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A 10-year-old Northland boy has died after falling off his horse and being dragged for some distance.

The cricketer Jesse Ryder has met with New Zealand coach Mike Hesson to discuss rejoining the national team following more than 12 months of self-imposed exile. The burly left-hander, who...

The autonomous Papua New Guinea province of Bougainville has revealed more details about its plans for a security unit using ex-combatants. The idea for such a unit comes as the...

Foreign policy experts, students and diplomats have been mulling over how best to handle Fiji. The approaches discussed at Otago University's annual Foreign Policy School ranged from crude…

A fragment of a fossilised bone thought to be more than 700,000 years old has yielded the genome of an ancient relative of modern-day horses. This predates all previous ancient DNA sequences by more…

A piece of Phar Lap's tooth is being sent to Australia from New Zealand's national museum so scientists can analyse his DNA and compare it to the likes of other champion race horses such as Black…

A Waikato horse trainer has denied knowing that drugs she imported for her horses were illegal and could be used to enhance the animal's performance. She is seeking a discharge without conviction.

The Queen had special cause for celebration on Friday morning when her horse Estimate won the Royal Ascot Gold Cup, the first time a reigning monarch's horse has won in...

Primary and intermediate school teachers and principals are boycotting the trial of a national standards computer system the Government wants to make mandatory from 2015. Audio

Princess Madeleine of Sweden, the fourth in line to the throne, has married US-British businessman Christopher O'Neill in a ceremony in Stockholm.

Ruler Of The World lived up to his name by winning the 234th Epsom Derby in England on Saturday.

Seven more horses from the mighty Dubai-owned Godolphin stable have tested positive for an anabolic steroid. The positive drug tests follow the returns last month of 11 positive tests from...

An anti-royal protester has been found guilty of preparing to commit a crime after he threatened to throw manure at Britain's Prince Charles during a visit to New Zealand in 2012. Audio

A property in southern Queensland is under quarantine after an outbreak of lyssavirus in horses. Lyssavirus is a deadly virus similar to rabies.

If every person on the planet consumed resources like a New Zealander, two Earths would be needed to sustain the global population, according to a survey of five communities.