TechnologyHadron Collider to be closed amid fears of very big bangCERN plans a 12-month shutdown to repair a design flaw that could break apart world's most expensive scientific experiment - the Large Hadron Collider11 Mar 12:58 AM
New ZealandNZ group to jetski from London to AucklandA group of six New Zealanders will this year attempt to jet-ski from London to Auckland, via Sydney.11 Mar 12:00 AM
LifestyleFashion: Alexander the Great's show must go onThe collection that Alexander McQueen started but never lived to complete was shown in Paris on Tuesday.10 Mar 09:48 PM
Business'British Classics' made with NZ meatBritish food companies are selling products which contain meat from thousands of miles away but labelling them "British" or "traditional".09 Mar 10:34 PM
New ZealandTeacher crushed in wheelie bin tried to share taxiThe NZ teacher crushed after crawling into an east Sussex wheelie bin following a night out earlier tried to share a taxi with two women he met at a pub, an inquest into his death hears.09 Mar 04:20 AM
LifestyleMcCartney's minimalism reflects new austerityWith their cashmere sweaters and polished sling-backs, models at the Paris collections brought the upscale, impeccably groomed New York uptown girl of the mid-Nineties to mind.09 Mar 12:40 AM
TravelAsk Lonely Planet: Easter in the AndesWe're travelling to a family wedding in San Francisco next April with our two children (aged 1 and 3).08 Mar 03:00 PM
WorldMadrid says bullfight 'high art' as debate ragesMatadors, philosophers and politicians in Spain are embroiled in a furious debate over the bloody but emblematic sport of bullfighting.07 Mar 03:00 PM
New ZealandPortuguese ignored NZ Madeline McCann 'sighting' - policeNZ police defend their response after reports of a possible sighting of missing British girl Madeline McCann in a Dunedin shop.03 Mar 05:57 AM
WorldSecret files reveal 'NZ link' in Madeleine McCann caseIs this Madeleine McCann? A Dunedin security guard thought so, but Portuguese police declined to investigate.03 Mar 12:03 AM
EntertainmentA lover's guide to older womenThe <I>Independent</I>'s John Walsh speaks with the author of <i>In Praise of Older Women</i> as his erotic coming-of-age novel joins the ranks of Penguin Classics.02 Mar 09:51 PM
WorldMan eats winning €10,000 scratch cardMan so enraged crew couldn't pay him on the spot that he ate his winning ticket.01 Mar 10:56 PM