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A man sentenced to two months in prison begged a judge to keep him locked up for an extra day so he could pocket a $350 Winz grant.

New Zealand basketball's biggest name, Sean Marks, has farewelled his mother Sheila who died suddenly on Mother's Day.Sean, the first New Zealander to play with the…

Convicted fraudster Tracy Hibberd hopes to clear her name and complete the diploma she was found guilty of faking.Hibberd, 35, was sentenced to eight months' home detention…

New Zealand meat is sitting on the wharf in China and out on boats waiting to get in, while Kiwi authorities iron out the paperwork.Customs authorities in China won't…

Bill English painted a picture of recovery in the Budget. But stresses remain and the economy is being pulled in different directions by strong opposing forces, writes…

Igloo - a joint venture 51 per cent owned by Sky TV and 49 per cent by Television New Zealand - offers 11 linear pay channels and provides a tuner for the free channels…

From jamming sounds to extreme prosthetics, Popular Science magazine has picked 10 inventions it feels could be the next big thing.

By now you may have seen Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield's video of his version of Space Oddity, the David Bowie song, shot and recorded in space. Hadfield has been…

MOVIES IN SIGHT: Some people, such as the vision or hearing impaired, find movies challenging or perhaps even pointless as they may not see or hear what's going on…

Kate and Gerry McCann have welcomed news that Scotland Yard detectives have identified a number of suspects who could be responsible for their daughter's abduction six…

It's the second-largest world jackpot of all time - US$600 million ($744 million). And in workplaces across the US, people are inviting colleagues to chip in US$2 for…

The lawyer who defended OJ Simpson on armed robbery charges delivered a potentially heavy blow to the former football star's bid for a new trial yesterday.

John Armstrong writes: "One of the reasons why Governments slowly decay and die is that the longer they are in office the more prone they become to ugly pragmatism and…

The Government's tough new student loan rules are an attempt to claw back more than $427 million of debt in default from overseas-based borrowers.

A bill which allows people who cared for disabled family members to get paid by the Govt has passed into law a day after being introduced amid protest about its narrow…