3 d. ago Aussie energy giant boss quits to become BP's first female chief

The head of Australia's largest oil and gas company has quit to helm an even bigger fossil-fuel company, in a move analysts have speculated about for months.

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5 d. ago Sailing to Antarctica ‘exciting, terrifying — but in the best way’

Royal Albatross Centre guide and educator Libby Manning is about to take a month off work on the wind-swept cliffs of Otago Peninsula to sail a 1911 tall ship, Barque Europa, across the Drake Passage to the wind-swept cliffs of the Antarctic Peninsula. PHOTO: GERARD O’BRIEN Going to Antarctica in the comfort of a modern-day vessel is one thing, but to do it on a historic, 1911, three-masted sailing ship, in some of the coldest and roughest seas on the planet, is quite another.

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6 d. ago Security stepped up for NZ's Jewish community after Bondi terror attack

A police car outside a Wellington synagogue on Monday, following the deadly shooting at Bondi Beach in Australia. Photo: RNZ Security measures have been increased for the Jewish community across New Zealand after the Bondi Beach terror attack in Sydney, Australia.

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1 week ago Bare buttocks and Colonel Hacker: NZ's most complained about TV ads revealed

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has revealed the television ads that New Zealanders complained most about in 2025.

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3 w. ago Air NZ's A320 aircraft return to normal service after grounding

About 6000 aircraft from the Airbus A320 family were affected by the issue. File photo: Stephen Jaquiery Air New Zealand's Airbus A320 aircraft are returning to normal operations, after receiving software updates during a global recall.

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3 w. ago Video shows Israeli forces killing two Palestinians after surrender

Israeli forces with one of the two surrendered Palestinian men, moments before shooting him dead. Photo: Reuters The United Nations said on Friday that the killing of two Palestinian men in the occupied West Bank by Israeli security forces the previous day appeared to be a "summary execution."

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3 w. ago Mainlander train’s return for holidays ‘absolutely wonderful’

Passenger rail advocate Jarrod Hodson. PHOTO: SUPPLIED A Dunedin passenger rail advocate is elated a service linking the city with Christchurch and Invercargill is back after decades of waiting.

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3 w. ago 'Huge win': Passenger train to link Dunedin and Christchurch

Photo: Supplied Dunedin's decades-long wait for passenger rail to return is almost over with a new service set to link with city with Christchurch and Invercargill.

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3 w. ago NZ's largest navy ship followed by Chinese forces as it passed through Taiwan Strait

The Aotearoa is not armed with heavy weapons, but is equipped to carry a helicopter. PHOTO: WIKIMEDIA COMMONS The New Zealand Navy's largest ship, the oiler HMNZS Aotearoa, made a rare transit through the sensitive Taiwan Strait earlier this month, Defence Minister Judith Collins has confirmed.

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3 w. ago NZ women nabbed at Aussie airport 'had 36kg of meth in suitcases'

Australian Border Forces inspect one of the women's bags. Photo: Supplied Two young New Zealand women have been busted for allegedly smuggling methamphetamine worth $38 million into Australia in their suitcases.

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3 w. ago Former soldier left 'broken' after training Ukrainian recruits

Jack Wesley. Photo: RNZ / Samuel Rillstone By Charlotte Cook of RNZ A former soldier who attacked a taxi driver in a drunken rage says the NZ Defence Force (NZDF) failed to get him desperately needed help after a traumatic stint training Ukrainian civilians for war.

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