Former PM Helen Clark says concerns by the US Embassy over the screening of Michael Moore's film Fahrenheit 9/11 for a Labour Party fundraising event showed "outright bullying" and "unprofessional" conduct by officials.

NZ women still struggle to gain leadership roles and suffer from high levels of domestic violence, a report says.

In contrast to the train wreck at Copenhagen a year ago, decent progress was made at Cancun, writes Brian Fallow.

New Zealand won't join in Australian court action over Japanese whaling but will have input into the case.

NZ is among the world's top three countries for its humanitarian response to international crises, an aid watchdog says.

The rift between developed and developing nations on how to extend or replace the Kyoto Protocol has not been healed.

Tony Blair is to be recalled before the Iraq inquiry.

A sudden epidemic of polio has ravaged the Democratic Republic of Congo.

New Zealand is in for a long, hot summer as La Nina hits our shores, says the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (Niwa).

Gagarin Way is about current political apathy; nonetheless it expects its audience to have a wee bit of political awareness, particularly vis-a-vis 20th century British history.

At least one tiny corner of the US housing market appears to be thriving.