Police say they are "preparing for the worst" after the discovery of a missing woman's car and say her work as an escort may have heightened her chances of coming to harm.

Prime Minister John Key will kick off a parade to honour the All Whites in Wellington next Wednesday.

For once, a play's tagline is accurate: this drama-on-ice is pitched as "a woman, a man and a penguin" - and they're not kidding.

Kids are lovely and all, but crikey they make weddings hard work, writes Scott Kara.

As the Emissions Trading Scheme begins, studies find a wealth of carbon locked up in the soil.

Maurice Davies believed Windsor Engineering had the know-how to weather any economic tempest.

Dave Dobbyn, who celebrated 30 years in music last year, is touring the majestic churches, chapels and cathedrals of New Zealand on the 2010 Classic Hits Acoustic Church Tour.

A judicial conduct panel will not investigate conflict of interest allegations against Justice Bill Wilson until the Supreme Court judge has had a chance to challenge the panel's legality.

A teenager whose body was found in a Wellington alleyway on Sunday morning probably fell to his death, say police.