight tremors spreading westwards as far as Moscow.Marina Kolomiyets, spokeswoman for Obninsk's seismic station of the Russian Academ...

Police are speaking to the owner of a car found crashed down a bank on Paekakariki Hill Rd north of Wellington this morning.There had been concerns for the wellbeing of Blair Coleman afte...

A Tauranga dairy has bowed to public pressure and stopped selling synthetic cannabis.News of the decision came as Associate Health Minister Peter Dunne announced he was pushing his Psycho...

A man was killed and two children injured when the vehicle they were in rolled several times into a paddock north of Christchurch this afternoon.Police said the occupants of the vehicle m...

A British Airways jet made an emergency landing at London's Heathrow Airport after developing a technical problem after takeoff. TV footage showed smoke streaming from one of the engines.

Canterbury bounced back from their last-start thrashing to Newcastle with a solid 24-14 NRL win over Brisbane at ANZ Stadium on Friday night.

Seven-time champion Rafael Nadal could face top-seeded Novak Djokovic in the French Open semifinals a year after they met to decide the title.

The Melbourne Rebels put a serious dent in the Waratahs' surge to the Super Rugby playoffs with a 24-22 upset win on Friday night.

Marina Erakovic has been handed a good draw for the French Open and is up against Britain's Elena Baltacha in the first round.

Manchester City want to win five trophies in the next five years.

The start of the second and final Test between England and New Zealand has been delayed.

Two women forced to work in Japanese war-time military brothels say the mayor of Osaka should resign.

The Chiefs beat the Crusaders in a ferocious clash that had all the hallmarks of a Test.

Otago Nuggets faced their toughest test of the season, beating the Bay Hawks 90-85 in OT.

Syria's state media say rebels have fired mortar shells at the central prison in an embattled northern city.

An Auckland father is outraged his 14-year-old daughter was able to run away to Australia without permission.

The Chiefs have beaten the Crusaders 28-19 in a tight affair at Waikato Stadium tonight.

A North Korean envoy has heeded Beijing's wishes by offering to renew nuclear disarmament talks.

The New Zealand dollar is expected to fall below 80 US cents next week.

The NZX 50 Index has fallen 1.4 per cent in what one sharebroker has described as a "healthy correction".

The 'Desperate Housewives' actress received her Master's degree in Chicano Studies and took to Twitter to share her excitement ahead of the ceremony.

The 22-year-old actress – whose Fox pilot 'Delirium' was not picked up - is close to signing a deal to star in the third season of Ryan Murphy's FX drama alongside her boyfriend Evan Pete...

A fire at a Queenstown bar which prompted the evacuation of part of central Queenstown has been brought under control.

The 64-year-old rocker's wife was "devastated" when Ozzy relapsed and resumed abusing drugs and alcohol over the past 18 months, but Sharon says he has now put his troubles behind him and...

A man has died and two children have been taken to hospital with moderate injuries following a motor vehicle crash near Waikuku, North Canterbury, this afternoon.

MEDIA RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Auckland District Law Society Inc Welcomes Court of Appeal Decision in Criminal Fixed Fee And Complex Cases Policy

May 24 (BusinessDesk) – Prices for orange roughy are at their lowest in 3-4 years, partly as a result of some US retailers boycotting the species because of concerns about the sustainabil...

May 24 (BusinessDesk) – New Zealand shares tumbled as investors took advantage of weaker Chinese growth and hints of a possible end to quantitative easing in the US to take profits on com...

May 24 (BusinessDesk) – Bupa Group, a London-based healthcare provider, gained court approval to buy Dental Corp, Australia and New Zealand’s largest dental group, for 244 million British...

A Northland food outlet is under investigation after nine cases of a rare type of Salmonella.

A fire at a Queenstown bar which prompted the evacuation of part of central Queenstown has been brought under control.

Yesterday, Mai FM Nights announcer Haley and Blues mascot Bluebeard surprised an unsuspecting class of Wellsford school children with 150 extra tickets to the Blues game tomorrow.

A low is expected to move southeast across Waikato and Bay of Plenty Saturday night and Sunday morning.

A fire at a Queenstown bar and restaurant has been contained.

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Supreme Court judge Robert Chambers, who died in his sleep on Tuesday, has been knighted posthumously from May 20. read more

Auckland businesswoman Eli Devoy has been charged as the ringleader of an alleged complex mortgage fraud. read more

Prepares to welcome a new 14% shareholder on its share register after winning a High Court action. read more

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The 14 Green MPs will today officially be given their new portfolios and itll mean a smaller workload for all caucus members.

A gunman armed with grenades has opened fire on a square packed with children and Christmas shoppers in the eastern Belgian city of Liege, killing three people and wounding 75.

A British radio announcer has landed herself in hot water after questioning on air the existence of Santa Claus.

