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Queen Latifah smiles, wearing a dark blue shirt and gold jewelry, pointing her right hand towards the bottom right while a microphone stands in the foreground.
New Zealand

'I got goosebumps': Queen Latifah says haka videos are her 'guilty pleasure'

She says it brings her "pure joy".

Two dancers in leafy traditional costumes perform on a brightly lit stage with yellow lights, with a man in a red plaid shirt performing on the right.
Music

WATCH: Che Fu closes Aotearoa Music Awards with Niuean Takalo & medley of hits

The GOAT!

An older person with white hair and sunglasses, wearing a dark jacket with a deer-shaped brooch, speaks into a microphone.
New Zealand

WATCH: Tearful Dame Lynda Topp honours late sister Jools in powerful AMA speech

"Music makes us human.”

A blonde woman with headphones and a microphone smiles, wearing a black hoodie, with a man in a black t-shirt and blue pants visible on a screen behind her.
Music

PRINS announces world tour after 'surreal' Synthony gig in front of 37,000 fans

“You never know what it's gonna be until you sing the first note - and that is a terrifying experience"

A first-person view of a supermarket aisle with blurry shelves, an empty shopping cart, and a Reddit comment saying "An hour and a 45 min on min wage."
New Zealand

What $40 buys at an Auckland supermarket has divided Kiwi shoppers

Nearly two hours of minimum wage work for a few basics.

Eight women in cowboy attire, mostly white hats, white tops, denim shorts, and white boots, stand in a line on a dirt floor in an arena, with one woman in the center wearing a pink hat and skirt.
New Zealand

WATCH: Kaylee Bell drops loved-up music video for new song 'Me For Me'

A low-angle shot of a heavily cracked asphalt road with a broken white center line, stretching into the distance under a clear sky, flanked by sandy desert terrain.
New Zealand

'Be alert, not alarmed': Auckland fault line found to be active

A magnitude 6.8 earthquake is now on the table in the super city.

Kim Kardashian, wearing a white shirt and gold necklace, is overlaid on an aerial view of Auckland, New Zealand, featuring the Sky Tower and Harbour Bridge.
New Zealand

SKIMS coming to NZ: How Kiwis can finally shop Kim Kardashian's brand in-store

We finally get to shop Kim K's brand IRL!

A glass jar labeled "KIWI SAVER" is filled with New Zealand coins and banknotes, set against a blurred background of various New Zealand currency denominations.
New Zealand

How much should you have in your KiwiSaver? Here are the averages for each age

There's a clear difference between men and women too.

Various squishy toys are displayed, including a pink pig, a blue and purple axolotl, and several packaged "Funkee Monkee" and "Funkee Axolotl" toys, set against a blurred retail background.
New Zealand

Asbestos found in Planet Fun squishy toys sold at Warehouse, Farmers and more

The toys sold from January 2025 to April this year have had an urgent recall.

A large, beached sunfish with bloody injuries lies on a dark pebbly shore, with a man in a cap and hoodie looking down at it, and the ocean in the background.
New Zealand

Canterbury beach mystery: Rare washed up sunfish leads to 'epic' search mission

A monster-sized mola mola, or sunfish, washed up on the shore - and disappeared the next day.

A driver's perspective from a red car on a highway, with the speedometer at 100 km/h, illuminated dashboard, other cars visible, and a sunset or sunrise sky.
New Zealand

Revealed: NZ's most popular car under $5k

The top spot has been taken by a longstanding favourite.

A smiling woman with dark hair and bright blue eyes looks up and to her left while sitting in a car, wearing a small gold hoop earring.
New Zealand

‘We’ve called it what it is’: Jazz Thornton reacts to NZ's stalking law change

"It's a crime."

car covered in paintball paint
New Zealand

Napier bloke ‘let rip’ with 500 paintballs after boy racers kept family awake

A Napier dad ended up facing the Armed Offenders Squad after his complaints went unanswered.

A person in a hooded jacket walks on a sidewalk next to a stone wall in low light, casting a long, dark shadow across the wall to their right.
New Zealand

'A huge step forward': Stalking officially criminalised in New Zealand

Offenders can now be punished with up to five years behind bars

Three Māori performers are captured mid-performance with intense expressions; two women in traditional dress are performing with poi balls, and a man in a circular overlay has his tongue out, typical of haka.
Te Ao Māori

WATCH: Te Ahikaaroa’s mesmerising poi and haka wins Waitaha regional competition

The Ōtautahi-based group have us hooked!