Latest poll: Coalition parties drop in latest 1News Verian poll - Labour, Greens, Te Pāti Māori edge ahead

The poll comes a month before the Government's Budget.

Taranaki’s Audrey Cooper celebrates 102nd birthday with five generations of family

She's already making plans for her 103rd birthday celebration.

Five surprising benefits of a firm and shapely bottom, according to a personal trainer

Toning your glutes provides many health benefits from bone health to back pain.

New research: How recession can affect children’s long-term attitudes to money

Raising children during a recession has hidden future benefits

West Auckland fatal ram attack: Ram was not owned by couple, Alfred Helge Hansen and Gaye Carole Hansen, killed in Waitākere

'We keep thinking, why didn’t we hear anything?' another neighbour said.

CEO David Zaslav receives US$50m for leading struggling Warner Bros Discovery

NYT: The firm lost US$3b but increased cashflow by making cuts - including 300 NZ staff.

Fishermen spot boat filled with 20 corpses floating off the coast of northeastern Brazil, reports say

Reports say a small boat full of decomposing corpses was spotted by fishermen.

Department of Corrections spent over $400k on international travel in a year

On one $40k trip to London, managers enjoyed a plush member's club in Piccadilly.

Paris Olympics: France ‘hiding poverty’ in ‘social cleansing’

Authorities accused of sending homeless families more than 400km away.

Ocean heat has shattered records for more than a year. What’s happening?

New York Times: The 'massive records' set over 2023 are beyond what scientists expected.

Israel-Hamas war: Israel says fatal strike on aid workers a mistake; rights groups claim it was no anomaly

Israeli military says two basic mistakes led to the series of deadly drone strikes.

Heat-trapping carbon dioxide and methane levels in the air last year spiked to record highs again

'Methane’s decadal spike should terrify us' says Stanford University climate scientist

Healthy School Lunches feed body, mind and soul at Tikipunga High School

The Health School Lunches programme Ka Ora Ka Ako does more than feed the hungry.

Moment teenager escaping kidnapping shot by California police as she crawled to them for help

Video footage captured the moment Savannah Graziano was killed.

Donald Trump posts $294 million bond to avert asset seizure as he appeals NY fraud penalty

The bond Donald Trump is posting with the court is essentially a placeholder.

Cameron Diaz on rumours about Jamie Foxx's behavior on-set

Washington [US], December 20 (ANI): Actor Cameron Diaz has finally addressed long-running rumours that Jamie Foxx's behaviour on the set of 'Back in Action' prompted her to quit acting for the second time, reported Page Six. "I really hate all of...

Dwayne Johnson to play MMA fighter Mark Kerr in 'The Smashing Machine'

Washington [US], December 15 (ANI): Actor and film producer Dwayne Johnson is all set to take up a new role as mixed martial arts fighter Mark Kerr. The wrestler-turned-actor, 51, will play the MMA and UFC champion in director Benny Safdie's...

Global experts obtain maturity index of Chang'e-5 lunar soil

BEIJING, Dec. 12 (Xinhua) -- Global experts have measured the maturity index of the lunar soil brought back by the Chang'e-5 mission by magnetic techniques for the first time after the return of samples, shedding light on the space weathering...

LAFC, facing Crew, chase second straight MLS Cup title

(Photo credit: Kiyoshi Mio-USA TODAY Sports) When Los Angeles FC travel to oppose the Columbus Crew in the MLS Cup final on Saturday, the title could be decided on the performances of two stars: the visitors' Denis Bouanga and the hosts' Cucho...

No. 2 prospect Dylan Harper commits to Rutgers

(Photo credit: Chris Pedota, NorthJersey.com / USA TODAY NETWORK) Five-star combo guard and the consensus No. 2 recruit Dylan Harper committed to Rutgers on Wednesday, giving the Scarlet Knights two of the top three prospects in the Class of...

High 'good cholesterol' is linked to risk of dementia: Study

California [US], December 3 (ANI): According to a Monash University-led study, an increased risk of dementia in older people has been related to excessively high levels of HDL-C, generally known as good cholesterol. According to the researchers,...