Foreign Minister Murray McCully says around 40 per cent of school children in Pacific Island countries do not complete a basic primary education, and only 20 per cent graduate from secondary school, in opening a Pacific conference ahead..

Ed Vulliamy was only 20 blocks away when the twin towers were attacked by al-Qaeda on September 11, 2001. Here, in this highly personal account, he recalls those devastating first moments and the eerie days that followed.

On November 28, 1979 an Air New Zealand DC-10 on a sightseeing trip to Antarctica crashed into Mt Erebus, killing all 257 people on board. In his book Daughters of Erebus, Paul Holmes reveals how the news unfolded for the family of pilot Jim Collins.

What goes into the opening ceremony of the Rugby World Cup? More than you'd think. Rebecca Kammgoes behind the scenes with some of the busy key players charged with bringing it all together

Forty years in a blokey, sometimes unkind profession hasn't left a dent in the genial exterior of rugby's 'old bear'

As Auckland Art Gallery reopens its doors today, Linda Herrick walks through its marvellous collection of New Zealand art.