Emergency warning for Great Ocean Road as record-breaking downpour sweeps cars to sea
Thunderstorms and torrential rain battered communities along Victoria’s Great Ocean Road and swept vehicles into the sea. Photo:…
Helicopters, ambulances sent to crash in Far North’s Waipapakauri
St John sent a number of vehicles to the scene. Photo: Supplied / St John At least seven…
Four astronauts return to Earth after medical issue forces early ISS exit
By Jackie Wattles, CNN The SpaceX Dragon capsule carrying the Crew-11 astronauts is seen from a night-vision camera…
Family and friends gather at scene of Waitārere Beach shooting
Photo: RNZ/Mark Papalii Family and friends of a man who died in a shooting in Waitārere Beach gathered…
Immigration New Zealand warns of ‘increasingly sophisticated’ phone scams
Photo: Supplied People are being urged to stay alert following a rise in phone scams, with callers impersonating…
Many of Wairarapa’s recent forest fires began in old burn piles, Fire and Emergency says
Juken New Zealand manages 15,000ha of forest plantations across Wairarapa and says it has a detailed plan to…
Does adding ‘please’ and ‘thank you’ to ChatGPT really waste energy?
By Richard Morris of OpenAI’s chief executive Sam Altman has acknowledged the words “please” and “thank you” adds…
‘It’s devastating’: Generations-old eel population wiped out in Wairoa stream
Hawke’s Bay Regional Council is investigating what caused hundreds of eels to die in the Waiatai Stream in…
Gastro outbreak affects 30 staff at Wellington Hospital emergency department
Wellington Hospital’s emergency department. Photo: RNZ / REECE BAKER More than two dozen staff are caught up in…
Cantabrians react to axing of All Blacks coach Scott Robertson
Scott Robertson has been axed as All Blacks coach. Photo: AFP There has been mixed reaction in parts…
Kaitāia’s demolished mosaic wall finds new life in Far North town
Kaitāia’s old mosaic wall has been transformed into a public artwork which doubles as a memorial and picnic…
Foreign Minister Winston Peters says NZ ‘appalled’ by violence, repression in Iran
Peters has condemned what he described as a brutal crackdown by Iran’s security forces (file image). Photo: RNZ…