23 Oct: The 74-year-old musician - who scored a number of hits in the 70s, including 'Can the Can' and 'Devil Gate Drive' - didn't realise the impact she was having on fellow female artists until after the release of the 2019 documentary 'Suzi Q', which documented the way she helped redefine the role of women in rock 'n' roll when she broke out in 1973... more
23 Oct: Mugiyanto thought he would die after being abducted by soldiers in 1998 when Prabowo Subianto was a powerful special forces commander. Now the former human rights advocate has joined the Indonesian president's cabinet.... more
23 Oct: Australia’s biggest mining company, BHP has gone to trial over the collapse of a dam which destroyed the livelihoods of more than 600,000 Brazilians.... more
23 Oct: The 48-year-old Olympian revealed earlier this year that he had been undergoing chemotherapy for cancer and noted that the treatment was going "really well" at the time but has now announced that his condition is terminal... more
23 Oct: A third person will appear in court for murder, over the death of a 43-year-old man found near the Hampton Downs Racetrack at Whangamarino... more
23 Oct: The former One Direction singer died on Wednesday (16.10.24) at the age of 31 after falling from the balcony of his hotel room in Buenos Aires and his fellow pop star Shawn, 26, paid tribute to him whilst on stage at the Brooklyn Paramount Theater in New York on Friday... more
23 Oct: The 36-year-old rapper - who is in a relationship with pop superstar Rihanna, also 36, and has RZA, two, and 15-month-old Riot Rose with her - is part of an investment group headed by celebrity lawyer Joe Tacopina, and they are fronting the takeover bid for the Liverpool-based League Two club... more
RUGBY Fullback Ruben Love and loose forward Peter Lakai have both been named to debut off the bench in the All Blacks team to face Japan on Saturday in Yokohama More...
BUSINESS A higher rates rise could be on the cards in Christchurch More...