The 2007 'anti-terror raids' reaffirmed old suspicions and helped quicken the enthusiasm for a "Tuhoe Nation", writes historian Paul Moon.

A US judge says 'three strikes' laws can result in unfair sentences, have a limited deterrent effect and make it too easy to ignore rehabilitation.

Tuhoe representatives believe they had Cabinet numbers to secure ownership of Te Urewera National Park but say a nervous prime minister acting unilaterally stood in the way.

Conservative leader David Cameron became the UK's youngest prime minister in almost 200 years today.

Ed Miliband may stand against his elder brother, David, in the Labour leadership election.

Australian workers will have more money in their pockets, following Treasurer Wayne Swan's third Budget last night.

If the crisis enveloping Greece has taught us anything it is that there is little time to lose in putting our own fiscal house in order.

Charles and Penny Webster, parents of King's College student James Webster, said they wanted people to learn from their son's death.

Changing the legal age for purchasing alcohol would not have saved the life of a boy who drank himself to death at the weekend, the PM says.