NATO and New Zealand signed a partnership deal Monday and alliance chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen announced a visit to Australia as the defense group boosts ties with non-NATO nations engaged in Afghanistan.

A drunken grandmother who punched a passenger in the face on a Qantas flight to New Zealand was Tuesday ordered to pay the cost of the aircraft having to return to Melbourne.

The grieving families of 29 men killed in a New Zealand mine explosion 18 months ago said Wednesday they were abandoning a campaign to recover their loved ones' bodies.

The captain and second officer of a ship that caused New Zealand's biggest sea pollution disaster when it ploughed into an offshore reef were both jailed for seven months Friday.

There are smoke-free bars, smoke-free parks, even smoke-free college campuses. But a smoke-free country?

New Zealand police filed charges Friday against a 20-year-old Boston University student who drove a minivan in a crash that killed three of his college classmates last week.

A New Zealand woman who allegedly fled the country with her partner after a bank mistakenly deposited millions of dollars into his account pleaded not guilty to money laundering and theft Tuesday.

Three Boston University (BU) students who were studying in New Zealand were killed Saturday when their minivan crashed. At least five other students from the university were injured in the accident, including one who was in critical condition.

New Zealand police said Monday they were investigating allegations that a government minister tried to hide campaign donations from MegaUpload boss Kim Dotcom.

The founder of file-sharing website Megaupload, Kim Dotcom, is being allowed back online.