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Would you pay an extra $1m for the right postcode?
New research shows the suburbs with the biggest median difference in house price from their neighbouring suburbs.

African athlete 'tricked' into fighting Russia's war
Lured by the prospect of work, a Kenyan runner captured in Ukraine said he did not know he was joining Russia's army.

Couple who were forced to leave son behind in NZ hope for a Christmas miracle
INZ refused to give Weili Fu a character waiver to allow her to stay with her husband, and told RNZ that applicants should be on the lookout for fraudulent agents.

Live: Twelve confirmed dead in Bondi Beach shooting
Twelve people were killed when gunmen opened fire at a Jewish holiday celebration at Sydney's Bondi Beach on Sunday.

Black Caps leave seamer’s comeback on ice, recall spinner for Bay Oval
As they look to close out a series win over the West Indies, the Black Caps are preparing for a possible change of conditions in Mount Maunganui.

WATCH: Remarkable Video of Man Wrestling Gun Away From Australian Hanukkah Shooter

Meet the TVS Boss Who’s Now Influencing How Your Next Bike Gets Built

'Now a normal country': UN set to end Iraq mission UNAMI after two decades

Meloni says Italian deportation camps in Albania will work

Shortland Street actor attacked motorist after car crash
The actor repeatedly punched a motorist to his head and face, leaving him with debilitating double vision.

‘No right to be there’: Judge orders long-running Whanganui campground off Maori land
Andrew ‘Jay’ Cripps has been hosting school groups and paddlers on the Whanganui River for 11 years without owners’ permission.

Nvidia or OpenAI: Who will take the crown?

Family raffles £325,000 seaside home for £5 a ticket rather than sell it
After failing to sell the traditional way, Jennie and John Bailey decide a different approach.

Five arrested over plot to attack German Christmas market
Local media says one of the suspects is an imam at a mosque, and police allege he "called for a vehicle attack".

The 25 best TV shows of 2025
Here are the shows that kept us on the couch, kept us interested and excited, that made us laugh, cry, cheer, jeer and every emotion in between.

Waving, tooting, flashing lights - what are modern road manners?
With locals hitting the road, and visitors touring the country, do the unspoken rules of the road fly out the window?

Alice Robinson celebrates ‘crazy’ landmark win in super-G World Cup
The Queenstown alpine skier toasted her first career victory in the speed discipline with another World Cup success in Switzerland.

Is AI the pocket calculator of comprehension?
Doomsayers predicted that the pocket calculator would destroy our basic math skills but that never really happened. However, the prediction that AI may adversely affect our ability to read for meaning may be a little more likely.

Fire burns 100ha of forest near Parakino, crews resume battle at dawn
Crews return to fight large forest fire near Parakino

Sausage dogs don festive dress for London parade

Herzog halts lone immigrant ceremony to condemn Sydney Hanukkah attack

A candlelit suite and a cancelled flight: An unexpectedly perfect one-night Queenstown escape
Can 24 hours in Queenstown be relaxing?

Why can’t New Zealand take constructive criticism?
All Kiwis know that, next to the heretics, fraudsters, and traitors, there’s a special circle of hell reserved for those who innocently ask why NZ doesn’t have X.

ServiceNow Nears Up to $7 Billion Deal for Armis

Liverpool 'united as one' after Salah return - Van Dijk
Virgil van Dijk says Liverpool "are absolutely united and go forward as one" after Mohamed Salah returned to the squad for Saturday's win over Brighton.

Watch: John Cena takes his final bow, after last ever WWE fight
The actor and wrestler brought the curtain down on a 24-year career that saw him become one of wrestling's biggest stars.