Boredom leads Derek Cheng to use an afternoon to get some Filipino beauty treatment ... for his underarms.

Despite weather extremes, an Auckland climate scientist is unconvinced about the role of human-induced global warming.

Derek Cheng samples some toe-curling cuisine on the streets of the Philippines and Malaysia.

Justin Bieber vomited during a live performance in the Philippines on Tuesday.

The body of a man with his hands and feet nailed to a wooden cross and a crown of thorns on his head was found in an abandoned Korean quarry.

New Zealand will host July's Davis Cup tennis tie with the Philippines at Hawera in the Taranaki.

Police have tonight released the names of three women and a man, four more victims of last month's deadly Christchurch earthquake.

The Philippines government wants extra compensation for the families of its citizens killed in the Christchurch earthquake if inquiries find the Canterbury TV building was not up to scratch.

Japan's biggest quake since records began triggered a shocking 10m tsunami. See how the quake ranks in history.

Police today released the names of six more people who died in Christchurch's February 22, magnitude 6.3 earthquake, while Education Minister Anne Tolley has announced 110 schools in the region will have reopened by next week.

A typhoon roaring in on the Philippines is amongst the most powerful ever recorded - and bigger than Katrina.