Todd Energy is to build a $100m gas-fired power station near Waitara in Taranaki.

Taking New Zealand's rich and diverse music scene to the world is the aim of Womad's Emere Wano, who has launched the music expo Sounds Aotearoa to provide an opportunity for NZ artists to be heard overseas.

Methane gas has long been identified as a potential problem for the Pike River Coal mine, as rescuers scramble to find up to 27 missing miners.

Five months after Irish No 8 Jamie Heaslip brazenly kneed the All Blacks captain in the back, McCaw barely recalls the incident ahead of presumably their next encounter

Singer-songwriter Jack Johnson is heading back to our shores soon. By Paula Yeoman.

Redback spiders could thrive in some areas of NZ, posing a real threat to native wildlife, a scientist says.