"Some of our captive snails are between 25 and 30 years old," said Flanagan. "They're polar opposites to the pest garden snail we introduced to New Zealand, which is like a weed, with thousands of ...

New Zealand, Monday, May 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Charlotte Graham-McLay) “It’s a spectacular thing for little kids to see,” Clarke said. “Even your old, grizzled businessmen, they still pull ...

Until only 50 years ago, this verdant north-east slice of New Zealand’s South Island was ... At fifty years old, this region’s wineries and off-shoot attractions remain youthful, inventive ...

Twice Olympic triathlon medallist Hayden Wilde is recovering in a Japanese hospital with broken bones and injured lungs after a bike crash, the New Zealander said on social media. The 27-year-old ...

Bush is expected to start his new role in the coming weeks. He joined the New Zealand police in 1978 and ... that happened when he was a 23-year-old police officer in 1983. If existing recruitment ...

There aren’t a lot of episodes each season, but this year, O’Brien is heading to Spain to meet up with Javier Bardem, and then he’s off to New Zealand ... confronts an old friend who is ...

Over the past few years, a curious fad has swept New Zealand—teaching by the phase of the Moon by using the Māori Lunar Calendar. Māori are the indigenous people of New Zealand, and their ...

WELLINGTON, May 7 (Reuters) - New Zealand's central bank said on Wednesday that risks to the financial system have increased over the past six months due to a more volatile global economic ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Traditionalist Catholics, especially in the United States — where much of the opposition to Francis was based — had yearned for a new pope who ... The 69-year-old Leo is likely to have a ...