Sun, 05 Feb 2012 16:20:00 +1200Canterbury residents facing storage bills and those struggling to pay winter power costs following the earthquakes will be able to apply for grants from the Red Cross.
Sun, 05 Feb 2012 16:06:00 +1200New Zealand defender Winston Reid lashed home the winning goal for West Ham in their 2-1 win over Millwall in the Championship overnight (NZT).
Sun, 05 Feb 2012 15:28:00 +1200An elderly woman has been robbed in the North Shore suburb of Browns Bay as she was walking home.
Sun, 05 Feb 2012 15:26:00 +1200Prop Jacob Lillyman faces probable surgery and three months on the sideline after damaging his right bicep in the Warriors' opening NRL trial.
Sun, 05 Feb 2012 14:21:00 +1200Auckland police are hunting a violent teenager who should not be approached by the public, police say.
Sun, 05 Feb 2012 14:16:00 +1200Veteran New Zealand paceman Kyle Mills expects Zimbabwe to show a steady improvement in Monday's second one-day cricket international, despite two heavy losses leading into the Whangarei match.
Sun, 05 Feb 2012 14:04:00 +1200Fidel Castro spent six hours presenting a two-volume memoir to an audience at a Havana convention centre, state media said Saturday. It was a rare appearance for the retired and increasingly reclusive former Cuban leader.
Sun, 05 Feb 2012 13:53:00 +1200Jared Waerea-Hargreaves insists there's no bad blood between him and Sam Thaiday after the pair's bust-up during Saturday's NRL All Stars clash on the Gold Coast.
Sun, 05 Feb 2012 13:47:00 +1200London's tabloids and British leaders are depicting Argentina as dangerous and belligerent 30 years after its invasion of the Falkland Islands
Sun, 05 Feb 2012 13:32:00 +1200Cameron Brown and Jo Lawn sharpened up for next month's Ironman New Zealand with wins at the Erin Baker triathlon at Kinloch, near Taupo.
Sun, 05 Feb 2012 13:09:00 +1200Skipper Chris Nicholson was left ruing lost opportunities as Team NZ finished third in the third leg of the Volvo Ocean Race from Abu Dhabi to Sanya.
Sun, 05 Feb 2012 12:48:00 +1200Republican presidential front runner Mitt Romney reached for his second straight campaign victory Saturday.
Sun, 05 Feb 2012 12:38:00 +1200Images of All Black Piri Weepu bottle-feeding his daughter have been cut from an anti-smoking ad after complaints from a pro-breastfeeding group.
Sun, 05 Feb 2012 12:13:00 +1200Kim Dotcom is to try and regain control of his assets in court next week.
Sun, 05 Feb 2012 12:02:00 +1200The Maori Council is going to challenge the government's asset sales programme at the Waitangi Tribunal.
Sun, 05 Feb 2012 11:56:00 +1200Russia and China vetoed a UN Security Council resolution aimed at ending Syria's bloodshed.
Sun, 05 Feb 2012 11:21:00 +1200Stock proof fencing is needed around sewerage ponds on farms after a man drowned trying to rescue a lamb in Southland, a coroner says.
Sun, 05 Feb 2012 11:09:00 +1200A magnitude 5.7 earthquake has been recorded about 169 kilometres west of Ucluelet off the coast of British Columbia, Canada.
Sun, 05 Feb 2012 10:32:00 +1200A group of protesters charged towards Prime Minister John Key at Te Tii Marae in the Bay of Islands today but were held back by wardens.
Sun, 05 Feb 2012 10:24:00 +1200The administration of the Vatican City State is rejecting accusations of corruption in the Holy See's awarding of contracts.
Sun, 05 Feb 2012 10:07:00 +1200Egyptian security forces on Saturday fired tear gas from armoured trucks at protesters demanding an end to military rule.
Sun, 05 Feb 2012 09:50:00 +1200Romans bewildered by their city's first big snowfall in 26 years used Government-issued shovels to clear footpaths
Sun, 05 Feb 2012 09:39:00 +1200The behaviour of Sevens fans has been praised, but police in the city had a busy night as people partied in the streets.
Sun, 05 Feb 2012 09:31:00 +1200Dozens of US Park Police officers on horseback converged before dawn Saturday on one of the nation's last remaining Occupy sites.
Sun, 05 Feb 2012 09:19:00 +1200Facebook's billionaire CEO Mark Zuckerberg calls himself a hacker.
Sun, 05 Feb 2012 09:00:00 +1200Iran began ground military exercises Saturday and defiantly warned that it could cut off oil exports to "hostile" European nations.
Sun, 05 Feb 2012 08:37:00 +1200Figures released by the OIO show that over the past five years, Americans, Canadians and Brits have been the top buyers of NZ land.
Sun, 05 Feb 2012 08:29:00 +1200Police and security arrested two Sevens fans for storming the playing field yesterday and kicked out 40 others for drunk and rowdy behaviour.
Sun, 05 Feb 2012 07:52:00 +1200Mana Party leader Hone Harawira says NZ PM John Key needs to get the message there will be a fight if treaty obligations over state assests are not met.
Sun, 05 Feb 2012 07:36:00 +1200Syrian forces hammered restive neighbourhoods in Homs for hours with mortars and artillery before dawn Saturday, killing more than 200.
