Rugby fans in Australia are vying to see French forward Sebastien Chabal play in Sydney this weekend.

The top of the table Breakers hosted the third place Townsville Crocs tonight, with both teams looking to cement spots in the ever nearing Aussie NBL playoffs.

Headliner of Splore music festival, soul star Erykah Badu is starring in a new documentary called ReGeneration.

Australian X-factor winner Reece Mastin has been causing bedlam everywhere he goes this week.

Marie Colvin, one of the world's most respected war correspondents has been killed in Syria.

The two children who sang at the end of the Christchurch memorial video talk about their starring role in the anniversary of the earthquake.

Last week Campbell Live introduced you to Cliff Robinson, 75-year-old who cares for his two adult, intellectually disabled children.

Valerie Adams leaves next week for her training base in Switzerland on her way to the London Olympics.

Warriors captain Simon Mannering, who led the team to last yearas grand final is back for another three years.

Civil Aviation has ordered inspections of all NZ hot air balloons after the Carterton crash which killed 11.

An alarming injury toll has forced Highlanders coach Jamie Joseph to delay naming his team to play the Chiefs in Hamilton on Saturday.

With Silver Ferns captain Casey Williams back after ankle surgery, the Waikato-Bay of Plenty Magic are all geared up for the 2012 season starting next month.

Paul Henry seemed to get just what he wanted in his first appearance on Channel Tenas Breakfast show.

By their own admission, the BlackCaps have blown the Twenty20 series against South Africa and handed the Proteas their number two ranking.

Job cuts, embassy closures and hundreds of staff will be forced to reapply for their jobs in a proposed MFAT revamp.

It is the start of another academic year at Otago University, and once again students are drawing criticism for their booze fuelled orientation antics.

A Lower Hutt art museum has decided not to show an exhibition after pressure from local iwi.

The Maori Party's threat to walk out of Government over a proposal to ditch a clause protecting Maori rights in law has been resolved.

The emails stolen Murray McCully include exchanges about the use of taxpayers' money to help Pacific nations resist China.

Delivered from far away Washington at 1.20 in the morning, Australians are calling Kevin Ruddas resignation the stealth attack.

Uncover the dark secret behind the 400-year-old massacre of a Spanish expedition as Nathan Drake follows the murderous trail of an ancient and secret Spanish sect in Uncharted: Golden Abyss.

A 72-year-old might be the world's shortest man.

Australia's foreign minister has resigned in a bitter rift with Prime Minister Julia Gillard.

2K Games and Gearbox Software have that Borderlands 2 will be available on the Xbox 360 PlayStation 3and Windows-based PC on September 21, 2012 in Australia and New Zealand.

Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard and former leader Kevin Rudd look set to go head to head in a fierce leadership challenge.

After knocking Manchester United out of the Champions League, Basel found similar form again, dispatching Bayern Munich 1-0 this morning.

Video of Valetin Stocker's goal for FC Basel that sent Bayern Munich packing from the 2012 Champions League.

Images filmed amid the siege-style attacks and the story they tell of the Battle of Homs.

Check out the third-person squad-based multiplayer action of Spec Ops: The Line.

The wife of former Prime Minister Tony Blair is suing Rupert Murdoch's British newspaper company over phone hacking.

3 News.co.nz brings you VIDEO LIVE UPDATES of the Champions League clash between FC Basel and Bayern Munich.

Christchurch is back in recovery mode following commemorations to mark one year on after the February 22 earthquake.

Paul Henry is on Australian television this morning after his new TV showas on-air date was brought forward four days.

A brace of goals from Manchester City saw them ring out 6-1 winners over Porto on aggregate and move through to the final 16 of the Europa League.

A packed train has slammed into the end of the line in Buenos Aires' busy Once station, killing 49 people and injuring hundreds of morning commuters as passenger cars crumpled behind the engine. It was Argentina's worst train accident in decades.

It's been two years now since national standards were implemented in New Zealand and it's still the hottest topic in the school system.

In tech news this week, it's game on as Sony's latest device hits the New Zealand market, we find out how window shopping is getting a futuristic makeover and we go all high tech at the movies.

US president Barack Obama is often standing in front of a microphone - but overnight he did it to sing the blues with Mick Jagger and BB King.

A French photojournalist and a prominent American war correspondent working for a British newspaper were killed Wednesday.

Australia's foreign minister resigned Wednesday in a bitter rift with Prime Minister Julia Gillard.

The UN has agreed to increase the number of African Union troops in Somalia in a bid to apply more pressure to the Al-Shabaab militia.

It took Sergio Aguero a mere 20 seconds to open the scoring for Manchester City against Porto in the second leg of their Europa League tie.

3 News.co.nz brings you VIDEO LIVE UPDATES, highlights, and goals, from the Europa League clash between Manchester City and Porto.

Chelsea has been humbled 3-1 away to Napoli in the first leg of their Champion's League round of 16 match.

It is first against third in the Aussie NBL as the Breakers take on the Townsville Crocodiles at a sold out North Shore Events Centre tomorrow night.

The Warriors have been boosted by the news Simon Mannering has signed a contract extension that will keep him at the club until 2015.

South Africa have beaten the BlackCaps by 3 runs in a match with a nail biting finish.

An exhibition by Clemens von Wedemeyer examines the concept of 'Lost tribes'

Students in Otago are determined to put on the biggest toga party for their "freshers".

Australia's foreign minister Kevin Rudd has resigned amid an ongoing leadership squabble.

As a city shook and fell, where you were at that moment was the difference between life or death.

John Key talks to John Campbell on the rooftop of the Millennium hotel on the first anniversary of the earthquake.

The paramedics from St John ambulance train for major casualty events, but nothing could have prepared them for the Christchurch earthquake.

Piri Weepu will make his Blues debut from the bench in the opening Super Rugby game on Friday.

Cantabrian Gina Crawford hasn't had a typical build-up to Ironman New Zealand.

Adele added to her haul of industry honours by winning two top prizes, including album of the year for 21 at the Brit Awards in London on Tuesday.

A year on from the deadly Christchurch quake, sport in the region is still encountering challenges.

Auction site TradeMe is a beacon of financial hope in a gloomy market.

Kim Dotcom is spending his first night with his wife and children after a month behind bars, following a District Court decision to grant him bail today.

Parts of Christchurch are starting to spring back from the devastation in a creative way.