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The Canterbury Employers Chamber of Commerce is predicting the region's economic growth will remain the highest in New Zealand for the next five to 10 years. Audio

Police believe a man who was hit by a train in Auckland on Monday morning may have been listening to his iPod as he crossed the tracks.

Bus drivers at Auckland's biggest bus company have voted against their new pay offer. Audio

The tour company whose bus crashed on Thursday morning in Southland says it is still trying to establish where the passengers are from. Audio

Stocks on Wall St have fallen slightly due to contraction in the US manufacturing sector last month for the first time in nearly three years. However, European markets were up.

Public services are slowly returning to normal in Christchurch as the thaw from Wednesday's snow storm continues.

Markets in the United States were under a cloud of sluggish growth and eurozone troubles on Thursday.

At least 16 people are now reported to have died in an earthquake in northern Italy. Audio

A new earthquake has struck the Emilia region in northern Italy, killing at least nine people and burying several others under rubble, according to local media.

Stocks on Wall St have risen after sales of existing homes in the United States increased in April to their highest rate in nearly two years. European markets were also up.

A tourism expert says language barriers, late-night dining and catering for Muslims are just some of the challenges that operators will increasingly have to deal with as more Asians want to visit…

A nationwide earthquake drill involving 1 million people is achievable, according to an earthquake specialist from California.

The King of Tonga, George Tupou V, has died in a Hong Kong hospital. The official announcement of His Majesty's passing on was made early this morning at about 6am...

Workers at New Zealand's largest resthome chain are striking for the third time on Monday.

The Hurricanes have elected to stick with the same 22 who were defeated by the Stormers in their Super Rugby season opener at Cape Town last weekend. The same players...

Stocks on Wall St climbed on Thursday, after better-than-expected economic data and mounting optimism that Greece's bailout deal will be agreed next week.

Health officials in Auckland admit they overreacted after quarantining a flight from Japan carrying students who appeared to have the flu. Audio

Stocks on Wall St have jumped after manufacturing in the United States grew at the fastest pace in seven months in January.

Stocks on Wall St fell on Tuesday following mixed corporate earnings and weak business activity and consumer confidence. However, markets in Europe rose.

Markets in the United States were closed on Monday for Martin Luther King Jnr Day. But European markets were up.

The stern of the cargo ship Rena has settled on Astrolabe Reef, off the coast of Tauranga, after it began sinking earlier on Tuesday.

GNS Science says aftershocks from a string of quakes in Christchurch on Monday will continue for weeks, maybe months - but they are getting further away from the city. Audio