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Industrial action by bus drivers that threatened to affect about 80,000 Auckland commuters has been called off, following an amended pay offer for drivers.

Stocks rose on Wall Street on Thursday as investors focused on stronger than expected sales by key retailers in August, offsetting weaker unemployment figures.

Stocks in the United States have declined on concerns that a market rally is too optimistic about the economic recovery, which offset better manufacturing and house sales figures there.

Otago have beaten Northland 29-7 in their Air New Zealand Cup rugby clash in Whangarei. The Hawkes Bay rugby team came from behind to beat Tasman 28-26 in Napier. Sri ...

Stocks rose in late trading on Wall Street as investors took hope in figures showing the US economy shrank by less than expected.

Stocks on Wall Street closed slightly higher on Thursday. Earlier, there was a brief surge after new data showed home sales rose by 9.6% in July, for the fourth consecutive month.

Stocks in the United States ended little changed on Monday, as investors took a breather after a four-day rally that lifted major indexes to 10-month highs.

Several members of the public have contacted search and rescue officials saying they possibly recognise the voice on a mayday call that sparked a huge rescue effort off the Northland coast. The call…

Community-based sentences have been imposed on five people found guilty of the manslaughter of Janet Moses, who died during an exorcism attempt in Wainuiomata.

Maritime New Zealand is investigating whether a mayday call from a boat reported missing south-east of Whangarei was a hoax. The search has been suspended on Friday.

The New Zealand dollar jumped almost one cent on Thursday morning to reach its highest level against the US dollar in nearly 10 months.

A large area around the epicentre of a powerful earthquake in Fiordland on Wednesday night has risen by up to a metre. There have been 16 aftershocks since the 7.8 magnitude quake in Dusky Sound.

Another earthquake has occurred in Fiordland - the 14th since a 7.8 magnitude quake occurred on Wednesday night.

The New Zealand sharemarket is flat on Friday. However, the Australian share market opened higher following a fourth consecutive day of gains on Wall Street.

Southlanders can't believe it. They've just experienced New Zealand's biggest earthquake since the Napier quake of 1931, yet hardly any damage was done. And there's not one report of injury. Audio

The New Zealand and Australian share markets have opened higher after big gains on Wall Street.

Michael Campbell has been drawn in the first group at the British Open golf championship starting on Thursday at Turnberry on the west coast of Scotland. One of four New ...

China will impose a curfew over the capital of the Muslim region of Xinjiang on Tuesday night after trying to break up protests two days after ethnic clashes killed 156 and wounded more than 1000.

More towns on the north coast of New South Wales are expected to be evacuated on Saturday, as flooding continues. Thousands of people have already been told to leave their homes.

A former rifle range beside the lower Whanganui river is to be given back to Te Poho a Matapihi Trust on Saturday. It is the first land in the area to be returned.

Filibustering by the Labour Party is delaying the progress of Auckland super-city legislation.

A person is in hospital with moderate injuries following a collision between a bus and a car in central Auckland on Wednesday morning.

The gunman at the centre of the Napier siege has been found dead inside a bedroom of his home. Audio

A police officer is dead and three people are critically wounded after a routine drugs raid went wrong in central Napier on Thursday.

A snap strike by Qantas staff over the national carrier's security practices caused major delays across Australia and grounded all international flights out of Sydney for up to four hours on Monday.