A year on, Michael Dickison finds a Government keen to improve its world image while its citizens struggle on.

John Key finally got to chat with US President Barack Obama - the pair swapped....

At the start of this century, clean energy was all the rage. The revolution may still be happening, but it's taking its time, reports Peter Huck.

Leaders of the 'real' and 'virtual' worlds will meet, en masse, for the first time in northern France today.

Could this year's G8 summit, in the French seaside resort of Deauville, break with tradition?