New Zealand is ready to offer assistance to Indonesia after a large earthquake killed at least 46 people and injured hundreds more.

A New Zealand man caught up in yesterday's powerful earthquake in Indonesia tells of his experience.

The wife of Japan's prime minister-elect claims she has been to Venus... and that she knew Tom Cruise in a former incarnation.

Foreign Minister Murray McCully says NZ won't impose further sanctions on Fiji.

Maori Television insists it is not bowing to pressure over the screening of two separate programmes about China tonight.

A Sri Lankan reporter has been sentenced to 20 years in jail for writing articles critical of the government's military operations.

A man was beaten and his nose and ears were slashed off for voting in defiance of the Taliban in Afghanistan's recent elections.

Ross Taylor says the Black Caps need to be more proactive when they bat to save the match.

At stumps on day two of the second test New Zealand were in a predicament reminiscent of last week's first test in Galle.

Mother says she cried for two hours after being told she could stay in the country.