New Zealand
Irish Rugby 2024 review: The season that many thought would never end
A Six Nations championship and an away test win against South Africa were the highlights of the year for Andy Farrell’s side
Driver runs down two New Zealand police officers on foot patrol
A 32-year-old man was arrested after one officer died and another was seriously injured in the incident in the South Island city of Nelson.
The world welcomes 2025 with fireworks and light shows
Thousands of people have marked the changing calendar year.
Three climbers believed to have died in fall on New Zealand’s highest peak
The men’s bodies have not been found.
Three climbers missing on New Zealand’s highest peak
The two Americans and a Canadian failed to return from a planned ascent of 12,218ft Aoraki, also known as Mount Cook.
Human error caused New Zealand navy ship to sink off Samoan coast, inquiry finds
The ship’s crew did not realise autopilot was engaged.
Conservative US influencer Candace Owens barred from New Zealand
The move comes just weeks after an Australian ban.
Police car crashes into New Zealand PM’s limousine, but no-one hurt
Officers are investigating the incident in Wellington.
New Zealanders help to save 30 whales after a pod strands on a beach
The country’s conservation agency said four whales had died.
Crowds throng New Zealand’s Parliament grounds in support of Maori rights
The marchers oppose a law that would reshape the county’s founding treaty between the nation’s Maori people and the British Crown.