Bystanders in Dunedin were forced to intervene after a protected species of native gull was thrown to the ground and its head nearly stomped in, a witness says.
The Trump administration sent emails on Saturday evening to US federal government employees telling them to detail their work accomplishments from the previous week by Monday night or risk losing their jobs.
An elderly tenant who complained to his landlords about the noise on the shared property - and said it was interfering with his afternoon naps - was told to "p*** off" if he was not happy with it.
French President Emmanuel Macron and British PM Keir Starmer travel to Washington next week amid alarm over US President Donald Trump's hardening stance towards Ukraine.
China will be able to establish a "significant strategic presence" in the Pacific due to its new deal with the Cook Islands, a security studies professor says.
A man carrying a handgun and zip ties took hostages inside a Pennsylvania hospital, fatally shooting an officer and wounding five others, official say.