Jim Anderton seems to have made it his personal mission to end the life-and-death lottery that working in underground mines has entailed.

The ACC will ensure money is the least of the worries for the families of the Pike River 29, says ACC Minister Nick Smith.

Pro-democracy leader 'Akilisi Pohiva will today discuss forming a new government after Tonga's first democratic elections.

A series of high-level inquiries will be held into the Pike River mine tragedy as the families of the miners demand answers.

African 'warlord' Jean-Pierre Bemba of Congo is facing a war crimes tribunal.

The SFO has laid eight charges against Malcolm David Mason and another individual over corrupt property transactions involving the ACC.

Ireland's travails may be short-lived, but the eurozone's future is not looking good.

Some central Auckland patients could be treated at North Shore and Waitakere Hospitals under a spirit of collaboration, the man now responsible for nearly one million Aucklanders' health has indicated.

Pair face hundreds of charges over roading work paid for but allegedly never done.