New Zealand

• Dog shot dead by police after it delayed flights at Auckland Airport

  Posted March 17, 2017 10:24:47 | Updated March 17, 2017 10:44:18

  Police shoot dead a runaway dog on the tarmac of New Zealand's Auckland Airport because it was delaying planes taking off.

  Topics: animals, human-interest, accidents, police, new-zealand

• Call for action to curb excessive spending on NZ Samoan communal obligations Audio

  Audio
  Pacific Beat

  5min 5sec

  Posted March 16, 2017 16:20:00 | Updated March 16, 2017 16:43:09

  A New Zealand Samoan academic is calling for strong action to be taken to curb the financial impost on members of the Samoan community.

  Topics: money-and-monetary-policy, pacific, new-zealand, samoa

• Australia fumes as SANZAAR dithers over Super Rugby future

  Posted March 16, 2017 09:05:29

  No solid news about the future make-up of the Super Rugby competition is leading to frustration in Australia, with speculation one team is likely to be culled.

  Topics: super-rugby, sport, rugby-union, sydney-2000, nsw, brisbane-4000, qld, perth-6000, wa, melbourne-3000, vic, canberra-2600, act, new-zealand, south-africa, australia

• Whanganui River on New Zealand's north island image

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  ABC News

  Posted March 16, 2017 07:46:32

  Topics: rivers, new-zealand

• Whanganui River, New Zealand image

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  ABC News

  Posted March 16, 2017 07:46:32

  Topics: rivers, new-zealand

• New Zealand just gave human rights to a river

  Posted March 16, 2017 07:46:32 | Updated March 16, 2017 10:59:48

  The Whanganui River in New Zealand's North Island becomes the first landmark in the world to be recognised as a living entity.

  Topics: environment, rivers, indigenous-policy, government-and-politics, indigenous-other-peoples, community-and-society, new-zealand

• Manuka honey demand driving rise in bee-related crime

  Posted March 15, 2017 19:33:07

  New Zealand's bees are being stolen and traded by organised crime syndicates seeking to profit from skyrocketing honey prices thanks to surging demand in China, police and beekeepers say.

  Topics: law-crime-and-justice, agribusiness, new-zealand

• Grieving parents warn backpackers of ayahuasca danger

  Foreign Correspondent

  By Hamish Macdonald

  Posted March 14, 2017 05:45:27 | Updated March 14, 2017 19:36:00

  It was three days before Lyndie Dawson-Clarke found out her son Matthew had died suddenly in the Amazon on an ayahuasca retreat. Now, she's warning other young travellers about the dangers of the hallucinogenic plant.

  Topics: drug-use, death, travel-and-tourism, community-and-society, lifestyle-and-leisure, peru, new-zealand, australia

• Fans pay tribute to late Footrot Flats cartoonist

  Posted March 13, 2017 11:55:40 | Updated March 13, 2017 19:22:37

  Fans who grew up on the iconic Footrot Flats comics take to social media to pay tribute to late cartoonist Murray Ball.

  Topics: arts-and-entertainment, comedy-humour, new-zealand

• Footrot Flats creator Murray Ball dies aged 78

  Posted March 12, 2017 16:16:21 | Updated March 12, 2017 18:06:57

  New Zealand cartoonist Murray Ball, who created long-running comic strip Footrot Flats, dies aged 78 after a lengthy battle with Alzheimer's disease.

  Topics: arts-and-entertainment, information-and-communication, print-media, new-zealand

• Reds pipped by Crusaders on the bell at Lang Park

  Posted March 11, 2017 22:11:34 | Updated March 12, 2017 09:49:10

  The Reds are dealt a heartbreaking, last-minute 22-20 loss to an injury-riddled, 14-man Crusaders in Brisbane.

  Topics: sport, rugby-union, super-rugby, brisbane-4000, qld, australia, new-zealand

• How do kids living in a 'disaster zone' deal with ongoing trauma?

  By Stephanie Smail

  Posted March 11, 2017 08:38:42 | Updated March 15, 2017 11:09:25

  When bushfires ravaged the hills around Christchurch in February, children who experienced the 2011 earthquakes were left dealing with yet another disaster.

  Topics: fires, earthquake, disasters-and-accidents, mental-health, new-zealand

• Cowboys edge Broncos in golden point, as Storm too strong for Warriors

  Posted March 10, 2017 18:02:56 | Updated March 10, 2017 23:42:13

  The Cowboys clinch a golden point win over Brisbane, after the Storm beat the Warriors. Look back at how the games unfolded in the world of stats.

