After three months on the road, Charlotte and Mauricio find themselves back in familiar territory.

From a palm-fringed island oasis in Queensland to a sleek 27th floor urban pool in Melbourne, travellers have some impressive places to take a dip.

Most people are in for a great summer weekend with high air pressure over the North Island and an advancing front in the South Island.

Kids, cooking, cleaning, carpools, clocks, computers: there comes a time when you need to escape the relentless treadmill of your life.

Celebration of hat draws thousands to the Red Centre, writes Pamela Wade.

The New Zealand Breakers have had an injury scare ahead of their ANBL pre-season basketball tournament in Darwin.

In part two of Anna Leask's Kakadu adventure, she tackles some baking terrain to take a dip in the kind of pool only nature can construct.

The rugged Outback in all its glory has Anna Leask out of her comfort zone - and loving it. Here's part one of two on of her Australian odyssey.

Move over Paul the octopus - a new psychic force is predicting the outcomes of contests.

NZ pilot Nikola Labes fought off a passenger as she made a miraculous crash landing on an Australian beach.

A New Zealander charged with the brutal bashing of an Irish backpacker in Sydney was remanded in custody when the court process finally began today.

A New Zealand man has arrived in Sydney to face court over an attack that left an Irish backpacker with brain damage.

A New Zealand man has been arrested in Darwin over a savage assault on an Irish backpacker in Sydney which left him unconscious for 218 days.