13 August 2026
A journalist’s latest book portends the world collapsing around us, but there’s much we can do to ease the harm, writes columnist.
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14 August 2026
The findings and recommendations of the review are still before Ministers more than a year after the review was first announced.
14 August 2026
Both her mother and stepfather say they were not the last person to check on Sadie-Leigh Gardner in her cot before she was found fatally injured.
14 August 2026
A Christchurch man has been charged with human trafficking and migrant exploitation in relation to 11 people, RNZ can reveal.
14 August 2026
Airservices boss says planes remained 1km apart so runway incursion ‘didn’t meet mandatory reporting requirements’ but safety bureau is ‘concerned’ Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates The chief executive of the commonwealth-owned Airservices Australia, Rob Sharp, said he did not believe the incident met the reporting threshold given the substantial distance between the Virgin plane and a Qantas aircraft crossing the runway in front of it on Sunday.
14 August 2026
Taking El Obeid would allow the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces to consolidate its hold on western Sudan, a significant strategic goal.
14 August 2026
In her memoir the former Labour cabinet minister is scathing of the sector saying it should be overhauled.
14 August 2026
A person has died in hospital following a crash between a pedestrian and a car in Hokitika.
