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.

Just over a year after being voted out of office, Helen Clark has been awarded the country's highest honour.

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?

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.

This year is likely to be among the 10 hottest years on record, early figures from the World Meteorological Organisation indicate.

Evidence of rising temperatures in NZ is being used by Britain in an effort to lessen the fall-out from leaked scientific emails.