After several days of rioting, 43 New Zealanders in the islands are warned to stay away from demonstrations. Read...

Epidemiologist professor Michael Baker says the Government should consider putting Southern Africa on its very high risk travel list, following the discovery of a new variant of Covid-19. The World Health Organization has named... Read...

The government of Malawi has defended its decision to invite the former heavyweight champion boxer Mike Tyson to become the country`s official cannabis ambassador following a backlash over his conviction for rape in the 1990s. Read...

There are a few surprises in `The Beatles: Get Back.` Read...

Thanksgiving weekend is theoretically all about family. Yet in terms of entertainment options -- to consume with them or as a means of escaping them -- the prevailing theme is heavily tilted toward nostalgia, with projects rooted in the 1960s, `70s and `90s. Read...

Carlos Arthur Nuzman, the head of the Brazilian Olympic Committee for more than two decades, was sentenced to 30 years and 11 months in jail for buying votes for Rio de Janeiro to host the 2016 Olympics.The ruling by Judge Marcelo... Read...

After losing a wallet on a Christchurch beach 32 years ago, Dunedin man Nathan Jaquiery had, understandably, lost all hope of ever finding it.That is, until November this year, when he received a Facebook message to say it had resurfaced,... Read...

A group of young children were left terrifed after a masked man carrying a knife in a bag repeatedly asked them were they lived. Read...

Ann Rattray spent half her life locked up at Christchurch’s Sunnyside Hospital after six of her eight children died. One hundred years after her death, she is remembered. Read...

One of the country`s leading biomedical scientists has written to the prime minister and director-general of health urging vaccination exemptions for chronic fatigue syndrome sufferers. Read...