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The head of the Police Association says changes to the police pursuits policy will encourage criminals to flee when they see flashing lights in their rear view mirror. Audio

Tonga is to lose two of its three expatriate Supreme Court judges next month. The Deputy Chief Justice Warwick Andrew has resigned and will leave at about the same time...

The V8 Supercars driver Mark Winterbottom has won the Sunday race of the Townsville 400. In what proved to be one of the toughest races of the year, Ford's Winterbottom beat ...

A controversial decision not to penalise V8 Supercars series leader, James Courtney, for an incident with his Ford teammate in Townsville yesterday, has been dismissed as a joke by a Holden ...

Defending two-time V8 Supercar Champion Jamie Whincup has dominated the opening race of the Townsville 400. Whincup beat fellow Holden driver Garth Tander with Ford's Mark Winterbottom in third. Jason…

The two-time defending V8 Supercars champion, Jamie Whincup, has claimed pole position for the opening Townsvilel race this afternoon. Whincup is trailing the series leader James Courtney by 57 points…

The Taihape schoolteacher Sheree Alabaster has scored a morale-boosting win a fortnight ahead of her World woolhandling title defence by winning the open title at the Lochearnhead Shears in Scotland…

Taihape schoolteacher Sheree Alabaster has won the open woolhandling title at the Lochearnhead Shears in Scotland. in the lead-up to the world championships at the Royal Welsh Show in a fortnight.

Tonga's Chief Justice, Anthony Ford, has sentenced 42-year old, Tevita Paatii Kata, to 14 years jail for allowing the importation and possession of methamphetamine. The court heard that Kata was...

The Australian driver Owen Kelly will make his NASCAR debut when he races for Baker Curb Racing in the Bucyrus 200 at the Road America course in Wisconsin next Friday. The ...

Vehicle dealerships are having a better year than in 2009, with sales up by 14%. Commercial vehicles are particularly popular.

Parts of the Auckland region, Coromandel, Waikato and Bay of Plenty were hit by extensive flooding today. Whakatane has been hit particularly hard. Audio

A New Zealand internite site being asked to ban all listings of furniture made out of kwila wood from West Papua says authorities have assured it there's no problem. Trade...

Rainforest activists are trying to get a major New Zealand internet site to stop selling furniture made out of kwila wood, or merbau, from West Papua. A small group of...

Tonga's Police Commander says all officers in the force will be held to account for any on the job misconduct regardless of their rank or length of service. Tonga's Chief...

Families of the victims of Tonga's Princess Ashika disaster will now be able to pursue legal action after the issuing of the first two death certificates for those whose bodies...

Ford driver James Courtney has taken the V8 Supercar championship lead after winning Sunday's race at Winton while defending champion Jamie Whincup crashed out. Courtney beat home Holden's Craig…

Scientists in the Marshall Islands have installed a wave monitoring buoy for the first time, to improve the understanding of flooding in low-lying atolls, such as one that inundated the...

The final day of Rally New Zealand's gone down to the wire with the Ford driver Jari-Matti Latvala taking first place overall on an exciting last stage. Latvala didn't win a ...

The French driver Sébastien Ogier driving a Citroën, leads Rally New Zealand at the mid-point on Day Two. The Ogier leads Jari-Matti Latvala of the Ford team by 14.4 seconds, with ...

The champion Sebastien Loeb has roared back into contention on the second day of the Rally of New Zealand, winning the first three stages north of Auckland this morning and making ...

The Norwegian driver Petter Solberg established a 1.4 second lead over Ford's Jari-Matti Latvala of Finland after the opening day of the Rally of New Zealand. Solberg led after the first ...