  Topics: nrl, rugby-league, sport, brisbane-4000, qld, townsville-4810, australia, melbourne-3000, vic, new-zealand

• New Zealand-South Africa Test grinds to a halt after fire alarm in Dunedin

  Posted March 10, 2017 16:02:46

  The first Test between New Zealand and South Africa stops dead after a fire alarms sounds in the stands, forcing an evacuation.

  Topics: cricket, sport, new-zealand

• New life for old sewing machines in Vanuatu Audio

  Audio
  Pacific Beat

  6min 13sec

  Posted March 10, 2017 15:00:00 | Updated March 10, 2017 20:32:53

  It's been nearly two years since Cyclone Pam bore down on the islands of Vanuatu, ravaging homes and destroying crops.

  Topics: charities-and-community-organisations, women, pacific, new-zealand, vanuatu

• Stop! Check out these pedestrian lights with a message

  Posted March 07, 2017 17:49:11 | Updated March 07, 2017 18:49:58

  Melbourne now has 10 pedestrian lights depicting female figures as part of a push for gender equality, but it's not the first time the little green man has been transformed to make a point.

  Topics: women, community-and-society, urban-development-and-planning, federation-square-3000, germany, new-zealand, england, austria, melbourne-3000, vic

• Glory score two late goals to earn 3-3 draw with Phoenix

  Posted March 04, 2017 20:16:09 | Updated March 04, 2017 22:42:34

  Wellington Phoenix surrender a two-goal second-half lead to draw 3-3 with Perth Glory in their A-League encounter in Auckland.

  Topics: a-league, soccer, sport, new-zealand, perth-6000, wa, australia

• Melbourne Rebels abject as Hurricanes run out 71-6 winners

  Posted March 04, 2017 19:33:23 | Updated March 04, 2017 22:46:42

  The Melbourne Rebels suffer a second straight embarrassing loss, this time to the Hurricanes in an abject 71-6 hammering.

  Topics: super-rugby, rugby-union, sport, new-zealand, melbourne-3000, canberra-2600, act, australia

• NZ Hawkweed image

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  ABC News

  Posted March 01, 2017 18:59:03

  Topics: weeds, environmental-impact, new-zealand

• Former Silver Fern Dalton dies after brain aneurysm

  Posted March 01, 2017 12:38:57

  Former Silver Fern Tania Dalton dies peacefully in Auckland, nearly a week after suffering a brain aneurysm.

  Topics: netball, sport, new-zealand

• Melbourne Rebels trounced in Super Rugby opener

  Posted February 23, 2017 22:39:18 | Updated February 28, 2017 14:36:23

  The Melbourne Rebels' horror run of luck has contributed to a disappointing 56-18 loss to the Blues in the first game of the Super Rugby season.

  Topics: super-rugby, rugby-union, sport, melbourne-3000, vic, australia, new-zealand

• One Plus One: Reg Mombassa Video

  Video
  One Plus One

  28min

  Posted February 23, 2017 18:08:23

  Reg Mombassa has been a leading light in Australian pop culture for more than 40 years, both as a rock musician and artist. Despite the career highs and a happy family life, Mombassa admits he is haunted by a persistent sense of trepidation.

  Topics: arts-and-entertainment, non-fiction, contemporary-art, music, bands-and-artists, rock, pop, poetry, popular-culture, visual-art, painting, family-and-children, history, community-and-society, australia, new-zealand, ireland, united-kingdom

• New Zealand company still waiting for PNG government to pay half a million dollar debt Audio

  Audio
  Pacific Beat

  5min 11sec

  Posted February 23, 2017 07:50:00 | Updated February 23, 2017 11:10:14

  A New Zealand company is still waiting to be paid by the Papua New Guinea Government for consultancy work it did three years ago, and a year after the courts ordered the government to settle its debt.

  Topics: business-economics-and-finance, pacific, papua-new-guinea, new-zealand

• Woman thrown 80m in fatal hit-and-run, Melbourne court told

  By Emma Younger

  Posted February 22, 2017 20:58:11

  A young woman was thrown 80 metres when she was hit and killed by a speeding drunk driver, travelling at 152 kilometres per hour through a pedestrian crossing against a red light in West Melbourne last July, a court hears.

  Topics: courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, west-melbourne-3003, melbourne-3000, new-zealand, sydney-2000

• Street art brings vibrancy to Christchurch after deadly quake

  By Sajithra Nithi

  Posted February 22, 2017 11:34:42

  As Christchurch remembers the devastating earthquake six years ago, we look at some of the inspiring and fascinating art popping up around the city.

  Topics: contemporary-art, earthquake, new-zealand, pacific

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