@Serena_Partrick / X screen shot Hog Hunters Reportedly Spot Kidnapped Children with Armed Man in Middle of Wilderness, Police Say Sighting Is 'Credible' A missing man and his three children were reportedly seen and recorded by hunters in a remote wilderness area. By Jared Harris October 9, 2024
Kerry Marshall / Getty Images Country Loses First Warship Since WWII After Celebrated LGBT Commander Takes the Helm The island nation of New Zealand has lost a large portion of its naval force after a disastrous encounter with a submerged reef. By Jared Harris October 8, 2024
Alberto PIZZOLI / AFP / Getty Images Captain of Doomed Superyacht Gives Investigators the Cold Shoulder The captain of a superyacht that sank during a storm off Sicily last week, killing seven people, did not respond to prosecutors’ questions. By The Associated Press August 27, 2024
Mark Mitchell / New Zealand Herald - File / AP Wanted Millionaire Cleared for Extradition to US, But Says He Will Not Go Willingly: 'I Have a Plan' The founder of the once popular file-sharing website Megaupload, lost a 12-year fight this week to halt his deportation from New Zealand. By The Associated Press August 15, 2024
Mauro Pimentel - AFP / Getty Images Spying Scandal Rocks Olympics Before Games Even Get Underway - Team Staffer Detained by Law Enforcement This isn't the first controversy to hit the Games before their Opening Ceremony on Friday, but it's the most serious so far. By Joe Saunders July 24, 2024
govdoctnz / Instagram screen shot Man Receives Hefty Fine for 'Body Slamming' Killer Whale - 'The Video Left Us Genuinely Stunned' A New Zealand man's harassing conduct toward a killer whale in its natural habitat is being punished with a hefty fine. By Richard Moorhead May 21, 2024
@WorldCrimeIntel / XCommentary Barnacle-Covered Packages Wash Up on Beaches - If You See Something Like This, Call the Police Immediately Bad guys are smuggling drugs into countries by dropping them in the sea for later pickup. If the stuff comes ashore, leave it alone. By Mike Landry December 26, 2023
@FIBAWC / Twitter video screen shot Team USA's Reaction to New Zealand's Haka Dance Goes Viral Before Blow Out Victory New Zealand's basketball team came out roaring, but in the end it could not hold off Team USA in a World Basketball Cup game. By Jack Davis August 27, 2023
Brad Smith - USSF / Getty Images FIFA Begs Fans to 'Do the Right Thing' and Buy Tickets as Women's World Cup Gets Underway with Many Unsold Seats "It's never too late to do the right thing. Come to watch the matches," FIFA President Gianni Infantino implored. By Jim Baker July 20, 2023
@Wildnfree1984 / Twitter Homes Evacuated After 'Suspicious' Disaster at Grain Processing Plant A grain-mill fire broke out in New Zealand on Thursday, with a fire official saying the plant was being "treated as a crime scene." By Jack Davis March 3, 2023