In a few weeks, New Zealand’s All Blacks will begin their campaign to win their third World Cup in a row. That would be, by any yardstick, an exceptional achievement.

A series of strong earthquakes struck Christchurch, New Zealand, today, rattling buildings, sending goods tumbling from shelves and prompting terrified Christmas shoppers to flee into the streets.

NEW ZEALAND rugby chiefs have poured scorn on reports linking Carl Hayman with a return to the All Blacks jersey for this year’s Rugby World Cup.

At least three people were killed and thousands of villagers fled to shelters as a tropical cyclone battered the Fijian islands.

A New Zealand climber trying to become the first double amputee to reach the top of Mount Everest has snapped one of his two artificial legs on the ascent, his wife said today.

Airlines which do not allow men to sit next to unaccompanied children - apparently over fears of abuse – could be guilty of unlawful discrimination, New Zealand’s Human Rights Commission said today.

New Zealand’s government said today it will clamp down on undesirable immigrants after admitting that a former senior diplomat in Saddam Hussein’s Iraqi regime had entered the country and applied for residency.

Jonah Lomu could be one of the star names on the list to play in Martin Johnson’s testimonial next June.