Oprah Winfrey fever is gripping Melbourne as the TV chat show queen makes the first public appearance of her Australian tour.

New Zealand sailors Peter Burling and Blair Tuke claimed a notable scalp when beating 49er world champions Nathan Outteridge and Iain Jensen at the Sail Sydney regatta yesterday.

Reports are calling NSW's floods the worst inundation to hit the state in 50 years.

US talk show queen Oprah Winfrey has arrived on Hamilton Island for the first leg of her whirlwind Australian adventure.

Figures to be released at an obesity summit today indicate 72 per cent of Australians aged over 25 will have a weight problem in 2025.

New Zealand's road to the 2012 London Olympic begins in Adelaide this weekend at the Oceania track championships.

Coach Ricki Herbert is taking the blame squarely on his shoulders for the Wellington Phoenix' form slump in the A-League.

This annual music and arts festival is held on a farm surrounded by the beautiful Otway rainforest above Victoria's stunning Great Ocean Rd.

Labour's Kris Faafoi has won the Mana by-election to become New Zealand's newest politician.

A 16-year-old girl has claimed discrimination after her private Australian school banned her lesbian partner from the ball.

Following reports of Australian charities paying for homeless Kiwis to fly home, a down-on-her-luck NZer in Melbourne tells her story.

Homeless Kiwis living on the streets of Melbourne are being flown back to New Zealand courtesy of Australian charities, according to reports.

Todd Carney completed his stunning return to league by picking up the RLIF International Player of the Year award.

A top Zealand-born Melbourne Cup jockey has been suspended for three months after testing positive to a banned substance.

The Egyptian Museum's collection of treasures from the tomb of the boy-king Tutankhamun will fly from New York to Melbourne next year.

Americain, with jockey Gerald Mosse aboard, won the 150th running of the Melbourne Cup at Flemington today.

TAB has announced today's takings for the Melbourne Cup were up 15 per cent compared to last year.

English stayer Bauer has been ruled out of the Melbourne Cup due to a foot problem.