It will be mostly fine today ahead of strong winds and rain about the lower South Island overnight.Settled and relaxed weather was set to continue through the week, MetService meteorologist Angus Hines said.The upper North Island... Read...

Now the Rugby Championship is over, England and Ireland will have nearly all the intelligence on the All Blacks they can get.And they might like what they see.The All Blacks` kicking game - poor against South Africa in the defeat... Read...

A 5.2 magnitude earthquake and ongoing aftershocks felt across the lower South Island over the weekend are `not unusual`, a seismologist says. Read...

An 80-year-old South Korean great-grandmother is being deported because Immigration New Zealand says she is too sick to be visiting her daughter in Lower Hutt.Her upset daughter has called the agency`s treatment of her mother `cruel`... Read...

Snow showers and strong winds have kept the lower South Island in the grip of winter overnight. Read...

A spell of bitterly cold weather with a chance of snow to near sea level is on the way for the lower South Island, while wind speeds could increase to near severe gale strength in some eastern and southern areas. Read...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Samsung Electronics Co. said Tuesday its second-quarter earnings rose 2 percent over a year earlier, missing expectations due to sales of smartphones and display panels that offset robust memory chip sales.The... Read...

A wet weekend is on the cards for some with a front making its way up the South Island tonight and smothering the North Island by Sunday. In the North Island the rain will only hit the lower areas late Saturday, while the northernmost... Read...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Asian stock markets were drifting lower Thursday as investors awaited further moves in global trade disputes.KEEPING SCORE: Japan`s Nikkei 225 dipped 0.1 percent to 22,764.68 while South Korea`s Kospi shed... Read...

A front moving up the country tonight and tomorrow is bringing rain and thunderstorms to the south.A front is expected to move rapidly north across the lower and central South Island today, preceded by unstable westerlies. It... Read...