Newstalk ZB political editor Barry Soper looks at the changing of the guard in the Labour Party in todays Political Report

Low level industrial action by the Fire Service has effectively become a media blackout on emergency news.

A man is dead and two children injured after a crash in North Canterbury this afternoon.

Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee says deadline extensions for some red-zone landowners have not been kept secret.

It took a brave gamble 10 minutes from the end but the Chiefs emerged triumphant from a brutal Super Rugby game in Hamilton, beating the Crusaders 28-19.

Two weapons may have been used in a fight outside a Christchurch bar that left a man with serious head injuries last night.

A central Queenstown building has been engulfed in a fire that is still burning.

By Catherine Delahunty. Victory for carers recognising their human rights tainted by National’s use of their case to strip away human rights.

Denniston Plateau mine given go-ahead - pleased much?

IPCA report says police acted unlawfully.

Full statement from Wairere Tame Iti made on Facebook today.

Colin Craig's Twitter hacked, internet carries on.

A strain of cockroaches in Europe has evolved to outsmart the sugar traps used to eradicate them.

Part of a road bridge has collapsed into the Skagit River in the American state of Washington.

A massive undersea earthquake in Russia's Far East prompted a tsunami warning and unleashed tremors across Russia, including in Moscow 10,000 kilometres away, but caused no casualties or ...

Hundreds of people were evacuated after fire engulfed one of Queenstown's most popular bars, and a pizza parlour, on Friday.

A South Canterbury farmer says its clear the Ministry for Primary Industries is under-performing - with both the minister and the associate minister publicly questioning its performance r...

The owners of Masterton's oldest buildings are ignoring fears by the district council their buildings could be wiped out by a Canterbury-sized earthquake.The council says it's disappointe...

The position of a green overlord who, among other things, would be paid to oversee the installation low-energy light bulbs and help the Masterton District Council become more environmenta...

Wairarapa's oldest school caretaker, Brian Marriott, is giving up his job at Solway Primary but hasn't got time to either "lay down and die, or retire".Relinquishing his job of 27 ...

A charity golf tournament for a South Wairarapa schoolboy paralysed in a recent car crash has raised more than $26,000.On Saturday the Martinborough Golf Club hosted an Ambrose tournament...

The need for food has increased in Masterton families in the past three months with the foodbank giving out more food parcels than this time last year - and it ...

Investigations have begun into an integrated electronic ticketing system for Wellington, which will see one smartcard used for all buses, trains and harbour ferries across the region.

Spontaneous combustion caused a laundrette fire that closed a street in the Wellington suburb of Newtown early yesterday morning.

A man who traded money and cigarettes for sex with a 15-year-old boy has been jailed.

Thick smoke from a truck fire is reducing visibility on the motorway between Johnsonville and Porirua this afternoon.

Wellington Police have located Blair Coleman, the owner of the car that plunged 20m down a bank off the Paekakariki Hill Rd this morning.

A 7-year-old girl who was allegedly attacked by three dogs in Waitahanui last week had to spend four days in Rotorua Hospital to recover.

It took a brave gamble 10 minutes from the end but the Chiefs emerged triumphant from a brutal Super Rugby game in Hamilton tonight, beating the Crusaders 28-19.

A businessman has fled Taupo owing tens of thousands of dollars to several local businesses, who are in a state of uproar.

Sweltering temperatures have forced a total fire ban across Waikato with every council warning of extreme fire risk.

The former chief executive of Hamilton Taxis has been awarded more than $16,000 in compensation and lost wages after he was unfairly fired last year.

The Word of God in the Life and Mission of the Church (The instrumentum laboris for the XII ordinary general assembly of the Synod of Bishops)

Here is the full text of the instruction The Service of Authority and Obedience, published on May 28 by the Vatican's Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apos...

The Church leaders' statement made in support of the call for more action issued by the New Zealand Council of Christian Social Services, "Aroha tatahi ki tatahi - Let us look after each ...

Here is the letter written by Benedict XVI concerning the remission of the excommunication of the four bishops of the Society of St Pius X that were ordained by Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre...

VATICAN CITY (CNS) - The Vatican has given the traditionalist Society of St. Pius X a formal doctrinal preamble listing several principles they must agree with in order to move toward ful...

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The scar down Sean Kenzie's neck is a reminder of how his life changed forever when a taxi knocked him off his scooter in Thailand.

Wellington complaints on the rise despite decibel higher limits

Kicks and punches were thrown at Upper Hutt Mall - all in good fun.

Daniel Simmions Ritchie to work on Manila's Phillippine Star.

Asia New Zealand brings young leaders together in forum

Artist sets sights on $10,000 for Pike River families.

Some of Australia's top business leaders were feted in China by an ''influence'' platform of the People's Liberation Army.

Ben Barba was back to his best in the Bulldogs' 24-14 win against Brisbane at ANZ Stadium.

Homicide detectives take over the investigation into the pogo-stick death of a Sydney boy.

