
Bjork seeks poll for energy deals
Singer-songwriter Bjork is spearheading a push to put foreign energy takeovers to referendum if enough people oppose the deals.
Stories and analysis from The Northern Express Herald.
A leading figure in world rallying believes this may not be the last Rally New Zealand.
It's Bjork's fault. "One day it will happen," sings the Icelandic star on the prophetic 1993 song, <i>One Day.</i>
The quiet of the no-fly zone has been replaced by the roar of airplane engines across Britain today.
Another Icelandic volcano is expected to explode, potentially causing more disruption than Eyjafjallajokull.
The eruption is unlikely to have inflicted significant financial pain on Air NZ, analysts say.
Britain is bracing for what scientists warn could be weeks of disruption from the volcanic dust cloud blanketing Europe.
UK airspace will remain closed until tomorrow morning, a shutdown which is costing the air industry an estimated $282 million a day.
The Governor-General has been forced to cancel plans to attend the late Polish President's funeral.
Enhanced engine technology has magnified the risk of fatal damage to aircraft flying into volcanic ash clouds, writes Mathew Dearnaley.
Kiwis travelling to the London Book Fair next week have been scattered and stranded all over the globe with volcanic ash continuing to disrupt flights across Europe.
1500 Air NZ passengers among more than a million affected by airport shutdowns across Europe.
A compromise being negotiated by the IWC could save 5000 whales over the next ten years
Signs of family breakdown emerge in the wake of Iceland's financial crash.
John Key says progress has been made on a deal which would end Japanese whaling in Antarctica.
While you nurse your New Year hangover, the World's Strongest Man will be busy lifting cars.
New Zealand has been named the 20th best country for quality of life by a UN report on migration and development.