John G. Davies' Te Tupua - The Goblin - returns to Auckland, sparks cultural discussion
At a time when our community longs for a theatre that brings the struggles of today to the public arena our playwrights are absent; the theatre is struggling to survive. The Treaty Principles Bill ...
Market Close: Spark hits 14-year low as NZ sharemarket falls 0.8%
Leading telco Spark continued its slide, a2 Milk hit a four-year high, Smartpay has two takeover bids, and the New Zealand sharemarket started the new week with a 0.8% fall. The S&P/NZX 50 Index was ...
Aerospace: Pyper Vision joins up with Air NZ to trial fog-casting technology
Air New Zealand will start a trial with Emily Blythe’s homegrown technology, confirming a beta trial with Pyper Vision’s fogcast to be deployed across the airline’s entire network next month. “Fog ...
Warriors assistant coach Richard Agar set to receive three game suspension, $10k fine after probe into Las Vegas incident
Warriors assistant coach Richard Agar is set to be stood down for three matches and fined A$10,000 ($11,000 NZD) following an altercation with an English journalist during the side’s opening match in ...
Judge Ema Aitken challenges referral to Judicial Panel
A District Court judge accused of interrupting a NZ First function at an exclusive Auckland club says she mouthed an inaudible comment after hearing a snippet of a speech about the teaching of tikanga ...
Health NZ refuses to release rent costs for Lower Hutt sick baby unit that doesn’t exist
Health New Zealand Te Whatu Ora has refused to disclose rental costs for a sick baby unit that has never In November 2022, Health NZ announced it had leased space ...
Emergency services responding to ‘serious incident’ involving train and pedestrian in Invercargill
Emergency services have swarmed an Invercargill street following a “serious incident” involving a train and a pedestrian this afternoon. Police said the incident at Elles Road, Turnbull Thomson Park, ...
As scientists work to resurrect extinct animals, a paleogeneticist warns species like moa need to be trademarked
It comes after an American bio-engineering company, Colossal Biosciences, told RNZ it’s interested in extinct New Zealand ...
Tauranga family violence trial: Man accused of pushing partner out of car; smashing head on concrete
A woman told police she was pushed from a moving car by her partner before she was beaten by him, including having her face ...
Weather: Delays ahead of Auckland rush hour traffic after multi-vehicle motorway crash
A multi-vehicle crash on Auckland’s Southern Motorway has caused delays ahead of rush hour traffic this afternoon, as a ...
Dunedin university students kick off St Patrick’s Day with couch fires, booze, and a barbecued wallaby
Dunedin’s university students kicked off St Patrick’s Day with fireworks, binge drinking, couch fires, and reports of a ...
Hawks and Jackson Ball the talk of the NBL as he drains another 36 points to take them to two from two
The Big Barrel Hawke’s Bay Hawks are hopeful of the first sell-out of the 2025 Sal’s NBL as they and star teenager Jackson ...