Australia's eavesdropping agency was prepared to share information on individual citizens to intelligence partners.

We live in an unprecedented age of offence-seeking, writes Bob Jones.

Blogger Cameron Slater says he was "incredulous" that a District Court judge ruled he does not meet the criteria to be considered part of the media.

Media tycoon Rupert Murdoch's ex-wife Wendi Deng had a "crush" on Tony Blair according to a note, it was reported yesterday.

A blogger who broke the Len Brown sex scandal story has been ordered to reveal confidential sources after a judge ruled his site was not a "news medium".

Metro magazine is under fire for publishing an "offensive" rape joke about the Roast Busters scandal.

Robinson and Laidlaw will leave respectable legacies at public radio, but their departures are overdue and bookend a period when RNZ resisted change.

Aussie model Lara Bingle has lashed out at a gossip magazine, claiming it digitally altered photos of her at the beach to add cellulite to her bikini body.

The suspect in a Paris newspaper office shooting that left a photographer gravely wounded and other attacks that triggered a two-day nationwide manhunt has been arrested, French authorities said.

Garry Ferris has resigned as editor of the Sunday Star-Times and Fairfax operations after less than a year in the job.

Paul Henry had better watch his motormouth, now that online activists have taken courage from their success in the Willie and JT scandal, writes John Drinnan.

An exclusive cocktail party was held last night at the Auckland Art Gallery to celebrate the Heralds 150th birthday.

Ordinary Kiwis who do extraordinary things will be celebrated in a new set of national awards launched by the Herald as part of its 150th birthday celebrations.

To mark 150 years, we're giving you a glimpse into our newsroom, with a live blog documenting a day at the Herald.

'It was an execution.' Questions remain about the deaths of two veteran French journalists - including how such an attack was carried out near a UN base.

Nearly a quarter of TVNZ's staff were paid six-figure salaries last year. A spokesperson said TVNZ made "no apology" for paying staff well.

In a blockbuster declaration at Britain's phone hacking trial, a prosecutor said two of Rupert Murdoch's former senior tabloid executives - Rebekah Brooks and Andy Coulson - had an affair lasting at least

The jury selected to hear Britain's tabloid phone hacking trial has been told by the judge to ignore a morass of "inaccurate and misleading" reports on the case.

Savage Garden's old singer has slammed sections of the Australian media over the way a TV interview with Katy Perry was edited.

AUS writer on human sexuality has been deported from New Zealand after being accused of trying to steal stories from an upmarket magazine.

Not all journalism is meant to last forever. Some of it is about as memorable as my kids' diary entries, writes Deborah Hill Cone.