Breakers import Gary Wilkinson has escaped a ban and will play in game one of the NBL finals after facing the judiciary today.

Australian band Birds of Tokyo have announced another Auckland show with support from locals Midnight Youth and Avalanche City.

It's a three-game series but the Breakers and Wildcats know that whoever wins tonight's opening semifinal will have one foot in finals.

Honeymoons aren't always easy for newlyweds, but six natural disasters?

The Blues offer something for everyone. Thrilling play mixed with ineptitude, glowing rugby interspersed with childish errors.

Hooker and skipper Keven Mealamu will make his return to the starting 15 when the Blues take on the Force on Sunday morning.

Heather Ramsay finds pelicans, parrots and dramatic formations in West Australia.

Most people are in for a great summer weekend with high air pressure over the North Island and an advancing front in the South Island.

Bushfire victim Paul Bosveld saw the remains of his home and said he was 'going to travel through life a bit lighter from now on'.

Firefighters worked throughout the night to control a fierce bushfire, which razed 68 homes near Perth.

There may be a battle for the remote with the Silver Ferns playing Australia on the same day as the Rugby World Cup final.

Bushfires that destroyed at least 59 Perth homes and forced hundreds of people to flee for their lives continued to burn last night.

A bushfire that tore across the outskirts of Perth over the weekend has destroyed at least 41 homes and damaged another 19, authorities said today.

Daylight in Western Australia has allowed helicopters back into the fight against bushfires still burning out of control in the Perth hills, where up to 40 properties have been destroyed.

More than 40 houses are expected to have been destroyed as a bushfire remained out of control in Western Australia.

Packed to the Rafters star Jessica Marais takes her work home with her.