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A group of chimpanzees had a lucky escape after a fire broke out in their heated cave at Wellington Zoo.

Lifeboats and military helicopters have rescued hundreds of people in northern England and a policeman was killed as torrential rain flooded homes, washed away bridges and closed roads.

Tuesday's papers: Labour to continue to attack English over housing allowances; $100 million redevelopment of shopping centre at Johnsonville; council backs down on an unpopular parking policy in…

Rescue workers in India have recovered more bodies after the collapse of a chimney at a power plant in the state of Chhattisgarh, but officials warn that the death toll could rise. The death toll is…

A King Country adventure tourism company is in the Te Kuiti District Court facing two charges following the death of an English backpacker near Waitomo Caves last year.

The Government has come under attack from one of its own support parties during spirited debate in Parliament on the Auckland super-city legislation.

The Government plans to delay the entry of agriculture into the Emissions Trading Scheme by two years, until 2015. A deal with the Maori Party has given it the numbers to amend the scheme. Audio

The Whangarei triathlete Sam Warriner has returned to winning form just eight weeks after suffering a serious rib and lung injury to win the Steelhead Triathlon half ironman in Michigan ...

The Sri Lankan cricketers have won a home series against Pakistan for the first time thanks to another spectacular implosion by the temperamental tourists in the second test in ...

Federated Farmers has nothing but praise for the efforts to open an alternate route to State Highway 35 on the East Coast, which has been closed for over a week.

A major tourism company, Tourism Holdings, has announced it will freeze pay rates of its staff. The company employs 700 people.

Farmers on the east coast of the North Island are hoping rainfall over the weekend will bring an end to the drought most have experienced since last November.

A leading Federated Farmers figure has called the United States dairy lobby a "compost heap" after Washington announced new export subsidies for 92,000 tonnes of dairy products.

About 2000 people were evacuated from a Mt Maunganui shopping centre on Monday after a severe hail storm caused parts of the roof to collapse.

Farmers around Gisborne say they may need special government assistance because of drought.

The New Zealand sevens coach Gordon Tiejtens has all but admitted that defending their world series title will be tough, ahead of the Adelaide leg of the IRB sevens. With ...

The New Zealand sevens rugby team has been forced to make another change to their squad for the Adelaide leg of the IRB World Sevens Series. Debutant Tutu Tairea from ...

The New Zealand rugby sevens coach Gordon Tietjens has had to make three changes to his squad for the Adelaide International Sevens, the sixth leg of the IRB Sevens World ...