Homicide detectives take over the investigation into the pogo-stick death of a Sydney boy.

Join RugbyHeaven as the Rebels take on the Waratahs.

There has been a large explosion in the centre of the Afghan capital, Kabul, followed by an apparent attack on a security forces building.

The lawyer leading the UN's inquiry into drones welcomes President Obama's speech as a "significant step towards increased transparency".

RAF Typhoon jets are launched to investigate an incident involving a civilian plane from Pakistan within UK airspace, the Ministry of Defence says.

Two South Korean women forced into sexual slavery in WWII cancel a meeting with Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto, citing fears of "political exploitation".

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe heads to Burma for economic talks - in the first visit by a Japanese PM since 1977.

A New Zealand gas station owner turned international fugitive has been sentenced to four years and seven months in prison after stealing millions of dollars accidentally deposited into hi...

A New Zealand gas station owner who became an overnight millionaire after a banking error, and later an international fugitive, has pleaded guilty to seven counts of theft.

The captain and second officer of a container ship that ran aground last year, resulting in New Zealand's worst maritime environmental disaster, have been jailed for seven months.

Four people have died and four others remain missing from a fishing boat that sunk near the southern tip of New Zealand after being hit by a "rogue wave," the police said Friday.

The captain and second officer of a container ship that ran aground last year resulting in New Zealand's worst maritime environmental disaster, pleaded guilty Wednesday to a range of char...

FTSE 100 down 40 points after Japanese market suffers turbulent session Josephine Moulds Nick Fletcher Japan's Nikkei regained ground on Friday after a 7.3% dive in the previous session,...

Shinzo Abe's 'Abenomics' involved a push for a Nikkei rise. This week's plunge shows you can't legislate for human psychology The Nikkei 225, Japan's primary stock market, plunged by ove...

Move by Korean former 'comfort women' comes as row erupts over column asserting atomic bombs as 'divine punishment' Two South Korean women who were forced to work in Japanese military br...

Pyongyang's special envoy makes concession on nuclear disarmament to ease tensions between communist allies North Korea has offered to renew nuclear disarmament talks, Chinese state medi...

City chairman lodges protest with author over his description of Philippines capital as 'the gates of hell' in latest novel Kate Hodal Dan Brown has annoyed leaders of Manila in the Phil...

An Australian television presenter was left almost in tears after taking a bite of "the world's hottest pie".

An Australian fisherman was so enraged with finding yet another crocodile on the end of his fishing line that he took the animal home and spent the night with it sleeping below his bunk b...

American Samoa plans to take away frequent flier miles from government workers who travel on behalf of the US territory and give them to medical patients who need to travel overseas for t...

Mining tycoon has kept her spot as Australia's richest person despite her personal wealth shedding £4.5 billion due to a resources slowdown in the past 12 months.

A week-old white rhino calf makes his debut in front of the cameras as Taronga Western Plains Zoo in Australia.

The South Korean women were concerned that a politician who made provocative comments defending World War II brothels was seeking to repair his image. Toru Hashimoto, the mayor of...

Ms. Banerjee, who has been projected as the “symbol of honesty” in West Bengal, is fighting hard to restore voters’ confidence. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee during a...

A noted Hungarian climber near his goal of scaling the world’s 14 highest peaks is missing along with four others.

In the town where George Orwell wrote his first novel, “Burmese Days,” a group of locals are encouraging the authorities to restore his house and its unkempt garden. The British C...

A blistering heat wave in north and western India has caused widespread electricity cuts and led residents to protest and even attack power company officials and property.

KABUL (Reuters) - Several large explosions rocked a busy area in the center of the Afghan capital, Kabul, on Friday with Reuters witnesses describing shooting in the area.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Orders for long-lasting manufactured goods rose more than expected in April, a hopeful sign that a contraction in factory output could soon run its course.

OLYMPIA, Washington (Reuters) - A truck crashed into a four-lane freeway bridge in Washington state Thursday evening and may have caused it to collapse, sending vehicles and drivers tumbl...

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Syria's divided opposition leaders have failed to back a plan by their outgoing leader for President Bashar al-Assad to cede power gradually to end the country's civi...

TEL AVIV (Reuters) - The United States on Friday called into question the credibility of Iran's presidential election next month, criticizing the disqualification of candidates and accusi...

Several opposition figures detained under the country’s colonial-era sedition law less than three weeks after the bitterly contested general election

The appointment comes as the country’s leadership struggles to raise the country’s budget revenue and reform its state enterprises

A Bangladeshi government investigation committee finds poor building construction at fault for deaths of hundreds of garment factory workers

Glamorous tournament’s future hangs in the balance as enthusiastic police investigation leaves every element of contest under suspicion

Sharif looks to to avert a balance of payments crisis and boost electricity supplies while Pakistan agrees a new programme with the IMF