Sir Peter Jackson comments on recasting Ryan Gosling in 2009 film after actor gained 27kg
“So, I’m not going to talk about individuals, but you just got to realise that what you were…
Two Hong Kong tourists killed in SH1 crash near Rakaia in Canterbury
It reported the Chinese consulate general in Christchurch had “expressed deep sorrow over the deaths” and would provide…
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon in studio with Mike Hosking as Budget Day approaches
The Prime Minister is doing his weekly media rounds this morning, ten days out from Budget Day. It…
Jacinda Ardern Aotea Centre talk met by anti-vaccine protesters in Auckland
Ardern had been back in the country for promotional tours of her memoir, which won $3000 in prizemoney…
Two hunters killed in chartered helicopter crash, three survivors located in Mt Aspiring National Park
Maritime NZ’s rescue coordination centre confirmed it was the lead agency in response to the crash and worked…
Perth hostel fire killer Reuben Lambie appears in Nelson court for alcohol breach
The department’s Nelson-Marlborough-West Coast regional general manager, Scott Palmer, told NZME that Lambie returned to New Zealand in…
Surrogacy in Auckland: How a US sister-in-law helped create a Kiwi family
In early February last year, they arrived in San Francisco, where Travis’ sister Maddy lives, certain they would…
High-risk child sex offender and former teacher Lewis Payne Wells sentenced again in Auckland
He was charged again in January 2015 after two public health nurses spotted him grabbing the buttocks of…
My Secret Auckland: Ana Chaya Scotney shares her favourite places in the city
Seabreeze Cafe in Westmere. I am known to The Girlz who work there as “Diva Diva”, lol. [This…
Featherston book festival proves the power of real books in an AI world
This Wellington commuter town of 2700 formerly served as the place you drove through to get to Greytown…
The $3m ‘money mule’ allegedly kidnapped in kiwifruit tax scam set to be deported
“Immigration New Zealand may also cancel or lift any period of prohibition and grant a temporary visa to…
What we learned after a super El Niño wiped out millions of people in 1877
This disaster took years to unfold. Drought began spreading across the tropics and subtropics in 1875. In the…