An Australian man who sent money to a woman in the Philippines has found out he was being tricked by a Facebook identity thief, ABS-CBN News reports. Suspect Louella Tan reportedly created a bogus Facebook account named "Jen Matheson" using the photos of Fil-Norwegian commercial model Janka Cederstam.
A lesbian couple who posted an open letter to Facebook saying they were kicked out of a Wellington bar for kissing briefly have decided against taking further actions after media were invited to watch CCTV footage of the incident.
Chinese president Hu Jintao has pledged to bolster ties with North Korea, after a meeting with the hermit state's top envoy.
At Auckland District Court Tuesday morning, prosecutor Joshua Shaw Mendoza represented the Crown, which said Russell Mendoza and Tony Campbell went on a "commando exercise'' in January 2010, shooting to death 33 of their neighbour's dogs including puppies.
Rebekah Galbraith, 22, and Jennie Leadbeater, 21, told Dominion Post they were asked to leave the Courtenay Pl bar in Wellington shortly before 3 in the morning on Sunday after they kissed on the lips. The couple was sure their kiss did not last longer than two seconds.
A 74-year-old woman who figured in a car accident was found trapped down a cliff, and the first words she said were: “How the hell did you find me?” Shirley Loft accidentally put her car into reverse and fell nearly 300m down the steep bank on the Coromandel Peninsula on Thursday, the New Zealand Herald reported.
New Zealand households have saved in their bank accounts over $100 billion, an amount that is twice the amount of savings eight years ago, but financial advisers are saying depositors should think again, Dominion Post reports.
The average Australian borrows about $200 a month, a new study released by Commonwealth Bank on Monday said. That amounts to a national personal debt level of $1.6 billion borrowed from family, friends and colleagues.
A 40-year-old British woman claimed a toxic bracelet she bought on eBay has ruined her life for two years, Daily Mail reports. Jo Wollacott of Bridport, Dorset said she lost her job and her boyfriend over the effects of a toxic bracelet called the Jequirity bean.
An Aussie start-up allowing users to outsource a wide variety of tasks has been granted $1.5 million in funding, Sydney Morning Herald reports. "Get it done," is the tag line of the start-up firm Airtasker, which advertises odd home chores and work support activities among other errands and things-to-do for a price.
The courtroom drama pitting Gina Rinehart, Australia's richest person, and her estranged children will continue playing out before the public as the New South Wales Court of Appeal has thrown out on Friday her court plea for private arbitration of the case.
Majority of mobile professionals around the world consider overseas work experience as key to their career growth and development, a new report said, with Australia emerging as one of the top destinations for these migrant workers.
The Employment Relations Authority has ordered the employer of a woman terminated after a miscarriage to pay $15,000 compensation for the emotional injury she suffered when she was wrongly fired.
A Dutch man who did not have sex until he was 34 is now a 42-year-old man in the business of making babies, literally, and he has so far fathered 82 children around the world, Daily Mail reported.
New Zealand dairy giant Fonterra has justified adding permeate in its blue-topped milk, saying it is meant to standardise protein levels and not to cut costs to maintain a competitive price as recent news reports have hinted.
Leadership has been defined as a process through which a person influences and motivates others to get involved in accomplishment of a particular task.
A 13-year-old New Zealand boy had been remanded to a secure Child, Youth and Family centre after police arrested him as a suspect in the killing of a caregiver near the remote settlement of Urenui, north of New Plymouth on Sunday.
A 28-year-old Queensland woman is in critical condition with burns on 90 per cent of her body after a freak accident with methanol on Monday night. In a tragic irony, a drum of methanol exploded when people tried to move the drum away from the barbecue grill as a safety measure.
The Insurance Australia Group (IAG) offered on Monday a generous package, called The Welcome Back Payment, to Australian mother who would go back to work after birth. IAG promised to double the wages for the first six weeks after they return to work.
By natural progression, kids in most cases will get the better of their parents, which include covering up their online traces in the digital world, a new study showed.
A 13-year-old boy was charged with murder Sunday night after a caregiver was shot to death at her home in rural Taranaki, New Zealand Herald reports.
Wellington is falling behind while the housing market is looking good again after its biggest lift in monthly sales for five years after a bout with the recent global financial crisis.
Superstitions are surprisingly widespread, including a fear of Friday the 13th and a belief in good-luck charms.
Wellington accommodations were very busy in February, with an occupancy rate of 71.4 per cent, Dominion Post reports.
Two divers who were part of the salvage crew of the ill-fated MV Rena were fired recently after having wine inside one of the ship’s large containers.
A Hawke's Bay orchard lost 1500 apple trees to vandals who cut the trees down one night over the weekend, leaving the owner and orchard workers baffled and devastated as to what could have gotten into the minds of the vandals.
A wasp plague could get someone "bloody killed" in Western Southland, Fairfax NZ News reports. Tuatapere farmer John Broughton spoke to Fairfax about the wasp problem in his rural town, which is making him worry for the safety of his family and his livestock.
While Australian spending on cosmetic surgeries is going up, the average age of Aussies who go for such medical procedures is going down from their early- to mid-30s.
Greece's cash-strapped government may consider renting out police officers and equipment - including patrol boats and helicopters - to private citizens and businesses.
Even a parliament member in New Zealand was not spared from the fraudulent ATM transactions done over the Easter break, victimizing up to 60 Kiwis in the past two days.
