Angela Merkel is delivering a lecture to about 260 people at Auckland University's Maidment Theatre.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel says she will back a New Zealand push for a free trade agreement with the European Union.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel is normally all business, but it didn't take long for a grumpy kiwi to coax a smile out of her - and even a wee coo.

Germany has come to be seen as the miser among major economic powers, saving too much of its enviable income and spending too little. Germans, naturally, do not see it that way.

She might not be Bo Derek but in political terms, John Key rates visiting German Chancellor Angela Merkel as high as 10.

This month we receive onto our shores the German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, undoubtedly the most dominant political figure in the EU.

Rupert Murdoch prepares to complete the merger of his British, Italian and German pay-TV companies next week.

They turned out in impressive numbers - hundreds of thousands at least - to celebrate the fall of the Berlin Wall 25 years ago.

Visiting Hitler's holiday home, Jamie Morton is astounded that evil was able to survive and flourish in the peaceful surrounds of the beautiful Bavarian countryside.

Aboard a river ship built for considerable comfort, Albertina Lloyd enjoys the luxurious side of one of Europe's great waterways.

Grant Bradley travelled to Papenburg, Germany to see first-hand the process behind building megaships.

Building of Quantum of the Seas and Anthem of the Seas cruise ships at the Meyer Werft shipyard in Papenburg, Germany.

Grant Bradley travelled to Papenburg courtesy of Royal Caribbean to tour Quantum of the Seas, the cruise company's newest ship nearing completion at the Meyer Werft shipyard in Germany.

Sausages, sights - and a novel museum - make Hanover ideal for a husband-and-wife visit writes Judith Woods.

German agents intercepted one of Hillary Clinton's phone calls while she was the US Secretary of State and also listened in to a call by John Kerry, her successor.

ECB reluctance to adopt full-scale quantitative-easing policies is prompting German comparisons with Japan's stagnation over the past 15 years.

Former motorsport boss Max Mosley may serve an injunction on Google over the continued publication of images of him taken at an orgy.

Brazil coach Luiz Felipe Scolari has resigned after the team failed to win the World Cup.

Winning the World Cup in Brazil has given Germany the "hunger" to triumph in more tournaments and create an era of dominance similar to Spain.

The German economy is set to benefit as the country's football victory draws shoppers to the "Made in Germany" brand, says a research firm.

Angela Merkel does not want to complete her full term as German Chancellor and plans to resign before elections in 2017, according to reports.

Yes, Brazil were bad. But far more importantly, the Germans were sensational, writes Chris Rattue.

Rod Emmerson's take on Brazil's demolition.

Angela MerkelChancellor Angela Merkel's Government is planning to scrap a no-spy agreement Germany has held with Britain and the United States since 1945.

A suspected double agent under arrest in Germany appeared to have been working for the CIA for two years.

In football, architecture and cheap food, Dean Parker finds a few ghosts of the old East Berlin - before the wall came down.

When Hessy Taft was six months old, she was a poster child for the Nazis. Her photograph was the image of the ideal Aryan baby, and was distributed as party propaganda.

Hundreds of police have surrounded a former school in Berlin occupied by refugees who have been refusing to leave for more than 18 months.

Adidas predicts it will sell a third more Germany jerseys this year than when the country hosted the World Cup eight years ago as fans worldwide get behind the team in Brazil.