Prime Minister Julia Gillard has refused to back Labor's Harry Jenkins for the role of speaker in the new parliament.

A young man drowned in the Grey River in an attempt to avoid a drink-driving conviction, Coroner Richard McElrea has told an inquest.

Scott Kara wraps his chops around the relationship between meat and music

Stalled negotiations between teachers and the Ministry of Education may even see students told to stay at home.

Striking teachers around the country took their protests to the street today.

More than 2000 secondary teachers have marched down Auckland's Queen St to rally for better pay today.

Richie McCaw was in Kaiapoi yesterday filming an advertisement to help earthquake victims.

A 48-year-old NZ man has been stabbed to death in Budapest, Hungary, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade has confirmed. He was competing in a triathlon in the city.

The knives found near the body of a stabbed woman in a suitcase have been handed around a jury in a transparent case.

Auckland lock Andrew Van der Heijden will appear at a judicial hearing tomorrow charged with alleged stamping.