The census has uncovered just how deeply our pets are embedded in our lives, from birthday celebrations to bougee holidays and even human-like names. With over 6,000 pet owners and 9,000 pets surveyed ...

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The 2025 Taite Music Prize Awards have been handed out tonight, with both rising stars and retiring rock bands commended for their work within Aotearoa’s thriving music industry, and one legendary ...

Judith Cunniffe has been identified as the victim of a homicide investigation after she was found dead in a vehicle in rural Auckland. A 50-year-old man has been charged with assault following her ...

A doctor who allegedly had sex with his “submissive” partner at his work premises acted “totally inappropriately” and showed a “complete disregard” for professional medical boundaries, an expert says.

The severe storm barreling towards the upper North Island has been upgraded to a tropical cyclone. The Fiji Meteorological Service has named the storm “Tropical Cyclone Tam”. NIWA Weather said Tam’s ...

A rare sighting of a king penguin on an Otago beach has been described as a “once-in-a-lifetime opportunity”. The penguin popped into Pipikaretu Beach while the Otago Peninsula Eco Restoration ...

Prowash employee Joshua Bowles had only been on the job for two months and was yet to receive safety training on harness use when he fell 6m from a roof he was cleaning with his boss. The 37-year-old ...

Investors remain cautious as Trump effect continues.

Last week, a US federal judge in Washington DC ordered the White House to stop preventing Associated Press journalists from attending presidential events because of the news organisation’s decision to ...

The Warriors have been forced to make drastic changes to their matchday side for Saturday’s NRL round seven clash against the Brisbane Broncos, following Sunday’s 42-14 defeat to the Melbourne Storm.

In 1944, a middle school girl gave her friend a card for her 14th birthday. When the girl’s birthday came around, the friend sent the same card back to her. “Neither one of us can remember who started ...