One New Zealander has tested positive for the coronavirus on board the Diamond Princess cruise ship in Yokohama, Japan. Passengers on board the Princess Diamond, who have tested positive for... Read more
If China’s economy takes a hit from the Wuhan coronavirus, it could prove costly for the visitor economy here, a China-New Zealand tourism researcher says. Photo: AFP The authorities i... Read more
Australia is battling a bushfire crisis that has left more than two dozen people dead and burned 10 million hectares (40,000 sq miles) of land. The fires are expected to last for many weeks... Read more
Smoke from the massive bushfires in Australia will soon circle the Earth back to the nation, says Nasa. Massive infernos have raged along the nation’s east coast for months, pushing sm... Read more
Te Kanohi O Te Manu – The Eye Of The Bird slide. Photo: Hobsonville Point Residents Society A giant interactive sculpture which stands 10 metres high and looks out to the water in Hobs... Read more
Singapore buys about half of its fresh water from Malaysia. Photo: AFP Singapore buys about half of its fresh water from the southern Malaysian state of Johor, with which it shares a maritim... Read more
Shortly before 8am on 26 December 2004, a magnitude-9.1 earthquake struck under the sea in northern Indonesia. In the hours that followed, a massive tsunami fanned out across the Indian Ocea... Read more
The volcano on Whakaari / White Island has erupted, leaving at least five dead and at least 18 injured. The volcano is monitored by GNS Science and its GeoNet project – a geological ha... Read more
Protesters at a public hui today in Auckland cursed mana whenua of the ancestral maunga, Ōwairaka, telling them they were colonisers and questioning their whakapapa. A hui was held for membe... Read more



