Prime Minister John Key says NZ and its central bank are effectively powerless when it comes to checking the strength of the kiwi dollar.

Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi's promiscuous behaviour isn't really frowned upon by his countrymen, writes Gwynne Dyer.

A website is predicting that National is likely to need the embattled Act party in order to govern after next year's election.

A 57-year-old woman is believed to have become Australia's oldest mother after giving birth to twins last week.

There would be plenty of mana in customary marine title without the power to exclude the public from sacred sand.