An Air NZ Airbus plane on a delivery flight from Hamburg had to do a U-turn approaching the Iranian border just days after a China-bound Dreamliner had to return to Auckland.

SKY WATCH: The moon's orbit is not perfectly circular. This means that sometimes our closest celestial neighbour is closer than any other.

Caring is so essential it's almost invisible. Looking at our past reveals how wide-reaching and significant caring is, historian Barbara Brookes says. It also poses questions about how careless we're becoming, writes Bruce Munro.

Invercargill’s newest millionaire thinks the drive from his home to the local Four Square to check his ticket was the most nervous he's ever been. "I'm a very, very lucky man."

"When did NZ become a dictatorship?" Plans to forbid cat ownership in the Southland community of Omaui amounted to violating the freedom of choice, residents have told an Environment Southland hearing.

US Senator Bernie Sanders said on Tuesday he would again seek the party's presidential nomination in 2020.

A house fire in the eastern Canadian city of Halifax has killed seven children from the same family, Halifax police said.