Animal welfare groups launch legal action over North Canterbury cat hunt
“We know from watching videos of previous hunts that people pay little attention to checking the cat for…
Preventable Rangitata Rail Bridge collapse could’ve had ‘catastrophic’ consequences – TAIC
The 90-year-old bridge, Bridge 57, was constructed in 1936 and is one of about 1600 bridges KiwiRail manages…
Future big droughts may be worse than we think – NZ’s past shows why
The Reserve Bank has since used that 2012-13 event as a plausible worst-case drought scenario in some agricultural…
Musk faces off with OpenAI in court over broken promises
Moments before the opening statements, Musk and Altman, who both sat with their lawyers at the federal court…
Kings Counsel title should reward courtroom excellence, not community virtue – Deborah Chambers
On paper it sounds noble. In practice it is a serious distortion of what KC is for and…
Calls grow in Australia to grant asylum to Iran women’s football team after protest
Pahlavi, who has not returned to Iran since before the 1979 Islamic revolution that ousted the monarchy, has…
Valentine’s Day: Why love won’t save you from a bad money plan
“Some [goals] are shared and some are more personal. Every good relationship is going to have that balance…
US Supreme Court hears case involving Trump bid to fire Fed governor
The conservative-dominated Supreme Court barred Trump from immediately removing Cook, allowing her to remain in her post until…
US President Trump tells Cuba to ‘make a deal, before it is too late’
A week ago, Trump stated that “Cuba is ready to fall”, noting that the island’s economic crisis was…
Something rotten: The sorry state of New Zealand’s dental health
Max Harris, of Dental for All, joins a nationwide roadshow examining the consequences of an oral health system…
Drunk Nelson motorist Ralph Smith 3.5 times the limit when he crashed, critically injured brother
The brothers, from Samoa, were in New Zealand on work visas to support family back home. Ralph Smith…
Google and Apple blur face of Tāmaki Makaurau’s Dominion Road Boy
“For something like this, it doesn’t necessarily matter, but sometimes the unintended consequences can be more inappropriate,” he…