The New Zealand government said Tuesday it was committed to supporting neighboring Samoa as the Pacific island nation prepares to host the United Nations Small Island Developing States (SIDS) conference later this year.
New York's Department of Financial Services on Tuesday uncovered more details about tightening control over virtual currencies like bitcoin, as money laundering and terrorist financing accusations as well as computer hacking haunt the young market.
Valentine's Day, the international day for lovers, is causing a thorn in the side of New Zealand rose growers.
New Zealand needs to significantly increase its annual intake of immigrants in order to lift overall economic growth, an independent economic think-tank said Monday.
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo on Wednesday declared a state of emergency for all of New York State, effective immediately as a winter storm continues to bring heavy snow, ice, and freezing rain to communities in both the upstate and downstate regions.
Five military ships and about 600 military personnel from 13 nations will join New Zealand forces this month in an exercise to test New Zealand's readiness to help its Pacific neighbors after a natural disaster, the New Zealand Defence Force announced Wednesday.
Oscar-winning U.S. actor Philip Seymour Hoffman was found dead Sunday at his New York City apartment in Manhattan, a New York Police Department source said.
The Empire State Building in New York will be lit up in the colors of red and yellow Thursday evening to ring in the Lunar New Year, a traditional holiday to celebrate the beginning of a year in Chinese culture.
New Zealand tourism officials are expecting a further surge in Chinese visitors after China Southern Airlines announced
Thousands of households and businesses across New Zealand's largest city of Auckland were left without power Tuesday as the tail of Cyclone June swept across the upper North Island.
A severe 6.3-magnitude earthquake rocked central New Zealand Monday.
The New Zealand government announced Friday it was stepping up relief assistance to Pacific island neighbor Tonga in the wake of Tropical Cyclone Ian, which struck last week.
A Dutch national and an Australian have been charged with smuggling cocaine valued at 600, 000 NZ dollars (500,167 U.S. dollars) hidden in a travel pillow, New Zealand Customs officials announced Wednesday.
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, a potential Republican candidate in 2016 presidential campaign, said Tuesday he accepted the full responsibility for the scandal surrounding the lane closures on a highly busy bridge in the fall last year.
New Zealand's food safety regime was in the spotlight again Tuesday after dairy giant Fonterra launched yet another product recall.
A hard-hitting New Zealand road safety advertisement has gone viral with millions of Internet hits from around the world and requests from other governments to use the ad, the New Zealand government said Thursday.
The U.S. envoy in India has expressed regret about the "circumstances" of the arrest of an Indian woman diplomat in New York last month on charges of visa fraud and underpaying her maid.