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Oceania
Sailing cat quarantined in New Zealand
Navy, the cat, has accompanied sailor Francis Tolan since he set sail from France as part of La Longue Route solo circumnavigation event in June.
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Earthquake
Magnitude 7.5 quake strikes in Pacific near New Caledonia
New Caledonia has ordered the evacuation of coastal areas following a tsunami warning after a powerful undersea earthquake struck off the east coast of the French territory.
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Crime
Police confirm New Zealand homicide victim was decapitated
A neighbour on Monday said that during a party on Friday night she saw the man's head thrown off a second-storey balcony.
- by Tom Hunt & Matt Stewart
Tragedy
Avalanche kills NSW police officer hiking in New Zealand
An NSW policeman has been killed in an avalanche while hiking in New Zealand's South Island.
Crime
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
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
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.
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
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
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
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).