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New Zealand Prime Minister John Key promised to investigate Fonterra as the government continues to pressure the country’s premier dairy brand to come out with all the information to reduce the damage to New Zealand’s international reputation due to the botulism scare.

After visiting with Governor-General Quentin Bryce to discuss the election date in August 4, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd presented an outline of his plans for the future of Australia. The leader of the Australian Labor Party said the upcoming election on September 7 will be all about trust. The decision as to who will lead the country amid new and difficult economic challenges, lies on the people's hands.

Health and legal experts said smokers in Australia will have to carry a smart-card licence before they can buy cigarettes so authorities can monitor their behaviour better and direct messages encouraging them to quit to them.

Imagine living in a hospital for 45 years as a patient. This is the story of Paulo Henrique Machado who has spent almost all his life in a hospital. He had infantile paralysis when he was a baby due to polio. He has been living in a hospital in Brazil, Sao Paulo's Clinicas, for 45 years because he needs to be hooked up to an artificial respirator every day for 24 hours.

New Zealand Prime Minister John Key has expressed his disappointment over news of bacterial contamination in Fonterra's baby formula which caused China, the country's biggest importer of New Zealand dairy products, to ban all milk imports from New Zealand.

Due to the botulism scare that rocked the New Zealand dairy industry, the Fonterra Shareholders' Fund units fell to its lowest level in 2013. Other dairy companies in New Zealand also saw a drop in units amid investor concerns that earnings will take a tumble due to the recent whey protein bacterial contamination. The New Zealand dollar also took a tumble as currency investors reacted to the ongoing uncertainty.

Apple Inc reclaimed the title of World's Most Valuable Company based on market capitalisation as more rumours of upcoming next-generation iPhones and iPads continue to circulate. Apple pushed its way up the rankings to topple Exxon Mobil from the number one spot.

Tony Abbott changed his position on Labor's Gonski school funding in an attempt to neutralise the issue of education in the elections. The Opposition Leader vowed to match the Australian Labor's Better Schools Plan. He has reversed his long-standing objection to the plan that would guarantee payments to all states in Australia during the next four years even to states that haven't signed up for the Gonski deal.

A man has attempted to sell one of his kidneys online via auction site Trade Me for $250,000 to keep up with the high cost of living in New Zealand.

A toddler watched in fear as the heart of his young brother stopped after choking on a sandwich. The incident happened inside the home of a childcare worker in Auckland. Jack was eating a sandwich when he choked. The bite he took apparently went down the wrong way, causing a block in his airway. Cameron, Jack’s father, said Jack heart stopped because he couldn’t breathe. He asked media publications not to publish their last name.

Six earthquakes have rocked New Zealand overnight. The strongest of the recent earthquakes was registered with a 4.9 magnitude, hitting off Seddon. The 4.9 magnitude quake jolted residents before 1 am on Aug 2. The epicentre was located 25 kilometres southeast of Seddon.

Young Australian men are more likely to die earlier and hospitalised with an injury than women. According to the Australian Institution of Health and Welfare, research shows the solution to improve the health and lifespan of an Aussie man is a simple one: get married.

The Labor election campaign is getting a big boost following the appointment of Kevin Rudd's sons to the campaign team and the hiring of three ex-Obama staff. Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has given both of his sons key election roles in a move that has raised eyebrows within the Australian Labor Party’s campaign team. After news of Mr. Rudd's intention of flying the U.S. President Barack Obama's campaign team to Australia broke out, the Coalition has immediately criticised the...

Transport authorities in Perth have not found any video footage of oral sex as claimed by a passenger who allegedly witnessed a woman performing oral sex on a man during the train’s peak hours. The Public Transport Authority has said the professionalism of its transit officers have been unfairly tainted after a passenger who claimed she saw a woman performing oral sex on a man while riding the Armadale Express admitted her story was not true.

The New Zealand dollar is on a 5-year high as it approached 89 Australian cents on August 1 as investors banked on New Zealand's economy over Australia where the nation is currently experiencing an economic slowdown.

The number of women who undergo labiaplasty to change the appearance of their vagina is on the rise in New Zealand. Labiaplasty is a plastic surgery procedure to alter the folds of the skin surrounding the vagina's vulva. According to medical history, there are two main reasons why women want to have vagina surgery. One is entirely for medical purposes in which a woman has a congenital condition like intersex and the tearing and stretching of the labia due to childbirth or accident. The othe...

New Zealand's reputation for premium milk is once again under scrutiny by Chinese media. Despite efforts of the New Zealand government to reassure dairy consumers in the world's second largest economy that Kiwi milk and baby formula are safe, they seem to have fallen on deaf ears.

Australian children who are more disadvantaged in life are more likely to be obese, starting at age four and throughout their childhood, than children who come from wealthier families. This is based on a research study of the Murdoch Children's Research Institute and the age gap is increasing over time.

The Independent Commission Against Corruption have recommended criminal charges against two former high-profile ministers of the Australian Labor Party. In an explosive inquiry in Sydney going on for months now, the commission has found that Eddie Obeid, a former powerful minister in the New South Wales state and Ian Macdonald, former state resources minister, were guilty of corruption on a coal-mining deal.

The man who kidnapped his own baby and former girlfriend has surrendered to the police. The father of the baby who was taken at knifepoint in a Sydney home is now under the custody of the police, preparing to face charges.

Various cases of racism and discrimination have appeared in headlines in Australia the past few months. From schools to public transportation, racism has become an issue that can no longer be ignored. One person who took it upon himself to help stop racism in schools is Jihad Dib, principal of the Punchbowl Boys High School in Sydney.

International crime networks are focusing on Australia as the target for organised crime. International criminals are stealing Australians' savings and forcing some families to go on welfare. A recent organised crime report by the Australian Crime Commission (ACC) has found information that global crime networks have stolen around $15 billion a year from Australia.

The Reserve Bank of Australia's Governor Glenn Stevens is expected to Australian dollar's outlook within the week as investors are showing confidence in the market. Governor Stevens said he will give the signal whether he will cut rates further in August.

A local diver was shocked to find a 2-metre mako shark hanging on a buoy rope off the NSW coast at the HMAS Adelaide dive site. Robb Westerdyk captured an image of the 120-kilogramme Mako shark and saw the creature was brutally killed.

The Bigfoot has long been the subject of myths and hoaxes for as long as mountaineers and hikers wander around in the mountains of wilderness. A recent "sighting" of the legendary creature was caught on camera by Canadian hikers in the wilderness. Whether the video shows the actual footage of Bigfoot or probably just a regular human being dressed in a suit depends on the viewer's perspective.

A NASA spacecraft, Karen Fox, captured on video various images of a massive hole in the sun's atmosphere. The solar anomaly known as a coronal hole was estimated to be almost a quarter of the sun's size and reported to be emitting solar gas and other material into space.

The results of a long-awaited parliamentary report concerning the price gouging of technology consumers in Australia revealed recommendations of lifting of parallel import restrictions, ban on geo-blocking which stop Aussies from buying tech goods overseas and the official monitoring of prices for IT goods. The Parliamentary committee also discovered that Australians pay an average of 50 to 100 per cent more than the average American consumer.

A New Zealand taxi cab passenger has been caught on film, lashing out racist remarks at the cab driver who was born in Pakistan. Police investigates the racial abuse as cab driver reveals he doesn't want to work anymore because of racial abuse.

French researchers have discovered one of the largest viruses, the Pandoravirus, known to science in a Melbourne’s La Trobe University pond. The Pandoravirus has been named after the myth of Pandora’s Box because of its potential for great scientific consequences.