‘You see things moving behind me’: Jacinda Ardern reacts on live TV as New Zealand is rattled by a magnitude 5.9 earthquake A strong earthquake struck New Zealand’s North Island this morning The 5.7 magnitude earthquake hit Wellington at 7.53am on Monday The shake was felt across both island’s, there no reports of damage Ms Ardern was … Read more
Heartwarming moment dying woman hugs her sister after she was granted coronavirus travel exemption so they could meet one last time before she dies Christine Archer was denied permission to fly to Australia on four occasions Ms Archer’s sister Gail Baker was diagnosed with ovarian cancer in late March Australian Government eventually allowed Ms Archer to travel … Read more
Paw patrol! Footage shows Boston Dynamics’ robot dog Spot herding sheep on a farm in New Zealand Spot gathered together the unruly farm animals with the help of two sheepdogs Robot can reach speeds of up to 3mph and costs less than £30,000 to lease Video also shows the robot marching through an orchard and … Read more
An obese shop assistant who suffered 10 seizures a day and tipped the scales at 190 kilos has shed half his bodyweight in 18 months by adopting a plant-based diet and exercising six days a week. Jacques Robinson had always been a ‘bigger guy’, but it wasn’t until he left school and started his first job … Read more
No exceptions! New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is REJECTED from a cafe because it was too full under COVID-19 restrictions New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern was turned away from a restaurant Ms Ardern and partner Clarke Gayford attempted to dine at on Saturday Olive, the Wellington restaurant, followed ‘Alert 2’ coronavirus restrictions The … Read more
The Duke of Cambridge joined a video call to reconnect with members of the Christchurch Muslim community that he met last year in the aftermath of the Al-Noor and Linwood mosque terrorist attacks. During the call, Prince William, 37, talked to Imams and representatives from the Al-Noor and Linwood mosques, and the Muslim Association of … Read more
New Zealanders welcomed the end of their country’s 51-day coronavirus lockdown at midnight on Wednesday by lining up on the street at to get their hair cut. Businesses including salons, coffee shops, restaurants and shopping malls threw open their doors in the early hours after the country downgraded to ‘level 2’ of its alert system. … Read more
Astronomers detect an ‘incredibly rare’ Earth-like planet orbiting a star one-tenth the size of our sun 25,000 light-years away The star was spotted in the Galactic Bulge at the centre of the Milky Way galaxy The rocky world’s mass is somewhere between the mass of Earth and Neptune It is so far away that scientists … Read more
Good Omens writer Neil Gaiman has split from wife Amanda Palmer after nine years of marriage. The British author, 59, confirmed the separation on his Twitter page on Monday after American singer Amanda, 44, blogged about the couple’s marital woes on her Patreon page. In the blog Amanda revealed she was in lockdown with their … Read more
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has lauded New Zealanders for their commitment to lockdown after a second-straight day without a new case of COVID-19. The number of ‘confirmed and probable’ infections remained at 1,487 after one suspected case ‘already known to us’ tested positive on Monday, the health ministry said. The death toll was also … Read more