Booker Prize shortlist announced with six novels in the running for top award
‘Flashlight’ by Susan Choi Choi followed up Trust Exercise, from 2019, with another novel that asks readers to…
Kathmandu parent KMD Brands swings to deeper $93.6m loss in 2025
Key to this was gross margins, which fell from 58.4% in 2024 to 56.5% in 2025, reflecting the…
Four years in prison for woman who plotted to sell Elvis Presley’s Graceland
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Close relatives of emperor penguins lived in NZ some 3 million years ago. What caused their extinction?
We argue the cold wasn’t to blame because crested and little penguins in New Zealand weathered the same…
Rotorua council election: City’s reputation key issue in mayoral tourism debate
Quizzed on how to improve the city’s nightlife, Barrett said that in interactions across the country she had…
Nasa says on track to send astronauts around the Moon in 2026
The US space agency’s Artemis programme hopes to return humans to the Moon as China forges ahead with…
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs seeks early prison release after 13 months in detention
As a result, Combs’ legal team are asking for a 14-month sentence with supervised release mandating drug treatment,…
Sydney mother pushes strata to allow toy convertible in Bondi carpark
“Our child has a small yellow ride-on car which is compact and takes up no more room than…
Rotorua: Dog that attacked two police officers held in pound, investigations continue
Police said the man was taken into custody and charged with resisting arrest. The 22-year-old was scheduled to…
Super Typhoon Ragasa: New Zealander in China preparing for winds up to 215km/h
Wind gusts of up to 215km/h were recorded in the Philippines’ northern Luzon region, where tens of thousands…
Man arrested in Auckland over $68k credit card fraud, 41 charges laid
Police went to a property in Auckland’s Long Bay on Tuesday morning, where a 34-year-old man was taken…
Whangārei child sex offender Todd Gibbons sentenced to a further 10 years in prison
The girl documented the assault in her diary, which was later discovered by an adult. In 2006, Gibbons,…