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A new estimate of the ore reserve at the Golpu deposit in Papua New Guinea's Morobe Province has mining industry figures enthusing that it could become one of the world's...

Scientists in the United States have found a new family of spiders in the caves of California and Oregon - the first such discovery in North America for more than 120 years.

Three people have been rescued from Mt Ruapehu after climbing the mountain on Friday.

There's still no sign of two students and a climbing instructor presumed drowned after going into the water off New Plymouth's Paritutu Rock on Wednesday.

Police in Taranaki are scaling back the search for three people missing in the sea off New Plymouth since Wednesday afternoon. Audio

A group of residents in east London have lost an attempt in the High Court to prevent surface-to-air missiles being stationed on the roof of their 15-storey tower block during the Olympics. Audio

An iwi has suggested to the Waitangi Tribunal that Maori should own all of the state assets being sold - plus the Crown's remaining majority share. Audio

The Mayor of Invercargill has expressed surprise that nobody will face criminal charges over the collapse of Stadium Southland. Audio

Divers have discovered new life forms including species of worm and snail in a deep, flooded underwater cave near Nelson.

A roofing contractor who was working on the Canterbury Television building when the February 2011 earthquake struck has described how he threw his workmate from the platform they were on, before… Audio

A boy who turned up last year in Berlin claiming to have spent five years living rough in the German countryside has been exposed as a hoaxer. His stepmother recognised him after his photo was…

Scientists using a new dating technique are reporting that many of the most famous cave paintings in Spain are thousands of years older than previously thought.

Tourism Holdings has bought KEA Rentals and Sales' motorhome brands in Australia.

The director of Vanuatu's correctional services says he believes two escaped prisoners were beaten by police to teach them a lesson. Seven prisoners have been on the run in the...

Unions and members of Australia's Labor government are angry at its decision to allow billionaire mining magnate Gina Rinehart to bring more than 1,700 foreign workers to a mining project in Western…

More than 100 workers locked out of AFFCO's sheep and beef plant in Wairoa can't wait to return to work, now that company management and the Meat Workers Union have settled their 12 week dispute.

Farmers in the Gisborne region are adding their support to the mounting campaign to get the Napier-Gisborne rail line repaired and re-opened.