Oddstuff
Robot vacuum cleaner turns on owner
Emergency services had to free woman after machine sucked up her hair while she slept on the floor.
Smiley face spotted by telescope
Hubble Space Telescope captures image of a galaxy cluster looking very much like an emoticon.
Humans keep looking on bright side
Majority of communication around the world uses positive words, large study finds.
Angry owl attacks joggers
Morning joggers are being warned to watch out for an angry owl with an affinity for hats.
Sculpture made 'less phallic'
A controversial penis-shaped sculpture in Auckland was the “less phallic” version, says the upset artist behind it.
Angry owl attacks joggers
Hat ripped off jogger as angry owl of Oregon makes its fourth attack in weeks.
Hearse run helps hospice
A Taranaki fundraiser will stare death in face in order to raise money for a local hospice.
'One ring' gets boy suspended
A Texan boy has been suspended from school for threatening to make a classmate disappear with Middle Earth sorcery.
Fiery highway crash - escaped bees, chicken and CHiPs
A truckload of bees, a truckload of chicken, a big fire and CHiPs - what could possibly go wrong.
The naked and famous
A Christchurch couple caught on video during an office romp are not the first who landed in the news naked.
Surf's up for Sumner gran
When 85-year-old Nancy Meherne hears the Sumner waves, she gets the urge to go and ride them.
Prickly predicament prompts rescue
Only in New Zealand: a hedgehog and snail have been saved from a prickly situation by police.
This formidable turkey is the keeper of the cars
The guardian of Mohamed Badr al-Din's cherished vintage cars is one mean turkey.
Celebs pitch in to find Charlie
A Beverly Hills shop owner who got celebrity help in hunting for her stolen dog has been reunited with the pooch.
Goose guard at Southport
A mysterious goose is on patrol oustide the Seafarers' Centre at South Port in Bluff.
Daisy moo-ving with the Times
She's kept Garden Place shoppers company for years, now Hamilton's iconic fibreglass cow is getting a psychedelic makeover.
'Dead' cat claws himself out of grave
His owner thought Bart was a goner, but five days after being buried this fearless feline clawed his way home.
Ghost freaks out Pakistani cricketer
Cricketer convinced a ghost shook his hotel bed, so he insisted on switching rooms.
Game of cones
A Christchurch roadworker provides hospital visitors with a bit of light relief through his dedication to the job.
Prince Philip's notorious gaffes
He's Australia's newest knight - are Prince Philip's gaffes innocent or revealing of deep-seated prejudice?
Auckland man sets crutch racing record
Brad Luiten has hopped his way to a probable Guinness World Record in a 10 kilometre run.
Court rules that man can pee standing up
A German court has ruled that a tenant who liked to pee standing up can continue to do so.
Alleged poo fight ends in court
A long-running dispute between two women in Australia took a horrifying and rather putrid turn.
Smoker fined $19k for butt-throwing
Singapore fines smoker $597 for every butt he threw out his flat window. The total sum was a record.
Whoops! Meth-o-drone crashes
A drone overloaded with methamphetamine has crashed into a supermarket parking lot in Mexico.
Cut off by 'young, dumb' gull
Cutting power to large parts of Tauranga was one seagull's final act on this earth.
Tourist gets stuck in air vent
Joke goes bad for a tourist charged after getting stuck in air vent while trying to sneak into Gold Coast nightclub.
'Dukes' slide earns rebuke
A Timaru man's Dukes of Hazzard move has landed him in trouble with the law.
Chilly bin joy ride ends in fine
An Australian man is cooling his heels after being caught driving a motorised chilly bin south-east of Melbourne.