Devastating bowling from Steven Finn and a solid top-order batting display gave England a five wicket win over New Zealand in the deciding one-day international at Eden Park today to claim the series 2-1.

Britain's Jonathan Brownlee succeeded brother Alistair as triathlon world champion by finishing second in Sunday's grand final of the eight-race series.

Spain's Javier Gomez out-sprinted Brownlee in

Pop star Lady Gaga, who is in the middle of a world tour, was accidentally hit on the head with a giant pole by one of her backing dancers during her show in New Zealand.

A mayor in New Zealand has set a new Guinness World Record for the longest non-stop televised interview.

Tim Shadbolt, mayor of the southern town of Invercargill, talked for 26 hours and four seconds

France captain Thierry Dusautoir was named the International Rugby Board (IRB) player of the year for 2011 at a ceremony here on Monday.

Dusautoir received his award the day after leading France in t

Hosts New Zealand just about held their collective nerve to edge France 8-7 at Eden Park on Sunday and win the World Cup for the second time after a gap of 24 years.

This was not the coronation that

Do not destroy the grounds protected by the 'monster', New Zealand's indigenous people told the government and asked it to stop work on a $2 billion railway project.

Horotiu - a mythical swamp monste

An outbreak of a highly infectious virus has affected nearly 300 people in New Zealand's Northland region, a media report said.

So far, there have been 283 reported cases of norovirus gastroenteritis

A tornado ripped across part of New Zealand's largest city on Tuesday, upturning cars and sending debris slicing through the air, witnesses and news reports said. At least one person was killed and ab

The New Zealand Olympic Committee (NZOC) has said that the decision of Netball New Zealand (NNZ), Hockey New Zealand (HNZ) and the New Zealand Rugby Union (NZRU) to engage their own security advice ah