Australians and New Zealanders have been promised lower power prices, cleaner energy and cheaper electric cars under a new deal inked between the two countries. Treasurer Jim Chalmers and Energy Minister Chris Bowen signed the agreement alongside Finance Minister Grant Robertson and Climate Change Minister James Shaw in Wellington onContinue Reading
A number of people are missing and at least six people have been confirmed dead after a devastating fire tore through a New Zealand hostel. Swarms of emergency services crews rushed to the four-storey Loafers Lodge hostel on Adelaide Rd in the capital city of Wellington just before 12.30am localContinue Reading
American filmmaker Debra Granik has a knack for discovering new talent. Granik was the one who cast a then-teenage Jennifer Lawrence in her 2010 film Winter’s Bone, leading to Lawrence’s first Oscar nomination and an enormously successful career. So, when Granik released Leave No Trace in 2018, a drama aboutContinue Reading
A passer-by has made a chilling discovery at a popular beach in New Zealand – sparking a police investigation. The person was walking along Petone Beach in Wellington at around 8am on Saturday when they found a human foot inside a shoe, New Zealand Herald reports. “Police completed a landContinue Reading
An anti-trans rights campaigner has fired parting shots at New Zealand after she fled the country following an overwhelming counter-protest. Kellie-Jay Keen-Minshull was due to speak at an event in Auckland on Saturday morning as part of her “Let Women Speak” tour of Australia and New Zealand. The British campaignerContinue Reading
WELLINGTON: New Zealand will ban Chinese-owned social media app TikTok from devices issued to members of parliament, officials told AFP Friday, becoming the latest Western nation to express security fears about the platform.TikTok will be banned on all devices with access to the parliamentary network, Parliamentary Service chief executive RafaelContinue Reading
The parents of a 19-month-old baby have been left devastated after finding their daughter died from an accidental fentanyl overdose during a family holiday. Horrified Lydie and Boris Lavenir discovered their baby daughter Enora would not wake up from her nap at an Airbnb during the family holiday in Miami,Continue Reading
England cricketers Harry Brook and Issy Wong have been named Major League Baseball Europe ‘ambassadors’ ahead of June’s games at London. Brook, who has made a fantastic start to his Test career, making four centuries in his first six matches, is to join the St. Louis Cardinals for their springContinue Reading
A NSW Labor candidate has hit out at his critics hours after announcing he’s pulling out of the upcoming state election. Former Canberra Raiders NRL captain Terry Campese announced on Friday he would no longer be running in the March 25 ballot for the southern seat of Monaro. It followsContinue Reading
Elton John had to pull the pin on his concert less than half an hour before taking the stage in Auckland on Friday night as severe flooding lashes the city. The 75-year-old British singer was due to perform at Mt Smart Stadium as part of his Farewell Yellow Brick RoadContinue Reading