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Dad gives burglar boots, food after finding him inside his house

Dad gives burglar boots, food after finding him inside his house

Mike Cammell noticed something was amiss when he arrived home after work on Wednesday night.

  • by Debbie Jamieson

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Life on Nauru’s ‘Limboland’ examined in new documentary
Immigration

Life on Nauru’s ‘Limboland’ examined in new documentary

The frustration of asylum seekers suspended between states is laid bare in a new documentary, Limboland.

  • by David McCowen
Six whales refloated after stranding on New Zealand beach
New Zealand

Six whales refloated after stranding on New Zealand beach

Rescue crews were hoping for a better outcome than from an unrelated stranding over the weekend in which all 145 pilot whales died.

'The worst experience of my life': Hikers' battle to save pod of beached whales
Whales

'The worst experience of my life': Hikers' battle to save pod of beached whales

Liz and Julian were in a remote place with no people and no phone service when they stumbled upon 145 dead and dying whales stranded on a beach.

  • by Liz Carlson
'A heartbreaking decision': 145 whales die after being stranded on island off NZ
Animals

'A heartbreaking decision': 145 whales die after being stranded on island off NZ

About half the pod of pilot whales were already dead by the time they were found, leaving conservation officials with a difficult decision.

New Zealand cruise holiday ends abruptly for Australian man
New Zealand

New Zealand cruise holiday ends abruptly for Australian man

An Australian man's cruise holiday has ended abruptly after being taken into custody in Dunedin.

  • by Tina Law
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Australia saves NZ from stink bug invasion that could hurt kiwi plants, economy
Soft commodities

Australia saves NZ from stink bug invasion that could hurt kiwi plants, economy

The bugs feed on key crops and a report released this year found New Zealand's annual economic output could fall by NZ$4.2 billion ($3.9 billion).

Fiji's PM Bainimarama wins narrow majority
World Politics

Fiji's PM Bainimarama wins narrow majority

The Pacific nation went to the polls last week for only the second time since Prime Minister Bainimarama seized control in a military coup in 2006.

Ogled, groped and locked in a cage, Mariya speaks out against NZ Defence Force for 'protecting' rapist
Sexual assault

Ogled, groped and locked in a cage, Mariya speaks out against NZ Defence Force for 'protecting' rapist

Thirty years after being assaulted at work, Mariya Taylor can still smell her attacker's aftershave.

  • by Alison Mau
'Right on our doorstep': Papua New Guinea's health crises hit home
Good Weekend

'Right on our doorstep': Papua New Guinea's health crises hit home

High maternal death rates. Tuberculosis. Polio. Leprosy. PNG is in the grip of multiple health crises – and that should worry everyone in Australia.

  • by Matt Wade
Good work damaged by minister on L plates, but here's how to help our neighbours
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Foreign aid

Good work damaged by minister on L plates, but here's how to help our neighbours

The PM needs to use his new $2 billion Pacific infrastructure fund for something both critical and practical.

  • by Concetta Fierravanti-Wells