New Zealand
More rule tweaks are in store as 2026 Super Rugby Pacific teams prepare for the season kick-off next weekend. Super Rugby Pacific CEO Jack Mesley says they “want to be a competition that encourages quick taps and faster restarts, cuts […]
A leopard seal’s visit to the Abel Tasman National Park on New Zealand’s South Island this summer is prompting warnings to give the animal space. The warning follows reports of the predator’s encounters with kayakers. Last month, the NZ Department
Chinese airlines are boosting their services to Australia and New Zealand with more seasonal and year-round services. Late last year, Australian and New Zealand airports announced a string of new services by the likes of China Southern and Shenzhen airlines.
Booming demand for winter trans-Tasman travel from Brisbane means Air New Zealand will add 63,000 more seats next year. The Kiwi carrier is adding extra services between the SE Queensland airport with Auckland, Christchurch and Wellington airports. The Aussie airport
Rumour has become real for Kiwi ranger Jen Schori … a pink grasshopper basking in sunlight among rocks near Lake Tekapo in New Zealand’s South Island. Spotted by a team that was surveying grasshopper numbers was a deep pink female
Australian rugby league has named its men’s and women’s sides for Test games on opposite sides of the world this weekend. In England, Kangaroos captain Isaah Yeo returns to the men’s squad for the third Ashes test in the only
Should JobSeeker payments be made weekly instead of fortnightly? Yes, says the e61 Institute, a non-profit, non-partisan economic research institute. Weekly payments could help reduce hardship and financial stress without costing taxpayers more, it says. The institute recently compared JobSeeker
New Zealand is weighing up a ten-fold increase in rocket launches amid plans to double the size of its aerospace industry by 2030. Space Minister Judith Collins told the New Zealand Aerospace Summit in Christchurch this week that the government wants
Australia has joined seven other rugby union nations in banning players from Test duties if they sign up to a rebel R360 global competition. The other nations are New Zealand, South Africa, Ireland, England, Scotland, France and Italy. The joint
An air traffic control glitch that affected trans-Tasman flights from New Zealand is now the focus of investigation. Airservices Australia referred News Cop to Airways New Zealand, who manage the Oceanic flight space that takes in New Zealand. In a
