Pacific
New clues reveal ancient explorers
A WRECK in New Zealand has been dated to some 70 years before Captain Cook. It is just the latest find showing seafarers explored our great southern lands - but never returned.
'We are destroying children's lives'
GREENS Senator Sarah Hanson-Young is raising concern about the conditions that children and families are experiencing while in detention on Nauru.
Bad luck, NZ: the kiwi's an Aussie
NEW Zealanders, prepare to be sick to your All-Black-loving, Australian-envying stomachs: your beloved kiwi is a descendant of our wide brown land.
Kids raped as 'bullets rained down'
INDONESIAN security forces intentionally killed and raped children and a large number of civilians at a West Papuan massacre, a tribunal has found.
NZ PM 'unidentified' on world stage
SPARE a thought for New Zealand Prime Minister John Key, or as he is known in the rest of the world, the "unidentified guest".
Anger as Pike River charges dropped
FAMILIES of 29 miners killed in an explosion at New Zealand's Pike River Coal mine are angry over news charges against from boss Peter Whittall have been dropped.
Magnitude 5 quake near Fukushima
A MAGNITUDE 5.1 earthquake has been registered near the damaged Fukushima nuclear facility
Kiwi wants help to find mystery girl
A NEW Zealand man is hoping internet sleuths can help him find a girl he met in Hong Kong last New Year's Eve with a number of clues she left him.
Have you already forgotten Haiyan?
PICTURES: Four weeks after Typhoon Haiyan, the world has moved on. But how are the survivors coping with life after their apocalypse?
Mice in parachutes battle Guam snakes
Guam has enlisted unlikely soldiers in its battle against an invasive breed of snake: 2000 mice dropped by parachute over the small Pacific Island.
The threat of war on our doorstep
THE drums of war are beating just to our north. Why? A fortune in oil - and a few dozen rocks - are putting us in a hard place.
Man loses climate change refugee plea
A PACIFIC islander has failed in his attempt to become the world's first climate change refugee, after an NZ judge said his case was "unconvincing".
Australian dies in PNG plane crash
AN Australian man, aged 38, has been confirmed as one of three people killed in a plane crash in Papua New Guinea. Seven survived the crash.
Husband kept wife prisoner 22 years
A WOMAN waived her right to anonymity to ensure her ex-husband's name could be published as he was jailed to 24 years for sex and violence charges.
Woman celebrates her mastectomy
A WOMAN who had a mastectomy hopes to help remove the fear and mystery about the operation by celebrating it in a picture exhibition online.
No roof, water, power in typhoon hospitals
THIS woman is forced to stay by her husband's bed, unable to eat or go to the bathroom because she is manually working a pump to keep him alive in post-typhoon Philippines.
Little relief amid apocalyptic rubble
A RUN-down, single-story building with filthy floors has become Tacloban's hospital after last week's typhoon. It has little medicine, no facilities and few doctors. What it is not short of is patients.
Anarchy rises as aid dribbles in
'IT'S survival of the fittest': Desperately needed food, water and medical aid is trickling into devastated Tacloban as thousands jam into the damaged airport.
PNG grenade attack 'kills 34'
AS MANY as 34 people have been killed in a remote part of Papua New Guinea after a grenade was thrown as part of a tribal war.
Please don't send shoes to typhoon victims
YOU'VE seen the devastation on TV and want to help. But before you clear out your cupboards, there's one thing they need more than your shoes and teddy bears.
Jackie refused to wipe off blood
HER pink suit and white gloves were caked with her husband's dried blood but the more people told Jackie Kennedy to change, the more adamant she became.
Typhoon horror: quake hits Philippines
A 4.8-MAGNITUDE earthquake has struck near San Isidro in the Philippines as hunger, thirst, and exposure threaten to take a fresh toll among Haiyan's victims.
Hitchhiker taken on horror ride
A BACKPACKER hitchhiking in New Zealand got a ride he won't forget after being picked up by a man who led police on two pursuits in a stolen car.
NZ 'bad boys' sons of celebrity, cop
ONE is the son of a minor celebrity. Another is the son of a cop. Together, the 'Roast Busters' have dodged charges for alleged rape and online bullying.
'Facebook rape' scandal enrages NZ
A GROUP of teenage boys who have been getting underage girls drunk, having sex with them and naming them on the internet have been let off by New Zealand police.
Balloon crash pilot had pot in system
THE pilot of a hot-air balloon that crashed in New Zealand killing all 11 people on board had cannabis in his system, a report says.
Chilling photo: Moment a paedophile was caught
A PHOTOGRAPH captures the moment police arrest a convicted paedophile in a guest house with a half naked eight-year-old boy.
