nzherald headlines Fran O'Sullivan : Urgent need for watchdog with some bite The Hanover Finance and Huljich KiwiSaver affairs point up the pressing need for a "super-regulator" with the authority, budget and, importantly, guts to not only enforce existing regulations but publicly hang the miscreants out to... Slaughter shatters fragile balance LAGOS: Soldiers were out in force in the troubled Nigerian city of Jos where aid workers were still counting the dead after a sectarian massacre in which hundreds of villagers were hacked to death or burned in their homes.Jos... South Africa: Game on Michael Brown has the heads-up on the best South African side-trips and booking your World Cup tickets. Cape Town Okay, it's across the country from where the All Whites will be playing their pool matches, but it's hard to... Motorsport: Mercedes GP boss downplays Schuey's return BERLIN - With Michael Schumacher set to return to Formula One next weekend, Mercedes GP team boss Norbert Haug played down the expectation on his team ahead of the opening Grand Prix in Bahrain.Seven-times world champion Schumacher... Toyota faces $4.2bn class-action beating MIAMI - Toyota owners claiming that massive safety recalls are causing the value of their vehicles to plummet have filed at least 89 class-action lawsuits that could cost the Japanese auto giant $3 billion (NZ$4.25bn) or more, according... Oscars red carpet fashion: live coverage Noelle McCarthy and fashion blogger Isaac Hindin Miller bring you live style commentary as the stars hit the red carpet ahead of this afternoon's Academy Awards. Click on the Cover It Live application below to find out who's looking... Sideswipe : Lookalikes Rodney Hide and "The Hood", the arch-villain from Thunderbirds. Thanks Graham from Torbay. * * * A two-vehicle crash in Florida Keys was caused by a 37-year-old woman driver who was shaving her bikini area while a passenger... The art of running When Kate and Bryan Eible left Florida to make a home in New Zealand, they sent their possessions over in a shipping container - apart from Bryan's prized sneaker collection. Bryan personally packed his precious Nike sneakers... Sharks queue at underwater beauty salon SYDNEY - Everyone likes a bit of pampering now and again - and sharks and manta rays are no exception.The feared ocean fish congregate in reef "salons" to be groomed by smaller fish, researchers have discovered.And instead... Kayaking: Fouhy takes break Olympic medallist Ben Fouhy is taking an indefinite break from kayaking. He has cited personal reasons for taking time out from a sport in which he won a silver medal in the K1 1000m event at the 2004 Olympics in Athens, a year... | 
