International
- BBC
- News, background and opinion from the one of the very best web sites
- CNN
- News, background and opinion from a US perpspective.
- Fox News
- News, background and opinion from this rival to CNN.
- LA Times
- Strong local, state, national and international coverage
- New York Times
- Many free articles from this famous newspaper
- PBS
- Balanced news and insight from this free to air US channel
- Reuters
- Good business news coverage
- Sky News
- News, background and commentary to go with the TV channel
- Sydney Morning Herald
- Excellent coverage from across the Tasman
- Time
- News, background and insight from this famous magazine
New Zealand
- East & Bays Courier
- Our local free newspaper
- Google News NZ
- Coverage of NZ and World events
- National Business Review
- Business and wider news, background and insight
- Newswire
- News clippings in simple format
- New Zealand Herald
- Still mostly free content from our largest newspaper
- Stuff
- News and background from many city and provincial newspapers
- The Aucklander
- Auckland News, Sport, Opinion, Features and Weather
- The Independent
- Business and wider news, background and insight form this rival to NBR
- Xtra
- Telecom's own news site
Scientific and Technical
- CNEt
- Technical news, product reviews and more
- Discovery
- News, articles and videos from this popular channel
- National Geographic
- Articles, photos and videos from interesting people and places
- Nature
- Absorbing coverage of science, technology and medicine
- New Scientist
- Excellent articles on scientific, medical and technical subjects by this rival to Nature
- Scientific American
- Website of this long famous magazine. Many free articles
- Slashdot
- News for nerds. Stuff that matters. Real people also welcome.
- Wired News
- News and insight into leading edge technology
- ZDNet
- News and commentary on latest hardware and software products
