Taika Waititi becomes most-booked Super Bowl 2026 ad director
With three directorial advertisement credits screening during this year’s Super Bowl, it meant the 50-year-old was the most-booked…
NZ citizen Sauni Sini becomes 501 deportee from Australia for family violence offending
Sini, who had lived in Australia since November 2000, was deemed to have failed the “character test” under…
Tiny Northland town becomes centre of ‘impressive’ low petrol prices
The director of Gaspy, Mike Newton, says the town is a bit of an outlier since the Gull…
Emotional day as Ngāti Hāua Treaty settlement becomes law
“The biggest thing for me, understanding law, is that we will have legal muscle. Mā te ture te…
Hamilton girl, 9, becomes youngest to pass NCEA Level 3 English exam
Her father, Martin Chen, told the Herald that her one wish after the results were revealed was to…
Whanganui teen Zoe Anderson becomes youngest solo woman to finish Crazyman multisport race
“That was probably one of the toughest races I’ve ever been in but the feeling when you cross…
Gaelic footballer becomes Kiwi marathon queen in record time
She overcame a few speed bumps along the way. In the final week her pacer, Tokyo Olympian Malcolm…
Deloitte Top 200: AI, trust and succession – the new challenges for board chairs
Managing director Neil Paviour-Smith says the role of a board chair has never been more demanding. “With the…
Klimt portrait becomes second most expensive artwork sold at auction
“Full-length society portraits of this impressive scale and from Klimt’s pinnacle period (1912-17) are exceptionally rare; the majority…
Quake-era initiative becomes lifeline for students’ mental health
In 2023, $3.7m of funding came from a Cyclone Gabrielle recovery package to expand the programme to Hawke’s…
Pita Tipene becomes new Northland Regional Council chair after close vote
Tipene is one of two chairmen among New Zealand’s 11 regional councils from a Māori constituency. Tipene said…
AI chip giant Nvidia becomes world’s first US$5 trillion company
The company is “largely ahead of any competitor who finds it hard to catch up in the world…