Photos of Julia Gillard and Tony Abbot in the lead-up to election day.

A baby narrowly avoided being crushed by a truck which flipped in slippery conditions on Auckland's North Shore today.

The National Party has received $200,000 from a wealthy Chinese NZ couple linked to the Crafar farms bid.

A man accused of running a passport scam is offering a $100,000 donation to the people of Haiti.

Garth George writes that workers in our low-wage economy struggle just to pay the bills, let alone contribute to KiwiSaver.

From Sunday, Australia may face a very different form of Government.

Health authorities have tightened rules around the monitoring of overseas-trained doctors, following concerns being expressed for several years over supervision.

The Royal Family has made a late entry into the Australian election campaign.

Raising the alcohol purchase age from 18 to 20 will be a conscience vote for the National Party, but an addiction specialist says either way, it will not change NZ's drinking culture.

Raising the alcohol purchase age from 18 to 20 will be a conscience vote for National MPs.

A sole parent says she has lost a sixth of her bodyweight because she has not been able to eat properly since the Govt tightened access to training subsidies for beneficiaries.

There are plenty of lies being told on both sides of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, writes Gwynne Dyer.

Act minister Heather Roy is facing the axe from John Key's Administration today, after she is dumped by her parliamentary colleagues as deputy leader of Act.

Roger McClay will escape a jail term after admitting a $25,000 double-dipping rort of cash-strapped charities and the public purse, but he will no longer be able to fly on the taxpayer.