When the New Orleans saints won American sport's biggest prize, the Super Bowl, they took a nation with them.

All Black legend Fred Allen was in Auckland today to celebrate his 90th birthday with friends, family and knights.

Hollie Smith tonight launched the first single off her upcoming album Humour and the Misfortune of Others.

Economist Bernard Hickey says property investors' complaints about today's tax changes 'don't wash'.

Watch the music video to Hollie Smith's new single, 'Mama'.

It has been nearly three months since Tariana Turia underwent a gastric bypass.

An Australian company has launched a new cream they say will reduce joint pain, but the ‘revolutionary’ cream has been criticised by Medsafe.

Former All Black Robin Brooke has apologised for his inappropriate behaviour towards a 15-year-old girl in Fiji.

In the closest season in NBL history, a six game winning streak may not be enough for the Breakers.

The Warriors are keen to foster home grown talent to replace Stacey Jones, and rookie halfback Shaun Johnson might be it.

When the New Orleans Saints won American sport’s biggest prize, the Superbowl, they took a nation with them.

Today's big story was Prime Minister John Key's tease of what's coming up in the budget.

Like the rest of us Andy McKay is reserving judgment on his initial foray into international cricket.

All White soccer coach Ricki Herbert today named his strongest possible side for the World Cup warm-up match against Mexico in Los Angeles next month.

The start of the Super 14 season can't come soon enough for two well-known members of the Crusaders squad.

Jetstar has launched a new pay-as-you-go airport lounge in Auckland.

The student behind the "I Hate Burnside's New Principal" Facebook page says he is horrified at what he started.

Eden Park planners are looking to Auckland ratepayers to guarantee a loan after a budget oversight was revealed today.

Former Republican US vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin has given one of the strongest indications yet that she will run for president at the next election.

If you are planning to do up the house or buy a new washing machine, do it now - because John Key has signalled to Parliament that GST is going up.

It has been revealed ACC has been using trickery to slow down drivers with a need for speed.

The Prime Minister plans to close the property tax loophole in which he estimates half of residential property investors are being subsidised by the taxpayer.

For all their intricate play, the third-place Gunners lacked a cutting edge.

Key's speech says the GST increase is only "under consideration" - but in Duncan Garner's experience, governments don't fly flags like this without implementing them.

Labour leader Phil Goff says Mr Key's tax reform benefits nly those in the top tax bracket.

This video is a behind-the-scenes look at the making of the album, Soldier of Love.

Martial-arts film 14 Blades featuring Donnie Yen has premiered in Hong Kong.

A 28-year-old man has been pulled from the rubble of a collapsed supermarket building in Haiti’s capital.

Whale Oil blogger Cameron Slater has pleaded not guilty to charges of breaching name suppression.

John Key accepts some of the things to be announced in the Government's policy for the year ahead could erode his political popularity.

The rat was stabbed with a knife and the court heard that it took an hour-and-a-half to die.

The giant multihulls USA and Alinghi 5 floated idly near the start line, well off the Valencia coast, for nearly four hours.

A promotion for the Late Show with David Letterman might be the most talked about Super Bowl ad this year - because its punch line was spoken by rival Jay Leno.

Wellington's last remaining prop from Peter Jackson's remake of King Kong will sink deep into Cook Strait today.

Emma checks out the Tefal Toast N' Egg, Dyson Air Multiplier, and the Sushezi.

A senior London police officer has been ordered jailed for four years for assaulting and falsely arresting a man over a minor financial dispute.

David Cameron has launched a highly personal attack on Gordon Brown calling him “secretive, power hoarding and controlling”.

Michael Jackson's doctor has been charged with involuntary manslaughter in the pop singer's death.

A bomb killed two British soldiers in southern Afghanistan, the military said Monday, raising Britain's death toll to that of the Falklands war.

On April the 23, 2005 history was made with a simple home video - the first clip ever loaded on YouTube.

The New Orleans Saints stymied Peyton Manning, then intercepted him to seal the Super Bowl, rallying to beat the Indianapolis Colts 31-17 Monday (NZT).

Western powers blame Iran for rejecting an internationally endorsed plan to take Iranian low enriched uranium, further enriching it and return it in the form of fuel rods for the reactor.

Survivors of Haiti's catastrophic earthquake have had one saving grace: There's been no significant rain since the disaster. But that won't last.

Staying calm in the midst of a child's temper tantrum is certainly a challenge for any parent and it can be one that many will fail.

A massive avalanche has ploughed into an Indian army training centre at a ski resort town in Indian-controlled Kashmir, killing 17 soldiers and critically injuring 17 others.

Travelling the world and capturing life on film seems like a dream for most film makers.

For many women, the news that one in five cervical smear tests will be falsely read as negative, was scary, and another reason to put off what can be an unpleasant test.

Welsh born singer Marina and the Diamonds is obsessed with the mess that is America in her latest pop track Hollywood.

In a few hours we'll know what the government has in store for us this year.

Blizzards and freezing temperatures have killed nearly two million livestock in Mongolia since winter began in December.

One famous couple cheering along the Saints yesterday was Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie.

Prime Minister John Key believes he will get both political and public support for the Government's tax reform package.

New Zealand sealed the one-day cricket series against Bangladesh with a game in hand after winning the second match by five wickets here today.

A judge is facing strong criticism after granting permanent name suppression to a prominent Manawatu man in possession of child pornography.

Close to 100 million viewers watch the Super Bowl, and the commercials shown in the breaks give a fascinating insight into US culture.

'Everybody Hurts', a charity record to benefit victims of last month's Haiti earthquake, has been released in the UK.

With a little help from a violinist and his 240-year-old violin, Campbell Live conducted a social experiment.

The Taxi Federation has revealed that each of their taxis will be fitted with secuirty cameras from August onward.

Car repair bills are often a contentious issue, with drivers sometimes paying double or triple what they were expecting.

A "prominent" Manawatu man who downloaded 300,000 pornographic images, many of them of children, got name suppression. But why?