A man has been jailed for six years and nine months for raping a 13-year-old girl in west Auckland and forcing her to smoke cannabis.

John Key has ruled out a holiday, but is keen on a parade to welcome the All Whites home as champions.

Paraguay are planning special tactics to cope with an anticipated aerial bombardment, in tomorrow morning's sudden-death World Cup group F clash.

A jury in the Whangarei trial of drug dealer Kyle Skerten has found him guilty of the manslaughter of his 15-month-old stepson, but not guilty of murder.

Julia Gillard has become Australia's first woman prime minister after Kevin Rudd stepped down to avoid a Labor party caucus vote - we look at what the Aussie media thinks.

Over the next two and a half years the emissions trading scheme will effect a substantial transfer of wealth.

Warriors centre Brent Tate says family reasons convinced him to play his rugby league for the North Queensland Cowboys from next year.

A Tauranga grandmother was comforting her grieving son over the loss of his partner when she received the tragic news her husband had died in a forklift accident.

New Zealand's property title transfer system is secure and changes have improved it, a Government official says.