New Zealand will host July's Davis Cup tennis tie with the Philippines at Hawera in the Taranaki.

Methane gas has long been identified as a potential problem for the Pike River Coal mine, as rescuers scramble to find up to 27 missing miners.

Tim Finn gets his first starring role in a movie with Predicament - and he writes the theme tune too, which, by the sounds, was no easy task considering he had to get that word into a song.

New local feature Predicament has quite a music and comedy pedigree in its cast. But its literary history, and its connections to past Kiwi films, could prove just as much of a drawcard. Scott Kara reports.