Despite a less aggressive image the violence committed by these extremists continues to increase dramatically.

NZ's Football Ferns claimed their first ever result at the Women's Soccer World Cup in extraordinary fashion overnight.

Managers at Sachsenhausen have started charging visitors for guided tours of the memorial site.

Sarah Quigley - or should I say Dr Sarah Quigley, for she has a doctorate in English literature from Oxford, no less - has long been recognised as one of New Zealand's finest writers.

New Zealand's rowers are looking for a tougher test at next month's third leg of the World Cup after dominating proceedings at a weakened Hamburg round on the weekend.

As Europe's E. coli crisis wanes, some experts are now warning of a looming threat: possible long-term kidney complications for many of the victims.

Two injuries to key players blighted the New Zealand women's hockey team's 3-3 draw with Germany in Berlin this morning (NZT).

The Blacks Sticks women have recorded their first ever test win against Germany, 4-3 in Berlin.

Steven Ferguson and Darryl Fitzgerald have progressed to the A final of the men's K2 1000m at the World Cup canoeing event in Duisberg, Germany.

Immigration officials are tightening border controls to intercept overseas prostitutes arriving to work illegally during the RWC...

Lawyers representing suspected Holocaust camp guard John Demjanjuk have demanded that Germany suspend his war crimes trial.

Honeymoons aren't always easy for newlyweds, but six natural disasters?

A honeymooning pair claim to have run into not one, but six natural disasters as they followed their itinerary around the globe.