Oceania News

New Zealand will hold its general election on September 20, Prime Minister John Key said on Monday, in a vote that is likely to focus on his center-right National Party's economic record.

New Zealand Prime Minister John Key on Monday called a general election for September 20 this year, when his centre-right government will seek a third term in office.

One of the passengers aboard the missing plane is a father to two young children, Engineer Paul Weeks.

Dozens gathered to remember a beloved local fisherman who was killed in a freak accident during a tuna fishing trip off the coast of American Samoa.

Watch what happens when this deadly eastern brown snake gets cornered in a Brisbane home.

Geoff Blackwell is chief executive of Auckland publishers PQ Blackwell and MILK Books, which have a total of 16 staff.

The Greens will push for legislation to lock MPs' and ministers' pay rises or even cuts to the same dollar amounts ordinary New Zealanders receive.

Striker Besart Berisha scored in the 22nd and 52nd minutes for Brisbane before Jeronimo Neumann scored late in injury time for Adelaide.

Every year, the Hollywood machine churns out more than 70 drama and comedy pilots, the crop from which television network executives hope to skim the cream.

Holy Communion on Sunday morning was taken by the Rev David Greenwood. There were readings from Alan Tighe and Enid Marsh played the organ.

Dr Darren Hunt, director of public health, has asked schools to update registers to readily identify any unimmunised children in contact with measles.

NOBODY has ever crossed the route without aid. But intrepid trekkers Richard Johnson, 26, from Abingdon, and friend Patrick Hutton, 26, from London, are walking from Vamino to Daru Island in Papua New Guinea.

Clocks will be set ahead by one hour tonight in much of America, as 2 a.m. will become 3 a.m. early Sunday, March 9. Among the states, only Hawaii and much of Arizona will keep their clocks set to Standard Time.

A father of two young sons is one of two New Zealanders feared dead in a mysterious Malaysia Airlines flight disappearance yesterday.

TICKET scalpers who hock-off tickets to the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games face being slapped with thousands of dollars in fines.

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.