Paul Earley expects the Australians to try and make next month’s test in Perth an intimidating one for his players after Ireland’s last two series successes by considerable margins.

Air New Zealand has frozen salaries of senior executives, halted bonus payments and is considering slashing jobs to compensate for soaring fuel costs and sliding passenger demand, according to an internal memo leaked to the media.

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A British tourist who claimed she was traumatised when New Zealand police mistook her husband for a fugitive criminal lost an appeal seeking to press her £440,000 (€666,300) claim for damages.

A woman who sparked an international rescue mission with a text message while stranded on a boat off Bali has spoken of her terror during a two-day ordeal.

Ten British tourists trapped on a stricken boat off the coast of Bali have been rescued after more than 24 hours stranded in rough seas.