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Parents are fighting moves by the Nelson-Marlborough Institute of Technology to close a programme for intellectually disabled people.

Two teenage girls have been found guilty of murdering a retired teacher who was beaten to death in Opotiki a year ago. Audio

A United States army investigator says many more people could have died in an attack at an army base in Texas, if not for the heroism of security forces at the scene. Thirteen people died and 38 were…

The Earl of Wessex, Prince Edward, has flown into New Zealand for a four-day tour, and will present awards as part of the Duke of Edinburgh Hillary Awards scheme.

Civil Defence Minister John Carter says there will be a formal review into the civil defence response to the Pacific tsunami alert, as it was not good enough. Audio

The general manager of the Tonga Port Authority says a letter he wrote describing the sunken ferry Princess Ashika as unseaworthy was never meant for the public. Commander Lupeti Vi's...

The Ashes-losing cricket captain Ricky Ponting has told Australian journalists he's determined to carry on as captain, and could even return to England for another attempt in 2013. Ponting, the ...

Authorities in China have closed a second metal smelter after more than 1,300 children fell sick with lead poisoning, state media have reported.

The editor of the Cook Islands News, John Woods, says the country's Media Council will fight government attempts to adopt a media bill aimed at introducing licensing. Mr Woods was...

The editor of the Cook Islands News, John Woods, says the country's Media Council will fight government attempts to adopt a media bill aimed at introducing licensing. Mr Woods was...

The former All Black Jerry Collins has backed Sonny Bill Williams to become an All Black, but also demanded the critics lay off the former National Rugby League star as ...

The censorship of the media in Fiji could continue indefinitely. Fiji's Permanent Secretary for Information, Lieutenant Colonel Neumi Leweni says the government's censorship of news could continue if…

A newspaper publisher from Tonga says calls are increasing for the Pacific Island News Association to move its headquarters out of Fiji because of the restrictions placed on media there.

Police in Napier describe the home of gunman Jan Molenaar, at the centre of a 50-hour armed siege, as a stronghold containing many military style weapons and improvised explosives.

" Samoa's only daily newspaper has hired the former Publisher and CEO of the Fiji Sun newspaper, Russell Hunter, who was deported from Fiji last year by the illegal interim...

The lawyer for a man who allegedly sparked a police pursuit resulting the fatal shooting of a teenager by the police says his client has no recollection of the event.

Police have arrested 27 people in their investigation into tainted milk that has made 53,000 children ill and embarrassed China's reputation abroad, state media reported on Tuesday. Audio

Sarah Palin touted her small-town roots and took a swipe at Democrat Barack Obama during her speech to the Republican convention on Wednesday, ridiculing her critics as out-of-touch elitists.

United States presidential hopeful Barack Obama has introduced veteran Democratic Senator Joe Biden as his running mate at a rally in Springfield, Illinois.

Niue will today become the first country in the Pacific to give laptop computers to all its school children. Under the One Laptop Per Child scheme ' developed by the...

International Olympic Committee press chief Kevan Gosper says the media should have been told they would not have total internet freedom before arriving for the Beijing Olympics. Gosper says both he…

The spokesperson for a woman at the centre of sexual assault allegations involving the England rugby team is defending her choice not to speak to an inquiry, saying privacy is her main consideration.

England players Mike Brown and Topsy Ojo named in media reports about an alleged sexual assault in Auckland have been found guilty of misconduct and fined by the Rugby Football Union.

A regional media workshop underway in Honiara this week is reinforcing the need for journalists to be well-informed and conduits for dialogue between governments and their people. The workshop…