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Trump order seeks to ban trans women from female sports

US President Donald Trump signs the “No Men in Women’s Sports” executive order surrounded by...

Trump order seeks to ban trans women from female sports

US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order attempting to exclude transgender girls and women from female sports, a directive that supporters say will restore fairness but...

Australia passes tough hate crime laws

Neo-Nazi protesters salute as they are ordered to leave an anti-immigration rally in Melbourne in...

Jail time for Nazi salutes after Australia passes hate crime laws

Australia has passed tough anti-hate crime laws including mandatory minimum sentences for offences such as giving a Nazi salute in public.

Ticket chaos at Laneway music festival

Concertgoers arrive to today's Laneways Festival in Auckland. Photo: Screenshot / Instagram /...

Ticket chaos at Laneway music festival

Music fans are venting their frustration online after a Ticketek glitch stopped them at the gates to Auckland's Laneway Festival.

Crash between police and PM's Crown car 'a genuine mistake'

Neither Prime Minister Christopher Luxon nor Finance Minister Nicola Willis was injured in the...

Crash between police and PM's Crown car 'a genuine mistake'

A crash involving the vehicle carrying the prime minister and his police escort in Wellington was caused by another vehicle coming around a roundabout towards them at speed.

Jason Momoa at Qtown Waitangi event

Star power at South's Waitangi celebrations

The South's official Waitangi Day commemorations in Queenstown today featured performances, political discussion, food and some Hollywood star power.

Rebels take another town in Congo

A convoy of United Nations vehicles drives down a road as M23 rebels retained control of Goma....

Rebels take another town in Congo

Rwandan-backed M23 rebels have seized control of a mining town in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo's South Kivu province.

Luxon acknowledges Ngāi Tahu Treaty settlement

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon is welcomed to Ōnuku Marae. Photo: RNZ

Luxon acknowledges Ngāi Tahu Treaty settlement

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon is among the several hundred people who have filed into the small grounds at Ōnuku marae in Akaroa today.

Trump's Gaza proposal draws global condemnation

US President Donald Trump signs documents as he issues executive orders and pardons at the White...

Trump's Gaza proposal draws global condemnation

President Donald Trump's proposal for the United States to take over war-ruined Gaza has shattered US policy on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, drawing global condemnation.

Discovering why predators choose certain prey

A camera on the back of a king penguin shows it catching a tuna. The yellow lines on the tuna...

Discovering why predators choose certain prey

If a penguin bites a squid and no-one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?

Dozens continue search for missing jetskier

Plimmerton coastline where a jetskier was last seen before they didn't return home on Monday...

Dozens continue search for missing jetskier

Dozens of coastguard volunteers continue to search for a man who disappeared while trying to cross the Cook Strait on a jetski.

Dawn ceremony marks Waitangi Day

Dawn ceremony marks Waitangi Day commemorations

A dawn ceremony has marked the beginning of Waitangi Day commemorations at Te Whare Rūnanga Marae on the upper Treaty grounds.

Life’s work on display as Dunedin artist farewelled

Suzanne Lund works in her studio last year. PHOTO: AMANDA SHANLEY

Life’s work on display as Dunedin artist farewelled

The ‘‘joy and bliss’’ a Dunedin woman felt for life was on display in a final art exhibition held at her funeral.

'I’ve probably lost out on $50k'

Medical laboratory workers picket outside the Dunedin Hospital for pay parity between providers....

'I’ve probably lost out on $50k'

A $30,000 wage gap between the public and private medical laboratory workforce is just one of the reasons the sector took strike action yesterday.

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DCC charges ‘risk limiting media freedom’

Dunedin City Council chief executive Sandy Graham. File photo: Peter McIntosh

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DCC charges ‘risk limiting media freedom’

The Dunedin City Council will need to be careful about applying charges to requests for public information, a prominent media commentator says.

Time to go back to school after nearly 70 years

Queen’s High School’s first head girl Margaret Young, 83, this year’s head girl Frankie McAuliffe...

Time to go back to school after nearly 70 years

While hats and gloves may not be a school uniform staple any more, past and present Queen’s High School students still had plenty to talk about.

The model of efficiency

The model of efficiency

Otago Model Engineering Society member Andrew Douglas wheels a model train to prepare for the Model Engineering Exhibition which begins today.

Embracing difficulty to reinvent Shakespeare

At Julius Caesar, the audience sits in traverse, facing each other like Roman senators or two...

Embracing difficulty to reinvent Shakespeare

Interdisciplinary artists Josiah Morgan and Elisa Jones cannot resist a challenge, such as turning a play — a Shakespeare one at that — with more than 40 roles into...

Bird sickness appears ‘contained’

Oxidation ponds at the Waikouaiti wastewater treatment plant. Photo: Supplied

Bird sickness appears ‘contained’

Close to 1500 birds have died due to an outbreak of avian botulism which officials say remains contained.

School harbours an artist

Maori Hill School pupils and their teacher Sarah Freiburger celebrate a new mural of Otago...

School harbours an artist

Normally you have to dive into the depths of Otago Harbour to see the wildlife living inside it.

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City basked in sunshine despite chillier temperatures

Niwa data shows Dunedin had 256 hours of sunshine in January. File photo: Stephen Jaquiery

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City basked in sunshine despite chillier temperatures

It might have been cooler than average in Dunedin last month, but Niwa data shows the city had 256 hours of sunshine, making it the third-sunniest January on record.

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