American Black Hawk helicopters swooped down onto the grounds of the ruined presidential palace in Port-au-Prince yesterday to disgorge combat troops and humanitarian supplies.

Kiwis are under-informed when it comes to climate change, says weather blogger Philip Duncan.

A leading British paper claims the UN has made a sizeable blunder over key evidence on global warming.

Homophobia is on rise in Uganda as the government seeks an Anti-Homosexuality Bill and the minister for ethics and integrity insists that it will be every citizen's duty under new laws to denounce anyone they suspect of being gay.

The expensive settings and cutting-edge clothes were gone.

A new PM defied the odds as the Govt struggled to deal with the worst recession in decades, and Labour played catch up politics.

Many nations fear rising water levels, but the Netherlands already has practical experience.

What kept the financial system afloat at the height of the global crisis?

Prime Minister John Key heads to climate talks in Copenhagen tomorrow confident progress can be made.

The two official UN drafts are a step in the right direction or a hopelessly ineffective cop-out depending on who you listen to.

New Zealand officials were consulted over a controversial document which has compromised climate talks in Copenhagen.