World in pictures
World in pictures
Recent photographs from Reuters
Obituary: accountant charted dark waters
Obituary: accountant charted dark waters
The collapse of wool textile company Mosgiel Ltd in 1980 has been described as one of the major receiverships in New Zealand’s history due to its financial and human impact.
Parents fight to keep teen daughter separated from older boyfriend
Parents fight to keep teen daughter separated from older boyfriend
Warning: This story contains details that may upset some readers. The Family Court intervened to separate a teenage girl from her older boyfriend.
Man charged with murdering three-year-old
Man charged with murdering three-year-old
A 45-year-old man has been charged with the murder of a three-year-old Northland girl.
Critic stripped of automatic right to return to India
Critic stripped of automatic right to return to India
An Indian New Zealander has been stripped of her automatic right to return to her home country, being told she has tried to "fuel disharmony" among the community.
Driver in hospital as cattle truck crashes near Timaru
Driver in hospital as cattle truck crashes near Timaru
One person has been transported to hospital after a cattle truck crash south of Timaru.
Helicopters drop supplies to stranded farmers
Helicopters drop supplies to stranded farmers
Helicopters were being used on Sunday to drop animal feed to farmers in Australia's New South Wales state stranded by floods.
Monsoon hits India earliest in 16 years
Monsoon hits India earliest in 16 years
Monsoon rains hit the coast of India's southernmost state of Kerala, eight days earlier than usual.
Pedestrian deliberately hit by car, police say
Pedestrian deliberately hit by car, police say
Police believe a person critically injured after being struck by a vehicle in Dannevirke this morning was deliberately hit.
Heavy rain, strong winds on the way
Heavy rain, strong winds on the way
Heavy rain and strong winds are expected to hit the west of the country later today as a front sweeps in from the Tasman Sea.
Damaged Air NZ plane to fly home for repairs
Damaged Air NZ plane to fly home for repairs
An Air New Zealand plane suffering a hole in the fuselage after hitting an airbridge is due to fly back to Auckland at low altitude today.
307 soldiers exchanged in Russia, Ukraine POW swap
307 soldiers exchanged in Russia, Ukraine POW swap
Russia and Ukraine each exchanged 307 of their service personnel on the second day of an extended prisoner swap set to be the largest in the three-year war.
Two injured in alleged shooting
Two injured in alleged shooting
A 21-year-old man is facing firearms charges after a shooting in central Auckland overnight.
Missing man found
Missing man found
Search teams have found a Wellington man who was missing.
Serial book vandal targeting biographies of NZ women
Serial book vandal targeting biographies of NZ women
A Hamilton book store owner is fed up with the "disrespectful" actions of a serial book vandal, who she says has wilfully targeted the biographies of high-profile New Zealand women.
Woman duped out of millions by lover has to repay investigators
Woman duped out of millions by lover has to repay investigators
A woman took US$10 million ($16.9m) from a bank account she shared with her father and gave most of it to her lover to invest on her behalf, only for him to flee to Italy with it.
Five injured as pedestrians struck by vehicle in Christchurch
Five injured as pedestrians struck by vehicle in Christchurch
Five people, including a child, have been hurt after pedestrians were struck by a vehicle in central Christchurch.
Budget leaves blood cancer patients behind
Budget leaves blood cancer patients behind
Blood cancer patients, advocates and doctors say the lack of new funding for medicines in the Budget locks in four more years of "denied access and patient harm".
Posts reveal family schism before deadly mushroom lunch
Posts reveal family schism before deadly mushroom lunch
Devices seized from Erin Patterson's home allegedly reveal frustration with her husband's family in the months before she served them a poisonous lunch.
Further cuts slammed
Further cuts slammed
Cutting rehabilitation beds in the new Dunedin hospital inpatient building by more than half could have drastic consequences for the ageing population, the leader of the nurses’ union says.