Auckland, Aug 3 NZPA - Mobile phone operator 2degrees today marked its first year of operations by launching its national 3G network. Chief Executive Eric Hertz also announced a range of data plans which he described as "game-changing".

Wellington, June 21 NZPA- The All Whites' draw with Italy is stunning the football world, a proud Prime Minister John Key said this morning after congratulating the team.

Wellington, April 25 NZPA - Prime Minister John Key is cutting his trip to Turkey short following the deaths of three Air Force crew in an Anzac Day helicopter crash.

Wellington, April 25 NZPA - The deaths of three Air Force crew in an Anzac Day helicopter crash is shocking and saddening, Prime Minister John Key says.

Wellington, April 25 NZPA - The deaths of three Air Force crew in an Anzac Day helicopter crash is shocking and saddening, Prime Minister John Key says.

Wellington, April 25 NZPA - The deaths of three Air Force crew in an this day helicopter crash is shocking and saddening, Prime Minister John Key says.

Wellington, March 16 NZPA - New Zealand is ready to help Fiji as soon as Cyclone Tomas passes and damage can be assessed. Prime Minister John Key and Foreign Minister Murray McCully said help was on stand-by for the battered Pacific country.

Wellington, Oct 2 NZPA - The air force was tonight preparing to fly injured New Zealanders home from Samoa as the death toll mounted in Pacific islands devastated by Wednesday's tsunami.

Wellington, Sept 23 NZPA - Air New Zealand defended its executive pay rates today at an annual meeting at which it received bouquets as well as brick bats from shareholders.

Wellington, Sept 4 NZPA - A special ceremony in Paris today marked the war-time alliance between France and New Zealand.