Wild weather during New Zealand ’s peak summer holiday period has disrupted travel for thousands of passengers on ferries that cross the sea between the country’s main islands. The havoc wrought by huge swells and gales in the deep and turbulent Cook Strait between the North and South Islands is a recurring feature

New Zealand’s working-age population grew at a slower pace last year amid an exodus of young Kiwis seeking better opportunities abroad.

Wild weather during New Zealand’s peak summer holiday period has disrupted travel for thousands of passengers on ferries that cross the sea between the country’s main islands.

Will Young has made an unbeaten 90 and shared a 93-run opening partnership with Rachin Ravindra which propelled New Zealand to a nine wicket win over Sri Lanka in the first one-day international and a 1-0 lead in the three-match series.

Sri Lanka spinner Maheesh Theekshana bowled a hat-trick in vain on Wednesday as New Zealand clinched the three-match series with a game to spare with a 113-run victory in a rain-shortened second one-day international in Hamilton.

New Zealand has continued its rise in a ranking of the world's most powerful passports. The Henley Passport Index, organised by a consulting firm that describes itself as "the global leader in residence and citizenship by investment," releases the list based on global travel freedoms using data from the International Air Transport Association.

THE Australian dollar and New Zealand dollars wallowed near two-year lows on Thursday as their US counterpart caught an updraught from lofty Treasury yields, while domestic data disappointed high expectations.

New Zealand ripped through Sri Lanka’s top-order to win yesterday’s rain-reduced second ODI in Hamilton by 113 runs and clinch the series. ..

Today’s opening ODI between the Black Caps and Sri Lanka will offer a chance for those on the fringes to play their way into the Champions Trophy squad. But given the nature of contemporary cricket, what happens at the Basin Reserve will be equally influential as matches played in Australia,

A driver ran down two New Zealand police officers down as they patrolled on foot in the early hours of New Year’s Day, killing one and seriously injuring the other, the country’s police chief said. The attack jolted a country where the killing of police officers on duty is rare.

Hakaraia Wilson, a mixed martial arts fighter from New Zealand, has died at age 26, according to numerous news outlets. No cause of death has been listed or reported for Wilson. Te Ao News reports that police say that the death which occurred in Gisborne, New Zealand was not suspicious and the death inquiry was referred to the coroner