Gaming blogs and websites have been abuzz over TV3's recent Monday night movie ad, which one said was "very similar" to a US Sony PlayStation 3 ad.

Embattled BP chief Tony Hayward is planning to step down within a matter of weeks, a London-based newspaper reports.

The Obama administration wants a review of the decision to release the Libyan convicted in the Lockerbie airliner bombing.

The US government allowed BP to keep the cap shut on its oil well for another day despite news the well is leaking.

Fifteen lucky poker players are headed from Auckland to Queenstown this week for a chance to strike it rich.

Prime Minister John Key will kick off a parade to honour the All Whites in Wellington next Wednesday.

Kiwi director Peter Jackson has been on a casting trip in the United States for The Hobbit, according to reports.

Picturesque Astoria is the oldest American settlement west of the Rockies, where the mighty Columbia River empties into the ocean.

A victory for the New Zealander at Rhode Island, US.

Jacques Marais risks life and limb in a legendary land of hair-raising, bone-jarring, biblical grandeur - and loves every minute.

Mel Gibson faces potential jail time if Los Angeles sheriffs find evidence supporting his former girlfriend Oksana Grigorieva's claims the Australian-raised Oscar winner assaulted her.

Murder She Wrote meets Californication.

The New Zealand dollar gained on a weakening greenback after comments from the Reserve Bank of Australia yesterday spurred traders' appetite for high-yielding currencies.