Auckland motorists are being asked to avoid Ponsonby Road, while emergency services mop up an oil spill.

As a grunty snowstorm looms on Christchurch, those who live there are rushing to get supplies.

A mail box in suburban Wellington has been deemed too dangerous to deliver mail to.

Not guilty pleas have been entered on behalf of the two men accused of murdering Shalvin Prasad.

Britain has laid off more than 4400 soldiers in a third wave of military job cuts intended to help tackle a budget deficit, the Ministry of Defence says.

Spaniard David Ferrer failed to get back on the winning track after losing in the French Open final as he lost his 's-Hertogenbosch ATP title on Tuesday, going down 7-6 6-3 to veteran Belgian Xavier Malisse in the first round.

The ANZ believes it has a strong defence against a class action being taken against it over penalty fees deemed to be unfair.

The extremes people are going to in an effort to avoid paying TV licences in the UK.

Australia is being painted as a land of boring daters.

Google says it has asked a special US court handling national security investigations for permission to publish the number of government requests for data to the internet giant.

A Dunedin man has died in Thailand.