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The release of a bioengineered infectious disease, a nuclear war in the northern hemisphere or a rogue artificial intelligence running amok — it all sounds like another cliche from a B-grade sci-fi...

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Paintings find home in city’s libraries

South African painter Thandi Sliepen stands in front of two of her paintings from her Aramoana...

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Paintings find home in city’s libraries

A South African artist can return home satisfied her paintings inspired by the northern coast of Dunedin have found a "safe haven" in the city’s libraries.

Devotees bare their soles

Devotees bare their soles

Hindu devotees perform Garba, a traditional folk dance, with bare feet on tiny cotton fire balls spread inside a ring, as part of the Navratri festival celebrations in Jamnagar, India, yesterday.

Life in disarray

Chang Hsueh-mei, 78, climbs through aisles of fallen goods inside her grocery store to reach the second floor after flooding brought by Super Typhoon Ragasa

Road spikes used as four arrested near Mosgiel

Road spikes used as four arrested near Mosgiel

A report of a vehicle being driven dangerously on State Highway 1 has been followed by deployment of road spikes near Mosgiel and four people being arrested.

Obituary: pulp culture icon who transcended professional wrestling

Hulk Hogan gestures to the audience during his 2009 Hulkamania Tour in Perth, Australia. Photo:...

Obituary: pulp culture icon who transcended professional wrestling

Hulk Hogan was a mustachioed, headscarf-wearing, bicep-busting icon of professional wrestling who turned the sport into a massive business

Obituary: opinions, ideas spurred on O’Connor

Tom O’Connor, a man of words. Photo: supplied

Obituary: opinions, ideas spurred on O’Connor

Tom O’Connor was not a man you forgot easily.

Man fails in $5m claim against bank over $18 dispute

Man fails in $5m claim against bank over $18 dispute

When a man's claim for $2.5 million in relief from a bank failed in the High Court, he doubled down and asked for millions more at his next attempt.

Interpol arrests 260 online romance scam suspects in Africa

Interpol has arrested 260 cyber crime suspects. Photo: AP

Interpol arrests 260 online romance scam suspects in Africa

A crackdown on cybercrime coordinated by Interpol has led to the arrests across 14 African countries of 260 people suspected in online romance and extortion scams.

Cancer patients feel let down by Luxon promises

Malcolm Mulholland from Patient Voice Aotearoa. Photo: Supplied via RNZ

Cancer patients feel let down by Luxon promises

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon says he has not forgotten blood cancer patients but will give no assurance that a campaign commitment will be fulfilled.

UK to implement digital ID to combat illegal immigration

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer. Photo: Reuters

UK to implement digital ID to combat illegal immigration

Britain has said today it would introduce a mandatory digital ID scheme for British citizens and residents starting a new job as a measure to deter illegal immigration.

Four dead as another storm hits Philippines

Residents and their dogs are evacuated by rescuers as floods rise due to Typhoon Bualoi in Ormoc,...

Four dead as another storm hits Philippines

Another tropical storm barreled across Philippine islands today, causing at least four deaths and the evacuations of more than 433,000 people from landslide- and flood-prone villages long...

Former French president jailed over criminal conspiracy

Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy reacts as he talks to journalists after the verdict in...

Former French president jailed over criminal conspiracy

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy was sentenced to five years in jail this morning for criminal conspiracy over attempts to raise campaign funds from Libya.

'Highly sought-after' tutor indecently assaulted school students

Rashmi Kant (inset) has been sentenced in the Napier District Court to home detention on 11...

'Highly sought-after' tutor indecently assaulted school students

A scientist who became a “highly sought-after” tutor following the Covid pandemic has been convicted of the indecent assault of three of his school-age students.

Trump vows Israel will not annex West Bank

US President-elect Donald Trump attends Turning Point USA's AmericaFest in Phoenix, Arizona....

Trump vows Israel will not annex West Bank

US President Donald Trump said today that he would not allow Israel to annex the West Bank.

Rush family stuck in hail storm at Aromoana beach

Rush family stuck in hail storm at Aromoana beach

We decided to visit the lovely Aromoana for sandblasting.

PM calls for faster vote count

Christopher Luxon voting in 2023. Photo: RNZ / Tim Collins

PM calls for faster vote count

The prime minister says he expects the Electoral Commission to speed up the official vote count after an election.

'I thought that was it': Mayday issued over possible fire on flight

'I thought that was it': Mayday issued over possible fire on flight

Emergency services rushed to Auckland Airport earlier today after the pilot of an inbound Qantas flight issued a mayday call over the Tasman.

Loafers Lodge blaze: Man found guilty of murder

Esarona David Lologa lit the fatal fire on May 16 in 2023. Photo: RNZ

Loafers Lodge blaze: Man found guilty of murder

Five people died after Esarona Lologa set fire to Wellington's Loafers Lodge boarding house in 2023.

Police detected Phillips but feared 'he was prepared to put children in harm's way'

Tom Phillips vanished into the Waikato bush with his children in 2021. Photo: RNZ /...

Police detected Phillips but feared 'he was prepared to put children in harm's way'

Police have revealed further details about the search for Tom Phillips and his children saying the fugitive was "detected in transit" but it was not safe to intervene.

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