Tragic climbers' farewell text
THE woman who died trapped on a New Zealand mountain managed to send a farewell text message to her father before succumbing to the elements with her partner.
Cat survives crossbow to the head
A CAT in New Zealand is lucky to be alive after being shot in the head with a crossbow.
'Vampire' dad eats young daughter
A MAN, described as a vampire, allegedly murdered his three-year-old daughter by biting her neck, eating her flesh and drinking her blood.
PNG rocked by powerful quake
A POWERFUL earthquake measuring magnitude 7.1 has rocked Papua New Guinea. There were no immediate reports of casualties or damage.
Philippines quake toll rises to 107
RESCUE workers are racing to reach isolated communities on a popular Philippine tourist island hit by a huge earthquake, as the death toll climbed to 107.
Mayor embroiled in sex scandal
AUCKLAND Mayor Len Brown has admitted to an affair after his former lover revealed details of their tryst to a political blog.
UK quashes NZ murder conviction
IN AN unusual intervention, Britain's Privy Council has quashed the conviction of a New Zealander found guilty of murdering his wife and daughter.
US pushes trade talks despite shutdown
TALKS on a Pacific trade pact are forging ahead despite the absence of President Barack Obama due to the US government shutdown.
'Climate refugee' fights to stay in NZ
A MAN who says rising sea levels make it too dangerous to return to Kiribati is fighting to convince New Zealand judges he's a climate refugee.
Royals let us take photos, says Key
AFTER been dubbed a "galloping colonial clot", New Zealand Prime Minister John Key hits back at the suggestions he breached royal protocol.
UN calls for 'transparent' Fiji elections
UN CHIEF Ban Ki-moon has called on Fiji's strongman Frank Bainimarama to make sure elections promised next year are transparent and democratic.
Man critical after bar stool crash
A 62-YEAR-OLD man is in a critical, but stable condition in Auckland City Hospital after crashing on motorised bar stool.
'Topless' protest falls flat in Brazil
Sun Dec 22 05:09:20 EST 2013 ONLY a handful of women have joined in a protest against a Brazilian law that makes female toplessness punishable by up to a year in prison.
Lockerbie services held in UK and US
Sun Dec 22 04:05:32 EST 2013 SERVICES have been held in the UK and the US to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Lockerbie terrorist bombing.
Swedish Christmas goat engulfed in flames
Sun Dec 22 01:59:15 EST 2013 A 13-METRE high, 3.6-tonne straw goat in Sweden symbolising Christmas spirit has been burnt down for the 27th time.
Astronauts begin urgent space repairs
Sun Dec 22 00:15:24 EST 2013 NASA astronauts have begun a spacewalk to repair a breakdown at the International Space Station.
Saudi Arabia reports death from new virus
Sat Dec 21 23:51:19 EST 2013 THE number of people who have died from a new respiratory virus in Saudi Arabia has risen to 56 after the death of a 73-year-old man.
Cafe fire shuts UK theme park
Sat Dec 21 23:20:26 EST 2013 EIGHT fire engines were on the scene of a blaze at Creaky Cafe at Chessington World of Adventures Resort in Surrey.
US military aircraft hit in South Sudan
Sat Dec 21 22:55:28 EST 2013 A US service member is in a critical condition after military aircraft came under fire in South Sudan.
Attacks across Iraq leave 15 people dead
Sat Dec 21 22:36:20 EST 2013 POLICE officials in Iraq said a major general and five troops were killed when they stormed a booby-trapped hideout in the volatile western Anbar province.
Khodorkovsky starts life as a free man
Sat Dec 21 22:18:02 EST 2013 KREMLIN critic Mikhail Khodorkovsky has been reunited with his son in Germany, a free man after more than 10 years behind bars in Russia.
Gunman had botched vasectomy: Neighbours
Sat Dec 21 22:05:21 EST 2013 DETECTIVES are working to obtain a gunman's medical records to learn about his physical and mental health before he went on the rampage.
Gay couples wed in Utah after ruling
Sat Dec 21 18:19:25 EST 2013 UTAH has begun issuing marriage licences to dozens of gay couples while state officials are taking steps to appeal a judge's ruling striking down a ban.
Italian serial killer captured in France
Sat Dec 21 17:37:48 EST 2013 A SERIAL killer who failed to return to his prison in Italy after being granted leave to visit his elderly mother has been recaptured in France.
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No happy ending for NZ man and 'Katie'
A NEW Zealand man who begged the internet to help him find a mystery woman "Katie" may have found her - but it seems she's not impressed.