Breaking News, World Updates & Headlines
Breaking News, World Updates & Headlines
Images from New Zealand aerial survey of Nikumaroro in 1938 offer new clues over aviator’s disappearanceA New Zealand museum has released nearly 50 photos from a 1938 aerial survey of the island where Amelia Earhart is believed to have crash-landed, of…
Read MoreHamam al-Hammami spent 175 days in New Zealand until May 2019, as Australian Jewish group calls for full investigation into his time in MelbourneNew Zealand authorities have launched their own investigation into the flydubai co-pilot who allegedly trie…
Read MoreGovernment report finds the country could be hit with more frequent and intense heatwaves, as well as damaging storms and cyclonesNew Zealand could be hit with more frequent and intense heatwaves and catastrophic glacier melts in the near future, as gr…
Read MoreFour people were rescued after being adrift in a life raft in the South Pacific. One of them said he thought he had a better chance of winning the lottery than of being hit by a whale.
Read MorePassenger recalls seeing cabin lights flicker and ‘a lot of screaming’ after suspected engine issueGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastLiza-Jayne Loch was returning home from a business trip to New Zealand when her Qantas flight …
Read MoreThere are now 325 kakapos in New Zealand, the largest population of the giant, flightless parrot species in decades, conservationists said.
Read MoreBeijing-Taipei tensions a feature at meeting in Palau, with Australia and New Zealand saying the forum – not another country – will determine who attendsChina said it had serious concerns about Taiwan’s presence at the annual Pacific Islands Forum i…
Read MoreCritically endangered New Zealand bird enjoys record breeding season triggered by mass fruiting of native tree, pushing its numbers to 325The population of the world’s heaviest parrot, the kākāpō, has surpassed 300 birds for the first time in 75 years,…
Read MoreGovernments around the world have passed or proposed a range of bans or restrictions on young teens using addictive social media platforms.
Read MorePrime minister Christopher Luxon’s party to introduce bill seeking the ban, citing harm to a generation of childrenNew Zealand prime minister Christopher Luxon has said his party will introduce a bill in parliament that seeks to ban children under 1…
Read MoreAs the country holds its final greyhound race, the government has committed to finding homes for dogs and supporting people whose livelihoods depended on racing.
Read MoreConservation experts are trying to slow the march of the viral disease in a country that is home to rare and endangered bird species.
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