Taupō fire: Roads reopened after high winds drove vegetation fire near businesses
Northern Fire Communications shift manager Lauren Sika said crews left the scene about 6.40pm. Fire and Emergency would…
Pacific leaders call for action as PIF attendance questioned
Several leaders are calling for change at the regional Pacific Islands Forum (PIF), dissatisfied at the lack of…
Nick Mallett accuses referee of ‘abdicating’ responsibility and ‘nullifying’ Springboks ‘real weapon’
Nick Mallett believes that Angus Gardner abdicated his responsibility to officiate the scrums and, in doing so, nullified…
US strikes Iranian rocket launchers in first military action in weeks
US forces struck Iranian rocket launchers on the Strait of Hormuz in their first military action in a…
Google Maps adds ‘Lake America’ to Lake Ontario after Trump order
Google has confirmed it will display both Lake Ontario and Lake America to countries outside the US and…
Netball NZ selects Mowbray-Williams bid for new domestic league
Netball New Zealand has latched onto the lifeline offered by Anna Mowbray and Ali Williams to keep the…
Saved by a lunch break: students at Nepal school survived deadly floods
In one of the areas worst hit by the catastrophic floods in Nepal, a group of schoolchildren managed…
Lok Li Auckland double-murder trial begins; accused of killing Ellerslie couple Mei Han Chong, Fuk-Fu Joseph Kwok
Poon left the police station, headed for the hospital with his church friends. It appears his almost unbelievable…
Kiwi dad and wife may have suffered cardiac failure in Spain spa tragedy
A New Zealand man and his Irish wife who were found dead at a Spanish holiday villa last…
Dozens evacuated from Grand Canyon after flash flood hits creek
A major flash flood at the Grand Canyon forced the evacuation of dozens of people and swept large…
Was Dolly Parton a feminist? What her lyrics and how she lived tell us
Smiling on the January 1987 cover of Ms., the magazine co-founded by feminism pioneer Gloria Steinem, are its…
Eight arrests after 14 Vietnamese-linked cannabis grow houses busted
Police have uncovered 14 large-scale cannabis grow houses linked to Vietnamese nationals across Waikato in recent months, seizing…