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The last of Christchurch's inner-city cordons should be lifted at 5am tomorrow, Mayor Bob Parker has just announced.

Apple claims to have solved widespread hardware faults ranging from sluggish performance to unreliable proximity sensors that have infuriated many of its iPhone users in recent months.

When Jacki Morris arrived at Ferndale School this morning to inspect the site's serious earthquake damage, what she found was far more distressing than the 15cm gash in the lawn.

Holiday-home owners in the resort village of Hanmer Springs have jumped at the chance to do their bit for the Christchurch earthquake victims.

The Defence Force had been looking into its chief scientist's background since being told about concerns in July, Defence Force chief Lieutenant General Jerry Mateparae has revealed.

Microsoft and the chief rules enforcer for Xbox Live are apologising to a small West Virginia town and a 26-year-old gamer accused of violating the online gaming service's code of conduct by publicly declaring he's from Fort Gay - a name the company considered offensive.

Telecom shares fell 6 percent after the company missed out on being named for priority talks in the Government's $1.5 billion ultra-fast broadband (UFB) initiative.

An Australian Matildas footballer has been forced to remove sexually suggestive photos from her Facebook profile after a 13-year-old fan found them while looking up her sporting hero online.

A burglar caught lurking inside central Christchurch's earthquake no-go zone has been convicted under the Civil Defence Emergency Act.

It's been a funny old week, this week, and it seems much later than Thursday. It is Thursday, right?

New Zealand cyclist Adam Stewart is out of next month's Commonwealth Games in Delhi after receiving a two year ban for attempted use of prohibited substances.

Flaws in the Corrections Department's database used to store information about smuggled drugs, weapons and cellphones are keeping the public in the dark about how illegal items are getting into New Zealand prisons.

A crowd of so-called iPad killers staged their grand debut at the IFA consumer electronics show this week in Germany, hoping to mimic the success of Apple, which at last count had sold more than 3 million of its popular tablets since launching in April.

Crown Fibre Holdings has prioritised three regional deals in its short list for the government funded roll-out of an ultra-fast broadband network, though Telecom and the Vector-led New Zealand Regional Fibre Group have made the cut.

Crown Fibre Holdings has prioritised three regional deals in its short list for the government funded roll-out of an ultra-fast broadband network, though Telecom and the Vector-led New Zealand Regional Fibre Group have made the cut.

Is it just me, or is there a growing trend of cameras being "cool"? Sometimes it seems like the older or more outlandish they look, the better.

A worker at Port of Lyttelton was badly shaken when yesterday's 5.1 magnitude aftershock struck while he was perched in a crane 45 metres above the ground.

The iconic Apple brand has a growing presence in the New Zealand market, research shows.

Civil Defence is alarmed that a "discredited and dangerous" earthquake safety theory is being circulated by email around the country.

General Motors has begun testing applications that allow subscribers to its OnStar vehicle communication system to update their Facebook status verbally and to receive text messages audibly.