Britain's financial services watchdog is to hit bankers earning more than £1 million ($2.2 million) a year with new restrictions.

The US is poised to drop its ban on military exercises with NZ, which it introduced in 1985 in reprisal for NZ's anti-nuclear policy.

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's visit to NZ is expected to mark the start of a closer relationship, Fran O'Sullivan looks at what's on the agenda.

Parents who care for severely disabled adult children should be eligible to receive payments, a tribunal has ruled.

New Zealanders planning to work in Britain for six months or more will soon need an identification card containing their photo and fingerprints.

The wife of Northern Ireland's most senior politician, a politician herself, has sensationally revealed that she had attempted to take her life while depressed after having an affair.

A Northland hapu leader says flying the "tino rangatiratanga" flag at the Treaty grounds during Waitangi celebrations would be a breach of treaty rights.

Officers wary of war crimes legislation actionable in British courts.