6+ hour, 54+ min ago  (498+ words) The results are in for the 2026 LION Hospitality New Zealand Awards for Excellence with the finalists including everything from familiar world-class venues to boutique new entrants. LION Hospitality New Zealand Awards for Excellence celebrate the people, businesses and teams raising…...

3+ day, 2+ hour ago  (188+ words) Organisations like R'nui 135 are critical community infrastructure. When supported with sustained funding, they not only transform individual lives but also build stronger, more connected communities for generations. Air New Zealand Chief Sustainability & Corporate Affairs Officer, Kiri Hannifin says today's flight…...

3+ day, 2+ hour ago  (1190+ words) The question of where man went wrong has plagued philosophers for hundreds of years. In modern Western philosophy, the basic view of human nature has alternated between the fatalism of the 17th century English philosopher Thomas Hobbes, and the romanticism of…...

5+ day, 10+ hour ago  (1036+ words) Jesse Kearse, Te Herenga Waka " Victoria University of Wellington The magnitude of an earthquake depends on how far a rupture travels along a fault line before it stops. For the first time, we have now directly observed how a large…...

5+ day, 9+ hour ago  (664+ words) T'maki Makaurau Auckland, New Zealand: Friday, April 24 2026 - After the release of "Lungs" the first single off The Veils new album "Fragile World", and announcing a 10-date New Zealand album tour, comes "Aurora", the next single from The Veils with accompanying…...

1+ week, 30+ min ago  (841+ words) Today, Lionhearts is heartbroken to announce the peaceful passing of Abdullah at 1. 11pm - a 20-year-old Barbary x African lion, and one of the most magnificent souls New Zealand has ever had the privilege of knowing. His name, Abdullah, comes from the…...

1+ week, 3+ hour ago  (673+ words) Te Whare W'nanga o Waitaha | University of Canterbury (UC) Ph D candidate and research associate Daniel Hern'ndez-Carrasco is one of 25 scientists worldwide recognised in the 2026 Frontiers Planet Prize for research helping humanity stay within Earth's environmental limits. His work focuses…...

1+ week, 7+ hour ago  (444+ words) Fresh off the back of multiple sold-out screenings in both Wellington and Christchurch, the filmmaking team behind acclaimed local film The Weed Eaters is now chomping through the first South Island dates of The Big Forking Tour. It's been truly…...

1+ week, 4+ hour ago  (666+ words) A national law firm is helping catch predators " the four-legged kind " in a Conservation Week activity by building traps at work. Predator Free Port Hills (PFPH), an initiative of the Summit Road Society, ran the trap-building workshop on the roof…...

1+ week, 8+ hour ago  (645+ words) Baby Heavyweight - The Album Baby Heavyweight, born in a kitchen in Switzerland, is Delaney Davidson's 11th solo album. Somewhat more groovy than his previous releases, this is the second album he has made with Merk (Mark Perkins). Building on the smooth…...