EEnvironment Read More Bowling green’s ‘unbelievable’ 86C temperature highlights need for urban heat mitigationMarch 1, 2026 Avid lawn bowls player Ian Von Stanke regularly hits the greens during summer and knows how scorching the…
AArts and design Read More Gustaf Westman designs tongue-in-cheek Curling BowlFebruary 18, 2026 To celebrate the 2026 Olympic Winter Games, Swedish designer Gustaf Westman has reimagined curling stones as a playful,…
NNew Zealand Read More Fast-food giants reveal how much New Zealand meat they really useJanuary 4, 2026 Two new McDonald’s restaurants have been approved for Auckland this year, another is under consideration in Wānaka, a…
NNew Zealand Read More 2025’s Dubious Achievement Awards – NZ HeraldDecember 21, 2025 The Diseased Lung in a Jar for services to the tobacco industry goes to film-maker TAIKA WAITITI for…
SSports Read More Whanganui’s Peter Belliss inducted into inaugural World Bowls Hall of FameNovember 6, 2025 Peter Belliss was born in 1951 and attended Wanganui Boys’ College (now Whanganui City College). The Aramaho Bowling…