New Zealand has seen its share of mine disasters, with 181 people killed since 1896. Today, 36 people are missing after an explosion at the Pike River coal mine. The mine, about 46km northeast of Greymouth is on the opposite side of the Paparoa Ranges...

The United Nations decided to delay publication of its report on atrocities in Congo until Oct. 1, letting Rwanda address genocide allegations while urging Kigali to keep its peacekeeping troops in Africa. The comprehensive report had been expected to...

A 35-year-old HIV-positive man in New Zealand injected his blood into his wife while she was sleeping, thereby infecting her with the virus, court documents have revealed. According to a report in New Zealand’s Sunday Star-Times, the man did it...

A species of snail fish–the deepest living fish in the world–have been captured on camera n the southern hemisphere for the first time. These strange, pink-bodied fish were photographed at a stunning depth of 24,800 feet in the Kermadec...

Welcome to Generation Z, the forgotten generation. Generation Z encompasses children aged 17 and younger, one in five of whom will have some form of mental illness. One in four will be bullied, most likely over the internet. Also known as the New...

Federal Housing Minister Tanya Plibersek says homelessness in Australia needs to be tackled by politicians on both sides of Parliament. New figures released today show about 100,000 people are homeless on any given night and a third of those are young...

Australia’s drinking, smoking and drug-taking caused a lot of sickness, disease, premature death, reduced productivity, crime and accidents in the year to July 2005. The report shows costs were up to $56 billion, from about $34 billion when the...