The linkup occurred 420km above the Atlantic, just off the west coast of Africa.
Māori council candidates are urging Māori voters – and their non-Māori allies – to cast their votes before the deadline of midday today.
Authorities claim the 16-year-old fell to her death from a high building, but her mother says the teen was killed by blows to the head as part of the crackdown on anti-hijab protests roiling the country.
A nurse from Middlemore Hospital's emergency department says the decision by nurses to refuse to work extra shifts has exposed the true scale of its chronic staffing shortages.
Uvalde families have said students in the district are not safe so long as officers who waited so long to confront the Robb Elementary gunman remain on the job.
Animal rights group PETA said it captured footage of workers kicking and stomping the birds after sending an undercover investigator to Plainville Farms.
A local NGO reported the migrants had been killed by human smugglers who shot them and then set fire to the vessel.
Vapour trails from the mission's launch could be seen in New Zealand skies early this morning.
Peter Ellis was convicted in 1993 of sexually abusing children at the Christchurch Civic Creche.
In 1993, Ellis was convicted of sexually abusing seven children in his care at Christchurch civic creche. He was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment.
The bush fire was first reported at 10am.
Lauren Hemp and Georgia Stanway scored to help England beat the U.S. for the first time since 2017.
Incumbent councillor Phil Mauger has won in Christchurch.
Police have urged anyone with information about the incident to come forward.
Pierre Gasly has been released by Red Bull and freed to end his contract with the junior team, AlphaTauri, and will move to Alpine next season in Formula One.
A video leaked by TMZ shows what happened in the altercation.
The 11.15-carat Williamson Pink Star diamond, auctioned by Sotheby’s Hong Kong, sold for $392 million Hong Kong dollars.
France defeated South Africa 40-5 in the first match of the Rugby World Cup at Eden Park.
The offenders entered the store around 11pm on Thursday, and left on foot, heading towards Durham Street, police said.
Police said they received reports of the incident on Victoria Street around 4.15pm.
Voting boxes for local body elections were sealed around the country at midday.
Clark is the city's incumbent deputy mayor.
A FENZ spokesperson said the fire, burning in along Twelve Mile Creek, is now approximately 200 ha.
Police say they are seeing more 3D-printed firearms seized, and in some cases seen domestic printers used to manufacture illegal gun parts.
Whanau thanked her supporters in a statement.
Incumbent councillor Efeso Collins has lost the race to become the city's mayor.
England scored 14 tries to blow past Fiji in their first match of the tournament.
The Black Ferns defeated Australia 41-17.
The truck bomb caused seven railway cars carrying fuel to catch fire.
In a statement released hours after the mayoral announcement, Adrienne Young-Cooper said it was clear Auckland's new mayor wanted "a clear runway."
Police were called to the crash at the intersection of Awapuni and Stanley Roads around 10am, police said.
Black Ferns overcome Wallaroos in World Cup opener with fine second-half showing thanks to wing's hat-trick and Wallaroos losing two players to sinbin.
The winning ticket was sold at Four Square, Highway 45 in Ōpunake.
It was an epic triple-header at Eden Park with fans coming in large numbers to cheer on their favourite teams.
Roughly 250 pilot whales have died after becoming stranded on the northwest of Chatham Island Friday.
Police said in a statement they were called to the scene around 8.55pm.
