Wellington, March 17 NZPA - The Government says it will provide assistance to cyclone-struck Fiji for as long as necessary.

"We will do whatever we have to do," Foreign Affairs Minister Murray McCully said late this afternoon.

Wellington, March 11 NZPA - Pakistan tennis officials are insisting action be taken against New Zealand if the team refuses to play their Davis Cup tie in Pakistan.

Wellington, Jan 5 NZPA - Legendary hitmaker Burt Bacharach has postponed two New Zealand tour dates as he recovers from back surgery.

In an announcement that has taken the world by surprise, the Japanese Fisheries Agency has announced that after killing 59 Minke whales they have discovered they eat krill.  

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Wellington, Sept 30 NZPA - Samoan resort owner Anna Tui Annandale, who was educated in New Zealand, drowned when the tsunami engulfed the utility truck carrying the family, says her son.

Wellington, Sept 30 NZPA - One of Samoa's richest women, resort owner Anna Tui Annandale -- who was educated up in New Zealand -- drowned during the tsunami while trying to rescue children, according to Samoa's deputy prime minister Misa Telefoni.

Nokia makes it easier for web publishers and developers to create applications with integrated services with Ovi APIs and Ovi SDK Beta introducing a new breed of applications for the web and smartphone platforms

By Chris Barclay of NZPA

Napier, March 4 NZPA - Amid the sledging and strategising, Daniel Vettori and Mahendra Singh Dhoni both realised their cricketing battle had been put in context last night by the tragic events unfolding in Pakistan as the match was underway.

Wellington, Feb 9 NZPA - New Zealand's Sean Marks was a matchwinner and scored a National Basketball Association career-high 18 points for his New Orleans Hornets today.