The 3.4m-long mammal had been playfully swimming ahead of the vessel when it got too excited and mistimed a leap. WATCH THE FOOTAGE
Troy de Ruyter
An indie singer-songwriter will make her acting debut in an ‘almost-true story’ about a teenager trying to become a rock star in 1979.
Kellie Balaam
The expert fisherman, who regularly shares New Zealand adventure vlogs, said it was ‘one of the scariest things he’s ever seen’.
A major bank has apologised to thousands of its customers who were impacted by an error that led to them being massively overcharged.
Cameron Micallef
An Australian man lost his mother, father and sister in the volcano disaster and suffered burns to three-quarters of his body.
Ben McKay
The mother of three children who vanished with their fugitive father years ago has spoken out after they were spotted in New Zealand bushland.
Georgina Noack
A young man killed in an horrific car crash in New Zealand has family in WA, with fundraising efforts underway to try to help them.
Phil Hickey
Staff observed the teacher was ‘happier’ and ‘chattier’ than normal after drinking the ‘sugar-free Gatorade’ (vodka).
Dominique Tassell
Jetstar is working with Airbus after a plane ran off a runway in a “difficult” landing incident.
Max Corstorphan
An elderly couple living in west Auckland have been found dead in their paddock, with police suspecting a ram on their property, according to NZ media reports.
New Zealand unemployment rose less than expected at the end of last year, adding to signs that the central bank could remain cautious about cutting interest rates.
Bloomberg
New Zealand businesses are less pessimistic about the economy following the election of a centre-right government, amid signs that inflation pressures are easing, potentially allowing interest rates to decline.
Tracy Withers
Former New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and Clarke Gayford have tied the knot in a beautiful vineyard ceremony, despite protesters picketing outside the venue before the pair arrived.
Eli Green
A Perth family are preparing to bring their six-year-old son’s body home after he died in a tragic accident while on holiday in New Zealand.
Dylan Caporn and Troy de Ruyter
New Zealand voted for change after six years of a liberal government led for most of that time by Jacinda Ardern.
AP
More than 15,000 Kiwis have applied to become Aussies since the Albanese Government opened a direct route to citizenship on July 1, Immigration Minister Andrew Giles has revealed.
Dan Jervis-Bardy
Former cabinet minister Julie Bishop has added her voice to the Liberals backing a Yes vote in the coming referendum on the Indigenous Voice to Parliament.
Katina Curtis
New Zealand’s central bank kept interest rates unchanged for the first time in almost two years amid signs that the weaker economy is slowing inflation.
New Zealand’s economy contracted in the first quarter, confirming that a recession began in the final three months of last year and sending the local currency lower.
Ainsley Thomson (Bloomberg) & Poppy Johnston (AAP)
Two cash couriers — who counted and then carried more than $1.7m in notes stuffed in a barrel on a ute — will spend years in prison before facing deportation to their native New Zealand.
Tim Clarke
A fire tore through a hostel in New Zealand’s capital in the early hours of Tuesday morning killing at least six people and forcing others to jump from windows of the four-storey building in their pyjamas.
Multiple people are believed to have died after a fire ripped through a 92-room hostel in Wellington, New Zealand.
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