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The Easter holiday road toll rose to four on Sunday with the deaths of people in crashes in Wellington and Otago.

John Sullivan, who wrote the British sitcom Only Fools and Horses, has died at the age of 64.

The Easter weekend road toll stood at one on Saturday, following a fatal motorcycle crash.

A Manchester United fan has been banned from all UK football matches for 10 years and jailed for nine months for causing a disturbance before a Champions League game in...

The Warehouse is moving into the pet insurance business.

One of the last Television New Zealand shows to be filmed at Avalon Studios in Lower Hutt is being moved north.

Friday's headlines: anger at killer's sentence; provincial rugby attendance figures described as a con; plans reported for reinstatement of Central Otago railway line.

The father of a Waikato woman murdered by her husband says the family is stunned by the fact that the minimum non-parole period attached to the sentence of life imprisonment for the killer is only 11… Audio

The son of former Wellington mayor Kerry Prendergast has died as the result of a horse-riding accident.

A motorised wheelbarrow was among the new inventions unveiled at the Central Districts Field Days held in Fielding over the weekend.

The defending champion Katie McVean has won the 2011 New Zealand Horse of the Year Show in Hastings, beating Australian Jamie Kermond in a jump-off to win the $200,000 Olympic...

Six horses have died on a Wairarapa property, whose owner has got "out of his depth" and has too many of the animals, the SPCA says.

The president of the main opposition party in the Cook Islands says a recommendation to abolish or cut taxes to the outer islands will increase the burden on Rarotonga. The...

Auckland's Ritchie horse-training family are hoping to break their Auckland Cup duck of more than 60 years when they line up two of the favourites for this afternoon's million-dollar race...

A horse has suffered chemical burns after being attacked at a show-jumping event in Hawera.

Up to 40 wrestlers may involved in bout fixing in the traditional Japanese sport of Sumo. Allegations against 14 mid-ranked wrestlers arose last month during a police probe into illegal...

Australian teams are letting the New Zealand Breakers know the chase for the Australian National Basketball League title is far from a one-horse race. In the past week, the pace-setting...

The Oceania Beach Soccer Championship will now be just a three horse race, after Vanuatu were unable to get a flight to Papeete in time to take part. The start...

Delhi police say three betting syndicates were broken and eight arrests made in a crackdown on illegal gambling on the Cricket World Cup. The Press Trust of India reported that...

The deaths of two horses at the Newbury race meeting in England at the weekend were caused by sudden cardiac arrest from accidental electrocution. Fenix Two and Marching Song died...