Oceania News

A guard wearing a traditional white sulu standing at attention at the gates of the Presidential Palace in Suva, Fiji.

The Nothing Trivial cast understand why the fans are upset. A former top TV boss is behind a social media campaign urging Television New Zealand to bring back local drama series Nothing Trivial .

John Key - he charms us with his fetching smile and soothing words to ebb our resistance away.

It was only a matter of time before the music world's surprise star for 2013, Kiwi teenager Lorde, was recast as Australian - but everyone assumed it'd be Australia that first claimed her.

Cutbacks to tuna fishing agreed at a crucial Pacific regional fisheries conference to prevent over-fishing have fallen short of expectations, the head of the fisheries management body said Saturday.

After cold rain and winds lashed the Southwest and other parts of the country Friday, millions of residents hunkered down for icy conditions expected to last through the weekend as the cold snap was forecast to... After cold rain and winds lashed the Southwest and other parts of the country Friday, millions of residents hunkered down for icy ... (more)

An Australian surfer says he felt something hit his hand - but was totally unaware of the gravity of the moment.

It's been a big year for big-name brands. Porsche's 911 is 50, McLaren is 50, Lamborghini is, too.

How the Trans Pacific Partnership will treat access to affordable medicines is the most controversial issue confronting trade ministers from the 12 countries when they meet in Singapore tomorrow.

A private member's bill put forward by Labour MP Phil Goff would require foreign buyers of farmland to demonstrate that their investment would create more jobs or otherwise benefit the economy more than a New Zealand buyer.

Under the agreement, Total will take a share of that size in InterOil's petroleum retention license 15 -- which includes the Elk and Antelope fields -- for $1.5 to $3.6 billion, depending on the size of the gas reserves, InterOil said in a statement.

A state lawmaker and his partner plan to fly 3,500 kilometres across Australia to become one of the nation's first same-sex couples to legally marry at an after-midnight ceremony in the Australian capital.

New Zealand's artist for the 2013 Venice Biennale, Bill Culbert, in the doorway of the New Zealand pavilion in Venice.

With its white sand beaches, tropical climate and relaxed pace, Fiji has rightfully earned a reputation as a South Pacific paradise.

About 100 protesters in East Timor have thrown rocks at the Australian embassy, with police responding with tear gas as a spying row intensifies.

Baby boomers who have amassed enough cash over the 51-year career of the Rolling Stones will have to fork out up to a staggering $580 for the best seat in the house when the British rockers visit Australia next year.

Australian researchers said Thursday they had established the existence of vast freshwater reserves trapped beneath the ocean floor which could sustain future generations as current sources dwindle.

Australian carrier Qantas announced the axing of 1,000 jobs and warned of "immense" challenges ahead in a shock profit downgrade Thursday, flagging a half-year loss of up to Aus$300 million .

Australia's competition regulator will begin public hearings into one of the three bids for Australia's oldest dairy firm early next year, target Warrnambool Cheese and Butter Factory Co said on Thursday.

Government efforts to entice major global oil and gas producers to New Zealand has borne fruit, with Norway's state-owned Statoil and Australian heavyweight Woodside Petroleum winning exploration licences in the latest permit awards, announced at Parliament.