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Reptile Tuatara spits on mammal chewing theory

The tuatara’s complex chewing technique raises doubts about the supposed link between chewing and hi...

New Zealand troops to leave Afghanistan early

New Zealand will withdraw its troops from Afghanistan in 2013, a year earlier than previously schedu...

New Zealand troops to leave Afghanistan early

New Zealand troops will be withdrawn from Afghanistan next year -- a year earlier than previous sche...

Facebook ponders charging for popular posts

Facebook is considering to charge users for highlighting their important posts, as it is testing a n...

New Zealand pilot in Indonesia helicopter crash

The PK Airfast ODA helicopter crashed in Mimika district, where Freeport operates its giant Grasbe...

Fishing boat sinks in New Zealand, 8 feared dead

Eight people are feared dead after a fishing boat sank on Thursday off New Zealand`s coast.

India to sign partnership framework agreement

India will sign a partnership framework agreement tomorrow with the UNDP during the visit of its Adm...

Quake-hit Christchurch cathedral to be demolished

The spire of the 131-year-old cathedral, a symbol of the South Island city, collapsed in the Februa...

New Zealand: 2 officers in ship crash plead guilty

The captain pleaded guilty to all six charges filed against him, while the navigating officer pleade...

World`s tallest ever penguin fossils discovered

Paleontologist have unearthed fossils of what they say the tallest ever penguin species that lived i...

NZ school teaches Sanskrit to improve English

A school in New Zealand has a `Sanskrit Language Studies` programme and claims that learning Sanskri...

New Zealand: 33 whales shot after rescues failed

The pilot whales shot were the last of 99 that stranded themselves on Monday on Farewell Spit on the...

Megaupload founder refused bail in New Zealand

A New Zealand judge ordered the founder of online file-sharing site Megaupload.com to be held in cus...

Megaupload shutdown unlikely to deter piracy

The crackdown on file-sharing site Megaupload is expected to do little to reduce overall piracy of m...

In pomp, New Zealand recovers severed Maori heads

The story of the heads dates back to the early exploration of New Zealand by Europeans in the 18th ...

New Zealand authorities shut down `Occupy` camps

Auckland Council officers and police confiscated cars, tents and camping gear from over 50 protester...

NZ: Bail decision for Megaupload founder reserved

Kim Dotcom was ordered to be held in custody until the judge issues a written decision, no later tha...

Plane crashes in New Zealand, killing 2 aboard

The two-seater Yak aircraft fell into a playing field in the town of Feilding on New Zealand`s North...

Strong earthquake strikes off New Zealand

A devastating quake ravaged the New Zealand city of Christchurch last year, killing 182 people.

Half of wrecked cargo ship sinking in New Zealand

Maritime New Zealand spokesman James Sygrove said the bow section of the boat remained firmly wedged...

Grounded cargo ship breaks apart on NZ reef

The wreck of the Greek-owned Rena was described as New Zealand`s worst maritime environmental disast...

Whales strand in New Zealand; 7 dead, 18 refloated

Seven long-finned pilot whales died after being beached in New Zealand, but rescuers were confident ...

Hot air balloon bursts into flames in NZ; 11 dead

The balloon crashed near the township of Carterton, in a region well known for its hot air balloonin...

World rings in 2012 with spectacular fireworks

People across the world are waiting to say a final bye to 2011 and welcome 2012.

Quakes overshadow Christmas in New Zealand

The latest flurry of earthquakes began at 1:58pm (0628 IST) yesterday, sending Christmas shoppers f...

Powerful quake rocks New Zealand`s Christchurch

Wellington: The earthquake-devastated New Zealand city of Christchurch was rocked by a powerful ...

`Runaway millionaire` extradited to New Zealand

A NZ man who allegedly fled to China after a bank mistakenly deposited millions of dollars into his...

New Zealand set for asset sales after poll win

The National Party, led by former foreign exchange dealer John Key, scored 48 percent of the vote.

New Zealand PM John Key wins second term

New Zealand Prime Minister John Key won a second term on Saturday, with voters in no mood for chang...

New Zealand chopper crashes putting up Xmas tree

The aircraft slammed into the ground, with the cockpit surviving in one piece and the pilot, walking...

Not many will view Friday`s partial solar eclipse

The moon will appear to take a nibble out of the sun on Friday, a spectacle that will be visible fro...

Male weta `wins with big head`

In six of the seven species in New Zealand, the males sport a distinctly large head and the bigger t...

Year later, New Zealand mine still holds 29 bodies

Authorities say there is too much deadly gas in the Pike River mine for crews to enter and recover t...

Mass whale stranding on New Zealand beach

Thirty-one pilot whales have died and 34 more are stranded on New Zealand`s South Island, Xinhua rep...

Controversial Kiwi TV show host now employed in Oz

The host was forced to quit after he made on-air derogatory comments against Sheila Dikshit sparkin...

Crews face rotting cargo on stuck New Zealand ship

The Rena ran aground on October 05 near Tauranga Harbor in the North Island.

NZ`s quake-hit cathedral to be partly torn down

The partial demolition and strengthening will cost 4 million New Zealand dollars.

Crews return to pump oil from New Zealand ship

Maritime New Zealand says the "highly complex" operation to remove oil will take some time.

Oil pumping resumes on stricken New Zealand ship

More bad weather predicted for later Monday could hamper or even end the salvage attempts.

Crews struggle to drain oil-leaking ship off NZ

Workers are in a race against nature to try to drain the fuel before waves break up the vessel.

Oil from stuck ship turns up on New Zealand beach

Forecasts of heavy ocean swells Monday thwarted marine crews trying to pull oil from a leaking ship ...

Oil from stuck ship washes onto New Zealand beach

The Liberia-flagged Rena struck the Astrolabe Reef early Wednesday and has been foundering there sin...

NZ city hit by another quake; no reports of damage

The earthquake-rattled city of Christchurch has been shaken by another powerful temblor.

Tiny nation Tuvalu declares fresh water emergency

A New Zealand minister said his country was working with Red Cross to deliver aid workers and suppli...

Fake pilot prank prompts scare at NZ airport

A man dressed in replica pilot`s uniform, tried to gain access to a secure part of the airport befor...

`Get on the spouses` bus`: NZ driver refuses Gillard entry

The mistake was cleared up when an aide told the bus driver he was talking to the Australian Prime ...

New Zealand citizen arrested in Pakistan

A police official said that Powell George was travelling in his car when it hit a motorcycle.

Indonesian fishermen were `raped` on Korean boats

A study exposed levels of inhumane treatment suffered by 2,000 mainly Indonesian men on 27 vessels.

New Zealander sucked into plane engine and killed

The man was performing maintenance on a Lockheed C-130 Hercules airplane engine when he was sucked.

NZ Muslim women urged to ‘take off face veils’

The burqas-on-buses debate erupted when two veiled Muslim women wern`t allowed to enter buses.

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