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Not “Chinglish” anymore. Professor Jonathan Stalling has created Sino-English, a new alphabet for 350 million speakers with world-wide applications.

Eight new giant murals have appeared around Christchurch as the city welcomes the Spectrum Street Art Festival for the second time.

New Zealand fashion label shrugs off ad campaign criticism, saying it is "onto something good".

The search for a climber missing on Aoraki-Mt Cook is now a recovery mission, police say.

Musician Nick Cave's teenage son took LSD before he fell off a cliff in Brighton, England, an inquest has heard.

Three of New Zealand's most offensive place names will be changed if the public supports a proposal before the Geographic Board. Audio

The battle lines have been drawn in a rigorous debate over how Stewart Island's electricity should be supplied. Audio

Police in Nauru have closed an investigation into the alleged rape of a Somali woman on the island, citing a lack of evidence.

New Zealand-born singer Jenny Morris has revealed that she will not perform again due to a rare neurological condition affecting her voice.

If war is hell why are we so drawn to its dark allure? A US writer believes new entertainment technology is creating what he calls "war pornography". Audio

Trade Minister Tim Groser says the TPP deal is within reach in Atlanta, but if it falls at the last post there will be worrying long-term implications.

Waitangi has become the first wāhi tūpuna to be included on the New Zealand Heritage List.

What's being said after John Key's flag referendum u-turn.

Scientists have discovered a new human-like species in a burial chamber deep in a cave system in South Africa.

Eden Mulholland performs three tracks from his freshly-minted record Hunted Haunted in the Music 101 studio.