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The mayor of Christchurch says the council will meet a crucial deadline for improving its building consent process, not because of a threat from the Government, but because staff have been working on… Audio

Wooden building products company Tenon is expecting a sharp improvement in profitability now the housing market in the United States is improving dramatically.

Health researchers have found that overcrowded housing partly explains why so many Maori and Pacific children end up in hospital. Audio

New Zealand First leader Winston Peters has again raised his concerns about Chinese immigration, blaming it for pushing up house prices and pension costs.

The Salvation Army says Pacific people in New Zealand have been more severely hit than anyone else by the global recession. A new report says they now have the highest...

Child poverty groups in Christchurch are describing the Budget as empty and a missed opportunity. One says the Government is putting the city rebuild ahead of families' needs. Audio

Christchurch City Council has backed down on its plan to close a holiday park where 25 people are living.

The United States and South Korea have promised to keep up their guard and not reward bad behaviour by North Korea.

Fiji's judiciary has sworn in six new magistrates and judges at Government House, all of them from Sri Lanka. Two new judges studied in Australia, and the other new judge...

New Prime Minister Enrico Letta has given himself 18 months to turn the Italian economy around.

An engineer says the Government and some local councils are ignoring the capability of marae in a civil defence crisis.

Housing New Zealand says it has successfully settled the largest insurance claim in New Zealand history, but it is over $100 million less than the Government asked for. Audio

United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has appealed to North Korea to change course, saying it has "gone too far" in its rhetoric.

Housing Minister Nick Smith is insisting that the accommodation shortage in Christchurch is a challenge - not a crisis - but it will take up to four years to address. Audio

Banks have reopened in Cyprus, after an unprecedented 12-day lockdown during the country's continuing financial crisis.

Newly released papers show the British government was deeply divided in private about the decision to try to re-take the Falkland Islands from Argentina in 1982.

The International Monetary Fund says the Government and the Reserve Bank are on the right track to deal with the challenges that face the domestic economy, but the country would be vulnerable to large…

An Egyptian court on Sunday postponed hearing a state appeal against a ruling it made this month which scuppered parliamentary elections and deepened political uncertainty during an economic crisis.

Japan has marked two years since the devastating earthquake and tsunami that killed more than 18,000 people and triggered a nuclear crisis.