Air NZ would adjust flight routes and altitudes to ensure aircraft remained clear of ash.

International flights have been cancelled as a volcanic ash cloud from Chile heads towards NZ,

Bird strike may have been responsible for damaging the engine of an Air New Zealand passenger jet carrying more than 200 people that was forced to make an emergency landing at Auckland Airport this afternoon.

In The Brothers Size, a Silo play now on at Auckland's Herald Theatre, Pua Magasiva plays Oshoosi Size, a wayward young African-American just released from prison.

The Government has delivered a budget that will bring its books back into surplus by 2014/15 and the price will be paid by the public service, parents, and KiwiSavers.

Further cuts to KiwiSaver and Working For Working are not on the Government books after the most recent changes announced in this week's budget, but Prime Minister John Key has ruled nothing out.