CHRISTCHURCH Mayor Bob Parker has told the thousands gathered for a Civic Memorial Service that this day is above all others the "heaviest and hardest".
SPECIAL courtrooms and purpose-built “pirate prisons” are among measures to be outlined this week as world leaders gather to plan a crackdown on Somali pirates.
NEARLY two million Americans are still eligible to vote in local and federal elections even though they are dead, a new study of the current rolls has found.
THE Pike River Mine relied on a gas sensor that was in a “sad state of repair”, before the explosion that killed 29 miners including Tinana dad Willie Joynson.
A MAN who drank 24 beers then ran onto the field and tackled a Samoan player during the Wellington Sevens says he feels "pretty stink" about the incident.