Just days after being raped by a stranger, a woman received a letter from ACC saying her pain wasn't enough to deserve counselling, she says.

Judith Tizard says she bought a $155 bottle of champagne during a dinner with Australian ministers as a matter of national pride.

A former gang member-turned opera singer has corroborated Manukau Mayor Len Brown's explanation for an $810 dinner.

Queensland's crime watchdog has slammed the way police handled the death in custody of Palm Island man Cameron Doomadgee.

Georgina te Heuheu must explain why she ignored warnings that a $4.8m budget allocation was given to a risky company, Labour says.

Govt is sounding out tech companies about the big digital TV switchover.

Lord Saville's 12-year inquiry into 'Bloody Sunday' delivered the vindication that the people of Derry had been denied.

Len Brown insists a self-inflicted chest and head beating on Tuesday night was nothing more than a Maori gesture.

France's most prestigious newspaper is up for grabs.

Auckland City intends spending $120,000 on a history of itself, which minority councillors fear will glorify the Citizens and Ratepayers faction.