Influential spinner Daniel Vettori will miss New Zealand's tour of India after failing to recover from a groin strain picked up in the West Indies, cricket chiefs said on Tuesday.

A New Zealand volcano suddenly erupted after lying dormant for more than a century, spewing an ash plume that disrupted flights and closed highways, officials said Tuesday.

The Mount Tongariro volcan

A 6.2-magnitude earthquake rattled the New Zealand capital of Wellington on Tuesday, the US Geological Survey said, but there were no immediate reports of any damage or casualties.

The quake hit at a

Jailers in Atlanta are offering inmates a chance to win free food, by challenging them to get past the new locks being tested on cell doors.

Officials have been trying to figure out what to do about

There are smoke-free bars, smoke-free parks, even smoke-free college campuses. But a smoke-free country?

New Zealand's government on Thursday squeezed smokers more than ever by announcing a 40 percen

New Zealand will play two Test matches and two Twenty20 internationals during their tour of India in August-September, the Board of Control for Cricket announced on Tuesday.

The first Test will be pl

New Zealand coach John Wright will step down from the national side in August after rejecting an offer to extend his contract, New Zealand Cricket (NZC) chief executive David White said on Tuesday.

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

At dawn on Wednesday, the Madras war cemetery, where the remains of 14 Australians and five New Zealanders are buried, witnessed a poignant scene when all top diplomats from Australia, New Zealand, Br

The third and final cricket Test between New Zealand and South Africa ended in a draw on Tuesday, handing the Proteas the series 1-0.

New Zealand were 200 for six at stumps after being set a target o