Auckland will welcome three prestigious international sailing events to the Waitemata Harbour in March next year as part of the Auckland Festival of Sail.

Almost 1000 extra young Aucklanders will experience fun and adventure with Youthtown these summer holidays, thanks to the Government's Break-Away funding initiative.

Prime Minister John Key has released details of next month's visit by Prince William.

After arriving in Auckland on Sunday,17 January, Prince William will visit Eden Park to see the redevelopment work and be briefed on plans for the Rugby World Cup.

If your community organisation or volunteer service has arranged a special event for International Volunteer Day, we would like to know about it and all New Zealand to know about it.

Six cadets from Nelson's TS Talisman will have the opportunity of a lifetime in July next year, as part of an offshore sailing voyage from New Zealand to New Caledonia.

The first series of tests on Gitana 11, which began in mid September, were completed yesterday when the ocean-going maxi-trimaran was lifted out onto the hard.

Two years out from the next election and the Key led Government is so strong that National could govern alone. I bet some days at their cabinet meetings John wishes they were. It is a long shot but they could lose the next election.

John Key is basking in political sunshine after one year in office. This is despite all the odds that would otherwise be stacked against a National Government and especially one led by a declared millionaire.

Cranking Michael Jackson from tinny speakers, the pirate taxi drivers of Quepos, Costa Rica, form a slow, horn-honking line to parade through town in their beaten up “taxis” - the equivalent of boy-racers in pimped-out farm cars, with faded plastic rosary beads swinging from their rea

New Zealand musician Finn Andrews is excited to finally tour on home ground again. The Veils frontman lifts the veil on his career so far to JULE SCHERER of NZPA.