Burma law formally bars Aung San Suu Kyi from election

China’s exports jumped by 46% in February compared with a year ago, raising hopes of a strong recovery in global trade. The increase was higher than analysts’ expectations of a rise of between 35% and 40%. It is likely to increase pressure on the Chinese government to 

Shell and Mobil have increased their petrol and diesel prices by 3 cents per litre this afternoon, bringing the price of fuel to its highest level in 18 months.

Both companies reviewed their prices after BP and Caltex hiked the cost of petrol by 5 cents a litre

A 5.7 per cent surge in New Zealand’s terms of trade in the December quarter, as import prices fell much further than export prices, is seen as more evidence that the recovery is rebalancing towards production.

The art gallery which planned to auction 60 works by iconic Dunedin artist Ralph Hotere is "delighted" some of the works will go on sale after a dispute between the artist and vendor was settled last month.

The planned auction at Auckland’s Art + Object gallery

TAIJI, Japan - The gala crowd in Los Angeles cheered as The Cove won the best documentary Oscar with its grisly portrayal of dolphin hunting. Half a world away, residents of the small Japanese village shown in the film abhorred the attention and said it won’t end their centuries-old

A Beijing court has thrown out a case filed against Avatar director James Cameron by a Chinese man who claimed the idea for the sci-fi epic had come from a novel he published online.

Zhou Shaomou argued Avatar - the story of a paraplegic former US Marine who is sent to live with a

Opener Peter Ingram has been dropped from the Black Caps squad for the final two one-day internationals against Australia.

Ingram has been released from the side and will play for Central Districts in their Plunket Shield match against Wellington,

While Australia sail on with a decent breeze at their backs, New Zealand are in port making running repairs ahead of today’s fourth ODI at Eden Park.

With the visitors 2-1 up in the Chappell Hadlee series, after their six-wicket cruise in Hamilton on Tuesday night,

Brendon McCullum gave New Zealand a strong start before a string of wickets left the home team in a vulnerable position at the 25-over mark. McCullum and Martin Guptill launched a stinging attack on Australia early and the score raced to 63 for 0 in the eighth over before the