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Body Found at Whangārei Caves During Search for Missing Student

Searchers have recovered a body at Abbey Caves in Northland where a Year 11 student from Whangārei Boys’ High School went missing after a school trip during bad weather on Tuesday. Northland District Commander Superintendent Tony Hill announced the discovery of the body shortly before 6.30am on Wednesday. He said the body was found late […]

Man accused of raping 3 children in a week released on bail twice

University of Auckland PhD Graduate Completed Doctoral Thesis in Samoan Language

Source: University of Auckland. Educator Muliagatele Vavaō Fetui has graduated with a PhD in Pacific Studies from the University of Auckland’s Faculty of Arts in the autumn ceremonies, after completing only the second PhD thesis every written entirely in Samoan. His thesis, Notions of Respect and Politeness in a Transnational Samoan Community: Toe Laumeanuti o […]

Anne Fatialofa Receives Award “On Behalf of Kerrs Road”

Mother and Three Children Among 7 Found Dead in Oklahoma US, Relative Says

By Edgar Sandoval May 2, 2023. Janette Mayo drove two hours to attend a choir recital last Thursday at a middle school in rural Oklahoma in the South Central region of the United States. Her granddaughter Tiffany Dore Guess wore a black and gold robe and sang beautifully, Ms. Mayo recalled. The next day, she […]

PM on Climate Finance: Some Remain Vague, Disinterested and Uncommitted

Explosion in Russian Border Region Derails Freight Train – Governor

An explosion in the Russian border region of Bryansk derailed a freight train on Monday, authorities said. Local governor Alexander Bogomaz said an explosive device went off along the Bryansk-Unecha line, 60km from Ukraine. The incident, which occurred at 10:17 Moscow time (07:17 GMT), saw the locomotive catch fire and seven freight wagons derailed, Russian […]

Tiger Woods ‘Awake, Responsive and Recovering’

Fox News Settles Defamation Suit for $787.5 Million, Dominion Says

Fox News reached a last-minute settlement with Dominion Voting Systems, which accused Fox News of pushing conspiracies that harmed the company. Fox News abruptly agreed on Tuesday to pay $787.5 million to resolve a defamation suit filed by Dominion Voting Systems over the network’s promotion of misinformation about the 2020 election, averting a lengthy and […]

PM on Climate Finance: Some Remain Vague, Disinterested and Uncommitted

Japan’s Prime Minister Assures Safety of G7 Leaders After Pipe Bomb Attack

Japan’s Prime Minister, Fumio Kishida, has vowed to ensure the safety of politicians and officials attending this year’s round of G7 meetings, days after he escaped unharmed after being targeted in a pipe bomb attack. The incident on Saturday came as foreign ministers began three days of talks in Japan for this year’s G7 President. […]

Fiji Update: Death Toll 98 as Active Cases Climbs to 13,610 as of Sunday 18 July 2021

Abba Pays Tribute to Long-Serving Guitarist Lasse Wellander, Passed Away Aged 70

Abba have paid tribute to the “musical brilliance” of their longstanding guitarist, Lasse Wellander, who has died aged 70 after being diagnosed with cancer. The musician, who played on the band’s biggest albums and toured with them between 1975 and 1980, died early on Friday “surrounded by his loved ones”, a his family said in […]

Man accused of raping 3 children in a week released on bail twice

Brazil Kindergarten Attack: Man Kills Four Children in Blumenau

By Vanessa Buschschlüter BBC News At least four young children have been killed by a man wielding a hatchet in a kindergarten in the city of Blumenau in southern Brazil, local officials say. Another four children were injured by the 25-year-old man who entered the creche at around 09:00 local time (12:00 GMT) on Wednesday. […]

Fiji Update: Death Toll 98 as Active Cases Climbs to 13,610 as of Sunday 18 July 2021