Two teenage girls were found guilty today of murdering retired Opotiki school teacher John Rowe by beating him repeatedly with his own walking sticks.
A Kapiti man is owed more than $17,000 for verbal and physical abuse by his employers' son. 04:31 pm
Auckland police are warning people of a scam doing the rounds involving fake travellers cheques. 04:19 pm
A 19-year-old Sydney man has died of heat exhaustion while installing roof insulation. 02:55 pm
Pop singer Tina Cross today spoke of her distress at losing her most precious possession, a whalebone tiki, in a car theft in Auckland last night. November 25, 2009, 10:59 am
Former Melbourne Victory striker Danny Allsopp is relishing life with Qatari club Al-Rayyan and hopes the move will earn him a Socceroos recall in Kuwait.25 minutes ago
Australian and Canadian competition authorities have approved the internet search and advertising partnership between Yahoo! and Microsoft. November 25, 2009, 2:22 pm
Philippine police have named a political ally of President Gloria Arroyo as the prime suspect in an election-linked massacre of 46 people. 41 minutes ago
NEW YORK (Reuters) - AT&T Inc unveiled on Monday an offering that lets customers using its network for Web-surfing on laptop computers or netbooks avoid the… November 24, 2009, 10:58 am
Hit drama Packed To The Rafters has ended the year on a high, with more than two million Australians watching the finale.An average audience of 2. November 25, 2009, 1:24 pm
CARACAS (Reuters) - Unfazed by a recession and rampant inflation, image-conscious Venezuelans show no signs of cutting back on the facelifts, liposuction, and… November 25, 2009, 9:18 am
Pacific Resort Aitutaki, Cook Islands has been voted the "World's Leading Boutique Island Resort", for the second year running at the World Travel Awards 2009… November 25, 2009, 10:48 am
As the long weekend beckons, it's time to take a light-hearted look at some of this week's quirkier news...
The Oxford Dictionary defines racism as "1. Belief in the superiority of a particular race; prejudice based on this. 2. Antagonism towards people of other races."Since his expletive laced email tirade Hone Harawira has been called many...
Several stories this week merit a special mention in my mind-boggling news blog, but this first one will take some beating. Or shocking.A police officer called to a house in an small Arkansas town saw fit to use his Taser on the house's unruly...
The tsunami clean-up is well underway and very visible in the in the worst hit villages in the 10 kilometre strip between Lepa and Lalomanu.Each day there is a procession of large diggers, graders, power line restoration crews, trucks removing rubbish,...
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