Captain Ross Taylor said on Wednesday that New Zealand were confident of winning their first Test in Australia for 26 years against a weakened bowling attack at the Gabba this week.

New Zealand Prime Minister John Key won a second term Saturday, with voters in no mood for change after a tumultuous year marked by a devastating earthquake and glory in the Rugby World Cup.

Key's ce

Polls indicate New Zealand could see its most lopsided election in 60 years this month, giving Prime Minister John Key freer rein to sell some government assets to balance the budget.

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A powerful 7.6-magnitude earthquake jolted New Zealand's Kermadec Islands region in the South Pacific early Saturday, the US Geological Survey said.

USGS said the quake was centered 180 kilometers (1

Oil from a stranded container ship began washing up on the shore of New Zealand's Bay of Plenty on Monday, as salvage crews battened down the crippled vessel in the face of a looming storm.

Maritime

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

New Zealand intelligence services were investigating whether an Israeli victim of the Christchurch earthquake was a Mossad spy after five passports were found on his body, reports said Wednesday.

The

A tsunami warning was issued for New Zealand, the Kermadec Islands and Tonga on Thursday after a powerful 7.8-magnitude undersea earthquake, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said.

The quake struck

A tsunami began travelling across the Pacific on Thursday towards New Zealand and Tonga after a powerful 7.7-magnitude undersea earthquake, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said.

Tsunami waves were

A powerful earthquake struck New Zealand’s North Island on Tuesday but there are no immediate reports of casualties or damage and no tsunami warning was issued.