Hollywood actor Chris Pine, known for playing Captain Kirk in the new Star Trek movies, has pleaded guilty in a New Zealand court to drink-driving charges.

Hollywood actor Chris Pine, known for playing Captain Kirk in the new 'Star Trek' movies, has been charged with drink-driving in New Zealand.

WHILE there may be cause to celebrate better child protection practices now in place in the Catholic Church in Ireland, once more the bishops presenting the latest child abuse report try to downplay the seriousness of their inaction by careful choice of language.

One person was killed and another seriously injured when an avalanche swept away five skiers in New Zealand today, police said.

A LAMB with seven legs has been born in New Zealand but so badly deformed it is likely to be destroyed, a local newspaper reported.