A New Zealand High Court ruling that the armed police raid on piracy accused Kim Dotcom’s Auckland mansion was illegal is a major blow to US authorities trying to extradite him, his United States lawyer says.

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IT took years to build up a colony of blue penguins on New Zealand’s West Coast but it took dogs just a matter of days to kill the lot.

Work in the Central London office of an international publishing company, selling advertising across a broad range of respected B2B titles.

CAR maker Holden has recalled more than 9500 locally built Cruze cars to check on a problem that could lead to an engine fire.

Fairfax Media New Zealand has hired a quarter of the 40 sub-editors it wants to produce two regional Australian newspapers in Wellington.

Robbie Deans knows All Blacks rugby as well as anyone and the Wallabies coach is certain Wales have provided the best possible preparation for winning back the Bledisloe Cup.

The New Zealand Dollar has seen a marginal decrease over the last week after Moody’s Investors Service downgraded 15 global banks and euro-zone problems continued to weigh on sentiment.

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In the 24 years after murdering his girlfriend, Grant David Mitchell was a fugitive, living a transient lifestyle, using three different aliases and working for cash.

It has been proposed that a combined All Blacks-Wallabies team take on the British and Irish Lions at Twickenham in London to commemorate the ANZAC centenary.

Sixty years of diplomatic relations between New Zealand and Japan will be marked on Sunday when Foreign Minister Murray McCully visits Tokyo.

Former Formula One world champion Jacques Villeneuve is to race in next month’s V8 Supercars championship event, the Townsville 400.

Little Bridge, bred by Des Hawkins’ Llanhennock Trust at Wentwood Grange in Waikato, became the first New Zealand-bred horse to win at the Royal Ascot meeting when he outgunned a class field to win the Group One King’s Stand Stakes.

New Zealand’s anti-slavery laws have been found wanting by the US State Department’s annual Trafficking in Persons report released by US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

They have been around for decades, wearing a mullet, black jeans and listening to heavy metal, and now the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) officially recognises the Australasian bogan.

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An ensemble of contemporary and traditional performers from New Zealand and Ireland will integrate Maori and Irish music, dance and poetry for BT River of Music in London.

The London Residents teams will be made up of the best players living in London regardless of nationality, with plenty of Kiwis to feature, offering strong opposition for the World Cup squads.