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The United States is sending an extra 4,000 troops to Haiti to help in the relief effort after last week's magnitude 7.0 earthquake.

Stocks and the US dollar rose on Tuesday on evidence that economies around the world are improving. Housing is gaining strength in the Unuited States.

Protesters angry at inaction on climate change gained access to a private area of the stock exchange building on Wellington's waterfront on Monday morning. They left when asked to go.

There's been a large sell-off of stocks in the United States after Greece received another credit downgrade and a forecast from FedEx fell short of expectations.

North Shore mayor Andrew Williams has been criticised for sending what have been described as "aggressive" and "obnoxious" late-night text messages to senior political figures.

Stocks are flat on Wall Street where investors are concerned about companies and nations being able to meet their debt commitments.

For the first time in Australian politics women have taken the top two leadership positions in a government. Kristina Keneally and Carmel Tebbutt now head the New South Wales state government.

Court staff are taking rolling strike action on Monday, aiming for maximum disruption and leaving some courts without front-line workers.

The death of an air force flight sergeant when an old artillery shell exploded at Waiouru military camp in the central North Island is being described as a freak accident. Audio

The Marsden Point oil refinery says it lost hundreds of thousands of dollars in Friday's power outage.

A forklift driver has been stood down after more than quarter of a million customers in Auckland and Northland lost power. Both the Energy Minister and Transpower's chair say it shows the need for a… Audio

The last 500 tickets for the 2010 World Cup football qualifying match between Bahrain and New Zealand were all sold within seven minutes on Wednesday morning.

Stocks in the United States advanced on Thursday for the first time in three days as earnings from Travelers Companies, AT&T and McDonald's boosted speculation that the worst recession since the 1930s…

Speculators buying New Zealand dollars to take advantage of rising domestic interest rates look set to push the currency higher. Audio

Stocks in the United States have fallen after disappointing housing statistics overshadowed company earnings.

Firefighters in Australia have saved more than 100 homes from raging bushfires in Queensland's Rockhampton but several homes are still under threat.

Stocks in the United States rose on Monday on better than estimated earnings. Oil and gold were also still up.

Stocks have risen on Wall Street as investors continue to bet they will see robust corporate earnings. Markets also ended higher in Europe.

Air New Zealand is threatening to ditch IT provider IBM after a massive systems failure disrupted the airline's entire operations, affecting 10,000 customers on Sunday.

Air New Zealand management will seek answers from IBM on Monday after a failed back-up generator saw 10,000 passengers stuck waiting in queues across the country on Sunday. Audio

Air New Zealand says about 10,000 passengers were affected by Sunday's widespread meltdown of a major computer system.

Major earthquakes off Vanuatu sparked panic in the Pacific on Thursday, sending people fleeing to higher ground, fearing a repeat of last week's devastating tsunamis in the region.

State Highway Three near New Plymouth is open again after being blocked after a collision between a truck and a car.

The New Zealand stock market opens at 3149 on Monday after dipping on Friday. The Australian 200 Index also closed down.

A burst of merger activity On Wall St cheered investors on Monday. European markets were also up.