North Korea gave no hint of whether it will fire a long-range missile as widely feared, a New Zealand diplomat who visited Pyongyang said Saturday. A top U.S. defense official expressed confidence the United States could intercept a missile from the North.
A woman who dashed into an international rugby match wearing a skimpy bikini was fined for disorderly behavior — but her online auction of the garment already had drawn a bid more than 10 times the fine.
New Zealand's prime minister defended on Monday her government's decision to deport a former roommate of one of the Sept. 11 hijackers.
Gale force winds battering northern New Zealand cut power to the nation's biggest city on Monday, while heavy snow from a cold snap collapsed roofs and blanketed much of the country's south.
A Yemeni who U.S. officials said once lived and trained with a terrorist pilot in the Sept. 11 attacks was deported from New Zealand, the government said Saturday.
Ronaldo practiced for Brazil on Tuesday, two days after not playing the second half of a win over New Zealand because of blisters on his feet.
Ronaldo, Adriano and Kaka each scored and Brazil comfortably defeated New Zealand 4-0 in a World Cup warmup game Sunday, its last match before heading to Germany to defend the world title.
Soldiers fired on unarmed police in East Timor's capital Thursday, killing nine and wounding 27, as international troops landed to try to end the fighting that threatens to push the country closer to civil war.
Gun battles erupted between disgruntled ex-soldiers and the military on the outskirts of East Timor's capital for a second day Wednesday, wounding a marine officer and prompting the U.S. Embassy to order nonessential personnel to leave.
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office is re-examining Amazon.com Inc.'s patent for "one-click" online shopping at the request of a New Zealand actor who says he's upset over slow book delivery.
Several real earthquakes hit the geologically unstable Pacific region where scientists were testing a tsunami-warning system — including a powerful one Tuesday north of New Zealand that generated a real tsunami.
A powerful earthquake hit deep under the South Pacific late Tuesday north of New Zealand, and it rocked a wide area of the country, but no damage or injuries were reported.
A powerful earthquake hit deep under the South Pacific late Tuesday north of New Zealand, and it rocked a wide area of the country, but no damage or injuries were reported.
Divers on Monday found the bodies of three people missing since a fishing trawler sank in treacherous seas off New Zealand's South Island, bringing the total killed in the accident to six.
A fishing trawler sank off New Zealand's South Island, killing three people on board and leaving three missing on Sunday in treacherous seas.
New Zealand is not for sale, despite somebody in neighboring Australia trying to offload the nation of 4 million to the highest online bidder.
Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones was discharged from a hospital in New Zealand on Thursday following surgery to relieve pressure in his head following a fall, his publicist said.
Keith Richards had surgery Monday in New Zealand to relieve pressure in his head following a fall, his representative said. The Rolling Stones guitarist was "up and talking" soon after surgery at The Ascot Hospital in Auckland, but was expected to take several weeks to recuperate, LD Communications said Monday in a statement issued in London.
The government Wednesday said it has decided to grant competitors access to Telecom Corp.'s national fixed-line network, nearly two years after it rejected rivals' pleas to unbundle the network.
Minutes after an earthquake struck near the South Pacific nation of Tonga, tsunami warnings began to radiate to countries as far away as Fiji and New Zealand by phone, e-mail and fax.
A small, spiral-shaped snail that clones itself and is native to New Zealand has been discovered in Duluth-Superior Harbor and the St. Louis River estuary, raising concerns about the impact of another invasive species.
Keith Richards has been released from a New Zealand hospital where the Rolling Stones guitarist was admitted with a head injury after he reportedly fell out of a palm tree.
Keith Richards fans gathered outside a hospital Sunday where the Rolling Stones guitarist was believed to be undergoing treatment for a mild concussion reportedly suffered when he fell out of a palm tree on vacation in Fiji.
Tiger Woods conquered New Zealand's highest bungy jump Sunday, diving 440 feet from a cable car a day before racing in a dirt-track car.
Tiger Woods experienced a role reversal Friday when he attended the wedding of his longtime caddie Steve Williams at a resort winery west of New Zealand's largest city of Auckland.