Prime Minister John Key remains hopeful of a deal at Copenhagen but thinks if progress is to be made ambitions may need to lower.

John Key will enter climate talks tonight with the power to up NZ's 10-20 per cent target for emissions cuts, but he is very unlikely to use it.

Dr Suresh Vatsyayann was asked to withdraw comments made in an email and apologise to the Waikato board and management, but refused.

Susan Boyle, Smashproof and body-painted cabin crews capture Kiwis’ imaginations.

Changes to one of London's best-known Underground routes have caused some pre-Christmas commuter confusion.

Appearance is a useful guide to longevity and can be used to distinguish those who will die young from those likely to live to a great age, researchers say.

Woods' Kiwi caddie Steve Williams doesn't deserve to be attacked in any way, or to have his career threatened.

Despite the growing list of Tiger Woods’ alleged mistresses, sources say his wife Elin Nordegren has no plans to leave him.

The Sex Pistols' former lead singer isn't exactly living the punk lifestyle, finds Christina Patterson.

Zoe Walker looks back on a decade of style.

The first wife of Napoleon Bonaparte was a celebrated hostess and, although not a great drinker, a great collector of wine.