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NZ food bank unknowingly distributes lollies with ‘lethal’ levels of meth

NZ food bank unknowingly distributes lollies with ‘lethal’ levels of meth

The amount of methamphetamine in each “revolting” lolly was up to 300 times the level someone would usually take, with a street value of $915.

  • by Charlotte Graham McLay

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Gunmen kill New Zealand helicopter pilot in Indonesia’s Papua region

Gunmen kill New Zealand helicopter pilot in Indonesia’s Papua region

Glen Malcolm Conning, a pilot for Indonesian aviation company PT Intan Angkasa Air Service, was shot to death by gunmen allegedly with the West Papua Liberation Army.

  • by Alfian Kartono and Niniek Karmini
What links a dead paedophile painter with Paris 2024? Shame

What links a dead paedophile painter with Paris 2024? Shame

As Paris holds the world’s gaze, France’s continued meddling in the Pacific paints a less-than-golden picture of colonial neglect and the price of imperialism.

  • by Malcolm Knox
Inquiry finds 200,000 people were abused in NZ over decades in ‘national disgrace’

Inquiry finds 200,000 people were abused in NZ over decades in ‘national disgrace’

The scale of abuse was “unimaginable” with an estimated 200,000 people abused over seven decades, many of them Maori, a new report found.

  • by Charlotte Graham-McLay
Reality TV contestant apologises after hunting, eating protected bird

Reality TV contestant apologises after hunting, eating protected bird

A contestant on the survival show said he was operating on a “starvation mindset” when he made the decision to eat the vulnerable species.

  • by Isabella Kwai