An Air NZ flight to Dunedin has been cancelled and "anxious passengers" told to disembark from the plane in Auckland due to a "serious" security concern.
The cool and wet start to the year persists into the weekend for much of the country. But summer is set to return - just as many are going back to work.
Authorities have failed to arrest South Korea's impeached president after evading protesters supporting Yoon Suk Yeol, but coming to a standoff with security inside his compound.
Law enforcement officials named a US Army soldier as the likely person inside a Tesla Cybertruck that exploded outside the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas.
A stern but loving auntie, a woman of unshakeable principle, the very definition of a wāhine toa - just a few of the tributes for Dame Tariana Turia, who has died aged 80.
A US Army veteran who drove a truck into a crowd of New Year's Day revelers had pledged allegiance to Islamic State, but acted alone in the attack that killed at least 14 people, the FBI says.