New ZealandA courageous mother at GallipoliGallipoli means more to New Zealanders than words can convey. But when the names of Mary and Doug Hill were drawn from the ballot this week for places at the 100th Anzac Day, the moment was especially poignant.05 Apr 04:15 PM
OpinionEditorial: Pride of colonial fighters worthy of at least a sighThe Prime Minister is probably not correct to say few New Zealanders know what happened at Orakau.04 Apr 03:15 PM
WorldPoland seeks Nato helpPoland has asked Nato to station 10,000 troops on its territory as a visible demonstration of the alliance's resolve to defend all its members after Russia's seizure of Crimea.02 Apr 03:15 PM
WorldFears that Putin will invade againVladimir Putin will not stop trying to expand Russia until he has “conquered” Belarus, the Baltic states and Finland, one of his closest former advisers has said.30 Mar 07:02 PM
WorldWarlords recruited to help in pollsOn the edge of a Kabul neighbourhood an election poster of presidential candidate Abdul Rasoul Sayyaf is damaged, partly scraped away by someone trying to remove it.26 Mar 03:15 PM
WorldTurkey warns Syria after downing jetThe Syrian conflict encroached threateningly on Nato's eastern frontiers yesterday when Turkey shot down an Assad regime fighter jet it said had crossed into its territory.24 Mar 03:15 PM
New ZealandHalf a century of serviceWith two grandfathers gassed in the trenches of the Great War, and a father who battled Nazis at El Alamein, Rick Ottaway never consciously made a career choice.24 Mar 05:22 AM
New ZealandService marks Kiwis' war roleThe role of five New Zealanders involved in the famous Great Escape from a Nazi prison camp during World War II will be recognised in a commemoration in Poland today.23 Mar 09:15 PM
WorldBlown up 17 times - still hereHe is either the unluckiest man in the British Army, or the luckiest. Warrant Officer 1 Patrick Hyde has been blown up 17 times by insurgents.23 Mar 03:15 PM
OpinionRoger Hearn: War a living hell for patients at Syrian hospitalsImagine you have a young child whose legs were amputated because the hospital didn't have the proper equipment to treat them.17 Mar 04:30 PM
WorldKids' stories hardest to bearBehind a closed curtain a Syrian man in his mid-30s is preparing himself and his 3-year-old daughter for an onslaught.17 Mar 03:15 PM
WorldPoll delivers overwhelming 'yes' to rejoining RussiaCrimea has voted to embrace Kremlin rule, escalating an already grave international crisis to an incendiary level.17 Mar 03:15 PM
WorldGovernment troops capture rebel townSyrian Government troops have seized the last rebel stronghold on the border with Lebanon.17 Mar 03:15 PM
WorldImpossible choices for residents in CrimeaWith a handful of houses, a couple of shops and some crumbling Kruschev-era flats, the village of Lyubovnets, near the northern side of Sevastopol's bay, is not much to look at.09 Mar 04:30 PM
WorldWhat Syria would look like hereA disturbing video put out by Save The Children has shown what Syria's civil war and refugee crisis would look like if it was set in the West.07 Mar 12:22 AM
New ZealandWWII mines found in Hauraki GulfFour World War II mines have been discovered on the seabed during a Navy exercise in Auckland's Hauraki Gulf this week.06 Mar 11:53 PM
WorldThe colonel who defied the invadersA former fighter pilot whose bold march against the Russian soldiers occupying his airbase was one of the most stunning acts of resistance in this phoney war.06 Mar 04:30 PM
WorldPlunging stockmarket, diving rubble may bring Russian bear to heelUnable to intervene militarily and with no direct economic levers to pull, the West believes it is successfully pressing Russia in the Ukraine crisis.05 Mar 04:30 PM
New ZealandMy people are ready to fightAn Auckland woman born in Ukraine says residents in her home country are ready to take up arms against Russian occupiers.04 Mar 04:30 PM
New ZealandUnanimous backing for McCully stanceParliament unanimously backed a motion from Foreign Minister Murray McCully expressing "deep concern" about the situation in the Ukraine.04 Mar 04:30 PM
New ZealandKey: No Paralympic boycott by NZPrime Minister John Key says New Zealand athletes should complete in the Sochi Winter Paralympics despite Russia's intervention in Ukraine.04 Mar 01:34 AM
World16,000 Russian troops in CrimeaUp to 16,000 Russian troops have tightened their stranglehold on Ukraine's Crimean Peninsula, openly defying the US and the European Union.04 Mar 01:08 AM
WorldEx-PM's desperate plea to the WestUkraine's former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko has appealed for the US and Britain to adopt the "strongest means" against Russia.03 Mar 08:41 PM
OpinionJohn Armstrong: Ukraine crisis puts Russian free-trade pact on holdIf things continue to deteriorate, NZ's chief envoy in Moscow could be recalled. Ultimately, the Russian ambassador could be expelled, writes John Armstrong.03 Mar 04:30 PM
WorldDefiance in face of Russian threatThey stood together with their arms linked: a priest, a former soldier, two housewives and a teacher.03 Mar 04:30 PM
WorldUkraine on brink of civil warPresident Viktor Yanukovych has defiantly refused a chorus of calls from global leaders and opposition parties.19 Feb 04:30 PM
OpinionStephen Hawking: Saving Syria's childrenWhat's happening in Syria today is an abomination, one that the world is watching coldly from a distance, writes Professor Stephen Hawking.16 Feb 11:30 PM
OpinionEditorial: Drastic move to cancel passports is plain wrongIt seems wrong, and decidedly odd, that the Government should be cancelling the passports of New Zealanders who have gone to fight in the Syrian civil war.11 Feb 04:30 PM
New ZealandKiwi fighters 'misinformed', says SyrianKiwis who travel to Syria to fight with rebel forces against the Assad regime are being misinformed by recruiters over social media, a Syrian living in Auckland says.10 Feb 09:30 PM
New ZealandWe'll watch returning fighters, says KeyPrime Minister says Kiwis returning from Syria deemed to have been `radicalised' will be monitored.10 Feb 04:30 PM
