Oddstuff
Gunning for Malone's statue
He was probably killed by his own artillery, so should a howitzer be placed beside war hero Colonel Malone?
Eye spy with my little eye
Is it a dragon? Is it a bird? It's whatever you want it to be, 'cos it's all about perspective, man.
Iconic Danish mermaid attacked
For the second time in as many weeks, Copenhagen's Little Mermaid statue has been doused in paint.
Man takes his lion for a drive
The pet lion was spotted sitting in the back of a ute driving through the Pakistani city of Karachi.
Missing US Navy sailor found - on the ship
A massive sea search was conducted after Peter Mims was thought to have gone overboard, but he turned up elsewhere.
Traffic lights off, no-one home
The lights were out for hours, and nobody was home to manage confused motorists at busy major intersection.
Trev and Shirl evade capture
What do you do when you're a couple in love but scientists want to tear you apart?
Tangled pigeon gets rescued
Firefighters rescue a tangled pigeon after it had been hanging upside down in a tree branch.
Man builds his own plane from scratch
After years of saving, watching videos and collecting materials, the Cambodian man took off ... sort of.
Te Atatu Rd: It's not over yet
The expected completion date is mid-2017, but will the project be truly over by then?
Council arms itself up
Are you a Stratford ratepayer? You're now technically the guardian of a large gun.
'Ghost bike' mystery solved
Video of a motorcycle cruising along a motorway in France baffled the internet.
Act would preserve Trump tweets
President Donald Trump's tweets could be preserved as presidential records if the proposed act becomes law.
Snap, crackle, shot!
The serial killer, sorry that should be "cereal" killer, used Rice Krispies to shoot a man.
The strangely life-like living dolls
A Spanish firm makes eerily realistic human, alien and pig-hybrid babies.
Freed by his doppelganger
US prisoner released after 17 years after researchers tracked down his lookalike.
One house, in two countries
For sale: A 1782 fixer-upper where you can enter via the US and come out in Canada.
Hedgehog 'blown up like a beach ball'
It had inflated to twice its usual size and was wandering in circles in the UK.
Author eats book on live TV
Professor Matthew Goodwin was so certain of Britain's election result, he promised to eat his words - literally - if he was wrong. And he was.
Muldoon's magic carpet trip
Strange days: After insulting the President and his family, Rob Muldoon had to make the most of a trip that was nearly cancelled.
Stinky beauty needs a clean
Taranaki's most photographed spot could soon be known for how much it smells.
'We're going back to all things Bruce'
Auckland school ditches old motto, sports colours and emblem to accelerate interest in its namesake, Bruce McLaren.
So beautiful, it could be a toilet
It looks like a toilet, but it isn't. The trouble is only the tourists don't know.
Saving Private(s) Hamblyn
After four of seven brothers died on the Western Front, two were sent back to New Zealand in an effort to protect the family lineage.