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The Australian National Basketball League's Adelaide 36ers stole a remarkable 102-101 overtime win from the Gold Coast Blaze at the Gold Coast Convention Centre on Friday night thanks to a...

Amnesty International is urging people to write to leaders in Fiji to stop the detention, torture and ill-treament of critics of the interim regime. The human rights organisation says at...

Amnesty International says young people have become the latest victims of violence and intimidation by the Fiji military. The human rights organisation says on Saturday seven young men were…

Amnesty International says it has grave concerns for the safety of activists and government critics in Fiji following the savage beating of a former politician, Samisoni Tikonisau, at the hands...

Australian football international Kevin Muscat could have played his last game after receiving an eight-match suspension for an ugly challenge on Melbourne Heart's Adrian Zahra in last weekend's…

The UK Film Council says £1.15 billion was spent in the making of 119 films in Britain during 2010. International film-makers contributed almost £929 million.

Sherlock Holmes is to be brought back to life in the first novel about the Baker Street detective to be approved by the author's estate. It will be written by Anthony Horowitz.

The Ministry of Health is warning people who arrived in New Zealand on an Emirates flight from Dubai via Australia on Tuesday, 4 January to check themselves for measles symptoms.

Shoppers are being warned not to buy children certain cheap toys and lipsticks which have been found to contain alarmingly high levels of lead.

The Fire Service says a spark from a contractors' cutting blade caused the fire that destroyed part of the Te Aroha meat plant on Friday night.

The Fire Service in Waikato believes it has found the starting point of the fire that severely damaged a meatworks in Te Aroha, putting hundreds of jobs in jeopardy.

Staff at one of the Waikato district's largest employers are facing a nervous wait after a fire extensively damaged the Silver Fern Farms meat processing plant in Te Aroha.

The former world heavyweight boxing champion Evander Holyfield is set to return to the ring next March. The 48-year-old will take on Denmark's Brian Nielsen, three years his junior, in...

The Green Party says Prime Minister John Key should talk to China's leaders at APEC about the jailing of a man who pushed for compensation for victims of the Sanlu milk poisoning scandal.

The Solomon Islands Minister for Finance and Treasury has denied asking the National Provident Fund to stay a court order. Gordon Darcy Lilo says at no time has he issued...

Rochelle Crewe asks PM for an independent inquiry into deaths of her parents; 13-year-old admits manslaughter charge; city leaders back retailer's proposal to downsize Christchurch's Cathedral Square.

British Olympic rowing champion Andy Holmes has died suddenly in hospital in London.

The British Olympic rowing champion Andy Holmes has died at the age of 51, the country's Olympics minister have confirmed today. Holmes won gold in the coxed four at Los...