Wealthy American philanthropist Julian Robertson has given $5 million towards the Christchurch earthquake relief fund.

An editorial in an Israeli newspaper editorial has slammed NZ's media as having "blatant prejudice" against Israel

The young Israelis at the centre of suspicions of spying and attempted passport fraud were merely...

GDP growth twice as strong as forecasters picked despite earthquake

New Zealand's economy kicked off 2011 with a bang, growing at twice the forecast pace and the fastest since December 2009 as a resurgent manufacturing sector drove the nation's revival in the face of Canterbury's earthquakes.

New Zealand's top police have ignored a judge's recommendation and again denied diversion to an autistic man found taking light fittings in the wake of the Christchurch earthquake.