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Danielle Wright finds Wellington alive with art events, food and popular culture this winter.

A woman who stole nearly $450,000 from a prominent Auckland couple also pinched thousands from a previous employer - and altered her CV to hide her crime.

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 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…

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A gay man was shot dead in New York City while walking with his partner in what police are calling a hate crime.

Officials described a devastating scene of shattered cars and other damage where two trains packed with rush-hour commuters collided in Connecticut, saying Saturday…

Pope Francis toured St. Peter's Square to greet tens of thousands of people attending a rally of prayer, music and speeches Saturday, and he embraced the brother of…

Aaron Gilmore has been and gone, writes Rodney Hide. He went from total obscurity to poster-boy for the democratic defect that we can't summarily sack list MPs.

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.