Wellington- Australia's Fairfax Media announced Monday that it was preparing to lay

Wellington  - Gale-force winds stopped nearly 20 flights Sunday in and out of Wellington International Airport, as officials said it was not safe for passengers and aircrews to walk onto the tarmac.

Some people boarding small planes had been blown over by winds up to 140 kilometres an hour after leaving the terminal, Radio New Zealand reported. Bigger planes on main trunk routes were not affected because they use air bridges.

Car ferry crossings between the North and South islands were cancelled because of 7-metre high waves in Cook Strait.

Wellington  - New Zealand's economy shrank by 0.3 per cent in the first quarter, according to official figures released Friday, confirming analysts' fears that the country is heading into recession

Wellington  - The New Zealand stock market fell more than 2.5 per cent on Friday, with its benchmark index of top 50 stocks dropping to its lowest level since December 2005.

Wellington(TN), June 27: Field Marshal Sam Hormusji Framji Jamshedji Manekshaw, whose military victory in the 1971 Indo-Pak war led to the creation of Bangladesh, died at the Military Hospital in W

Wellington, June 26 : Field Marshal Sam Hormusji Framji Jamshedji Manekshaw is seriously ill and is undergoing treatment at a military hospital in Wellington.