Queensland's recovery has taken giant strides forward after a summer of floods and Cyclone Yasi, teh state premier says.

The man doesn't normally play Lotto but was attracted to buy a ticket by last week's big jackpot.

The Commerce Commission wants to look at potential barriers to end-user uptake of ultra-fast broadband.

Labour has called the Govt's revised $1.2b South Canterbury Finance bill a "disaster of epic proportions", saying Finance Minister Bill English "grossly mishandled" the situation and should resign as a result.

Australian netball's worst fears were formalised today with inspirational captain Sharelle McMahon ruled out of July's world championships.

A young man on a rehabilitation programme for offenders has been stabbed outside the Probation Service building in Palmerston North.

A woman who died in a Rotorua house fire early today would probably have been saved had the house been fitted with smoke alarms, firefighters say. Six occupants were taken to Rotorua Hospital for minor smoke inhalation. Two ambulances