Oceania News

Winter has dragged on in much of the country, but here's a sign spring is close at hand: Daylight saving time arrives this weekend.

A MISSION to send humans to live permanently in Mars is set to leave in 2025, but what does it take for people to want to leave for Mars forever? THOUGHT you'd seen all there was to space? Think again.

Conservative Party leader Colin Craig says he is trying to "raise the standard of debate'' in New Zealand with his defamation claim against Greens co-leader Russel Norman.

This award includes a $5,000 prize. Chris Hilton is one of Australia's most prolific and award winning factual producer/directors who has made films across a broad spectrum of subjects for the world's major broadcasters.

The expanded sex education, to be monitored by the Education Review Office, will mean students will be much better placed to make respectful and informed choices.

The original negatives of 1971's Wake In Fright were found just a week before they were due to be burned Three very different films thought to have been lost to audiences forever are being re-released.

A government committee has recommended that lethal injections be the method of executing prisoners sentenced to death in Papua New Guinea for their crimes.

Stranded by floods and lost, a German backpacker survived for around two weeks in Australia's inhospitable Outback on a diet of insects, police said Friday.

A look into how some of New Zealand's biggest volcanoes erupted hundreds of years ago could help predict lava flows for future eruptions.

A decision to allow a Timaru job seeker the right to see the CVs of people who beat him to a job could have wide reaching implications for employers and job seekers, says a leading law firm.

Ed Reynolds is on a quest to travel to all 193 countries in the United Nations. He's already been to 187, and he hopes to have visited the rest by the summer.

Ms Collins is naive if she believes the actions and comments of a Cabinet minister will not be used by the company to promote its products.

MasterChef New Zealand judge Josh Emett remembers that as a young boy, his sun protection amounted to pulling on a pair of shorts and running around half-naked during the summer months.

The agreement between MTN and NewSat considerably enhances the satellite coverage and throughput for MTN customers in and Oceania.

South Australia is in flux. Labor will lose power; the mining boom is ending; Holden is leaving.

Mr Palmer said there was a break-in late Wednesday at Coroneo and Co, the advertising firm he uses in Brisbane.

A bill to repeal foreign ownership restrictions on Australian carrier Qantas passed the lower house of parliament on Thursday, but it faces defeat in the Senate with the Labor opposition fearing jobs will go offshore.

A spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade confirmed they were aware of the death of a New Zealander in Korea, and consular staff from MFAT and the New Zealand Embassy in Seoul were providing support and assistance to the family.

Two men will stand trial over the murder of a South Australian man who disappeared from Nelson, in south-west Victoria, last year.

Australian military commanders at Multi National Base - Tarin Kot lay wreaths at the memorial during the ceremony for the fallen : Lieutenant Colonel Mick Bye, Commanding Officer 2nd Cavalry Regiment Task Force; Colonel Wade Stothart, Commander Combined Team - Uruzgan; Lieutenant Colonel 'M', CO Special Operations Task Group; and Wing Commander ... (more)