New Zealand Top Stories
Thu, 03 Nov 2022 08:14:39 GMTHow many Wallabies would tip out All Blacks for an Anzac team to battle the Lions?
With a combined New Zealand-Australia team mooted to face the British and Irish Lions in 2025, rugby writer Marc Hinton picks a current trans-Tasman lineup on form.
Thu, 03 Nov 2022 07:40:32 GMTFifa Women's World Cup 2023: Full match schedule
Full match schedule for the Fifa Women’s World Cup in 2023, hosted by Australia and New Zealand.
Thu, 03 Nov 2022 07:24:47 GMTThree people arrested for drug and firearm offending in Ashburton
The armed offenders squad has swooped on a rural Ashburton property, arresting three people for drugs and firearm offending.
Thu, 03 Nov 2022 07:15:00 GMTThe Wonder: Florence Pugh hits new heights in Netflix's haunting period drama
REVIEW: Don’t Worry Darling might have dominated the headlines, but this is the 26-year-old English actor's finest hours on screen.
Thu, 03 Nov 2022 07:02:28 GMTNew accessible walkway weaves through recently-restored wetland in West Auckland
As part of the project, trees and ponds have been created and now form a habitat for the rare native duck pāteke.
Thu, 03 Nov 2022 07:02:07 GMTThis brie-lliant cheese has been crowned the best in the world
A gruyère from Switzerland has come out on top at the 2022 World Cheese Awards.
Thu, 03 Nov 2022 07:00:54 GMTMedical worker shortage keeps Northland's Rawene Hospital closed after-hours
Rawene Hospital continues to close its after-hours service and will cut some community clinics - a situation critics say could lead to disaster.
Thu, 03 Nov 2022 07:00:00 GMTNew Zealand’s fastest female sprinter Zoe Hobbs opens up on mental toll
“People would ask, ‘Are you going to Tokyo?’ and then you feel like you would have to justify yourself,” she told Māori Television’s Te Ao with Moana programme.
Thu, 03 Nov 2022 06:55:00 GMTCon Air at 25: The bombastic, bizarre, bat-shit crazy '90s blockbuster is back in cinemas
REVIEW: Its racist and sexist elements might have amplified and aged badly, but this prison plane actioner still offers unrivalled wall-to-wall action and general mayhem.
Thu, 03 Nov 2022 06:45:00 GMTLong distance bus travel in Australia: The daggiest way to travel is ripe for a comeback
With soaring air fares, could coach travel be making a comeback?
Thu, 03 Nov 2022 06:36:34 GMTPaddy Gower has Issues, Couples Therapy NZ among the local shows we are talking about from Three's 2023 lineup
While old favourite is gone, another is hanging round despite a less than impressive season and there is even some new stuff.
Thu, 03 Nov 2022 06:32:40 GMTTwo people dead after crashes in North Island
The fatal crashes happened on SH10 in Northland, and in Ardmore, south Auckland.
Thu, 03 Nov 2022 06:30:00 GMTSee inside Auckland gallery owner's amazing art-filled home
Renowned gallerist and passionate supporter of local art John Gow invites us into his Herne Bay family home
Thu, 03 Nov 2022 06:30:00 GMTCulture calendar for the Wellington region: Nov 4-10
Theatre, music, film and books. Take your pick, there's a smorgasbord of events on this weekend and into next week.
Thu, 03 Nov 2022 06:16:13 GMTOne person dead after crash in south Auckland
Emergency services are currently at the scene of the fatal accident on the Papakura-Clevedon Road in Ardmore.
Thu, 03 Nov 2022 06:07:39 GMTTravel authority Lonely Planet puts Taranaki and Stewart Island among its 100 'offbeat' places to visit
Offbeat highlights alternative travel experiences where tourists are few and far between, and where visitors can find something challenging, fresh and off the beaten track.
Thu, 03 Nov 2022 06:02:57 GMTIf you can't get your Goody Goody Gum Drops fix, Rainbow has the answer
For fans missing Goody Goody Gum Drops ice cream in a tub, a local sweet company has a cheeky alternative.
Thu, 03 Nov 2022 06:00:00 GMTNaked connections for the stars of Duckrockers
Forget six degrees of separation – to connect up everyone in the New Zealand entertainment industry, all you really need is two degrees of Naked Samoans.
Thu, 03 Nov 2022 06:00:00 GMTThe OE: The great Kiwi rite of passage, then and now
A favourite pastime of mine growing up was flipping through photo albums of my parent's overseas experience together.
Thu, 03 Nov 2022 06:00:00 GMTDrunken attacker whacked Taranaki pub patron in head with glass ashtray
Upset at being refused service due to his drunkenness, a Taranaki man's angry outburst led to a brawl and a man being hit in the side of a head with a glass ashtray.