The UBS rogue trader debacle shows how little banks have learned since the world financial crisis.

Michael Winner, 75, says he enjoyed his decades of philandering but has decided to calm down.

German supermodel Heidi Klum's legs have been insured for US$2 million (NZ$2.4m).

A major new woodland will be planted to mark Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee next year.

Neighbours of suspected UBS rogue trader Kweku Adoboli had noticed that lately he was working much longer hours than usual ...

How could Kweku Adoboli have lost his bank $2 billion after all the previous trading scandals?

If you're a morning person, chances are you're happier, healthier and slimmer than people who like a lie in.

Tuition fees at New Zealand universities are among the highest in the world, according to a new report. New Zealand had the seventh-most expensive tuition fees for universities, with entrants paying more than $3600 a year.

This is not a Rugby World Cup mug.

An appeal for $95,913 to restore Roald Dahl's garden shed has proved a plot twist too fantastical for the writer's fans.

If there is any city in the world in which one should play absolute tourist, London is it.

Britain's centuries-old churches are must-sees for many tourists, but entering these hallowed places comes at a price.

A phone system that failed in the aftermath of a deadly explosion in the...

Is it genes or upbringing that shapes our characters, talents and traits? As an adopted child, the question has always fascinated Kate Hilpern.

Peter Calder sounds out the sources of Ireland's traditional tucker.

Scenes from Northern Island's Donegal County.

An estimate of 160 billion barrels has companies scrambling to drill in pristine ecosystem, writes Michael McCarthy.