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Financial markets now 'back to normal' says English
New Zealand's financial markets are "back to normal", says Finance Minister Bill English.
Nigerian slaughter shatters fragile balance
Jos has become an explosive fault line between the country's Muslim-dominated north and predominantly Christian south.
Talks aim to ease asylum tensions
Indonesia's President arrived yesterday for his first official visit to Australia.
<i>John Banks:</i> I'll hold their feet to the fire
John Banks tells how he would handle the CCOs if elected to the top job.
<i>Len Brown:</i> I won't let assets be sold
Len Brown tells how he would handle the CCOs if elected to the top job.
<i>Cameron Brewer:</i> Town centre business needs access to the top
Cameron Brewer says Auckland businesses don't know who they will deal with in future.
City powerless on its biggest issue
The Government intends to give control of transport in the Super City to a largely unelected board.
Marae under attack from smoking, inquiry told
Maori told the parliamentary tobacco inquiry today that their marae were being undermined by tobacco smoking and associated early death.
Whaling solution would be put to public - McCully
Any deal with Japan to allow whaling would have to be very attractive to get New Zealand support, Foreign Minister Murray McCully says.
Aussies' healthy glow not all it seems
Behind the halo of the headlines there are some disquieting qualifiers, especially for the near term, writes Greg Ansley.