Photo: Craig BaxterAn award-winning Otago University student magazine has been significantly cut down in size just one year after celebrating its centennial. Critic Te Arohi, a free-weekly which was first launched in 1925, focuses on matters of interest to University of Otago students. But the Otago University Students’ Association has cited higher publishing costs and decreased advertising revenue as reason to drastically cut it in size: 36 pages and 16 pages on alternate weeks. OUSA student media manager Elizabeth Leach-Young said the primary driver of the change was the cost of print production. ‘‘Our video content does well and we really enjoy making it.’’She hoped to continue Critic’s engagement with the university students, whether in print or online.

“We have long talked about a transition of roles for the Kaimanawa horse musters at Waiouru. Photo / Alan GibsonThe Kaimanawa horses evolved over 150 years from a blend of released farm and military horses. Well, I might be outspoken, but the only alternative is to have them shot.”KHH patron Elder Jenks pats rehomed Kaimanawa horse Ngahuia. “The horses are the winners, and we want to keep it that way.”KHH member Marilyn Jenks with rehomed Kaimanawa horse Ngahuia. Rehomed Kaimanawa horse Tiki Tane.

Travellers and expats seeking to flee as the war rages on now face a battle to leave the region as domestic carriers have halted most air travel out of the Arabian Peninsula. The impacts are huge - a significant travel hub for connecting flights across the globe, Dubai International Airport hosts an estimated 90,000 people transiting every day. Peter and his wife were supposed to fly home to New Zealand on Wednesday, but Emirates cancelled all flights, leaving the couple stuck, forced to figure out a new path home. Visa requirements for travel into India quickly halted those plans and the pair purchased new flights to Bangkok at a costly price. Peter is now trying to help them travel to Oman where they can wait for flights back home to Europe.

Photo: RNZOne of the thousands of North Island health workers who were not paid overnight has been dipping into her son's bank account while she has just $2 in hers. Health New Zealand Te Whatu Ora (HNZ) is scrambling to pay about 5500 staff in Waikato after a payment glitch. Waikato Hospital health worker Helen, who did not what her surname used, told RNZ she felt embarrassed having to ask for money. Apologies from HNZ were not enough and IT failures had become a recurring feature of the public health system, Fitzsimons said. Health Minister Simeon Brown acknowledged staff who worked through the night to fix the problem.

Mourners do wheelies on their dirt bikes on the Waikato Expressway after the funeral for jockey Ngakau Hailey last year. ‘A really talented rider’Hailey, 18, was a promising jockey and was set to ride at the Cambridge races the day after his death. A Givealittle page was also set up to support his family through the tragedy, which raised more than $11,000. Meanwhile, just days after his funeral, a video surfaced online of a group of mourners performing wheelies on the Waikato Expressway. Gough said Hailey often told his family how much he enjoyed dirt bike riding.

In an update this afternoon, Detective Senior Sergeant Mike Hayward, of Counties Manukau West CIB, said inquiries began after a police unit passed by an altercation occurring allegedly between two security guards and a man. “We have made further inquiries into what has taken place, and two men have been charged as a result,” Hayward said. It is not clear how the incident began or who the security guards were working for at the time of the incident. One of the security guards can then be seen appearing to kick the man in the head before the other security guard dragged him across to the side of the road. The guard can be seen punching the man with closed fists at least four times.

Do it on my own, do this?’ But I don’t know if emotionally I could handle this.” “It’s just been a thought. I don’t think it’s going to happen, because I don’t have the energy.”Khloe prefers to be married before expanding her family and may use a surrogate. Photo / @khloekardashian via InstagramIf Khloe did have another baby, she would not have the same experience as when Tatum was welcomed into the world. The Good American fashion brand co-founder explained: “But then I was thinking, because also I would put the baby in a surrogate. Speaking on her Khloe in Wonder Land podcast, she explained: “I don’t know if I have the bandwidth for a third.

Radio NZ reports:The second poll commissioned in February 2026 revealed that 66 percent agreed that New Zealand’s economic system was not set up to effectively to address issues like housing, healthcare and climate change. Half of New Zealanders also agreed that billionaires shouldn’t exist while people still struggled with basic necessities like food. Sixty-eight percent supported billionaires being taxed more to fund public goods like healthcare, housing and climate action. So do people think we should shoot billionaires, ban them or just confiscate their wealth? They think wealth is a finite sum, and every dollar someone has, has been taken off someone else.

An international study involving researchers from Auckland University shows humpback breeding is getting more competitive, which suggests the population is growing. Marine biologist Emma Carroll had been working with researchers in New Caledonia to track the local humpback whales. But when their population was decimated in the 1960s and 70s, humpback whales lost the luxury to be picky. "We think that when the population is low, the fact that young males and older males have the similar chances of having offspring, that is actually quite good for the population," she said. "Then we see as the population gets bigger, there's this kind of preference towards older males.

The 37-year-old Southland man was sentenced to life in prison with a 17-year non-parole period in the High Court at Christchurch on February 25. Before the murder, McDonald had ended her relationship with Boulter when he was recalled to prison. The Herald reported one of Warren Boulter's children - a cousin of Boulter - was reluctant to speak about the killers. On the day of the murder, Wilkinson-Foley had arranged for Warren Boulter to pick up some clothing. Crown prosecutor Pip Currie told the court Boulter's actions showed a high degree of callousness and cruelty.

Photo: STACY SQUIRES/STUFFThe family of a former St Bede's College student, who was offered $7000 after he complained of being sexually abused by a teacher on multiple occasions, want an apology from the school and a "very substantial financial settlement". Email sam.sherwood@rnz.co.nzRNZ earlier revealed that former St Bede's College priest Rowan Donoghue had admitted sexually abusing four boys at the school between 1996 and 2000. Photo: SuppliedThe man took the allegations to St Bede's College in 2017. In January 2018, the man received a letter from St Bede's College Board of Proprietors chairman Shane O'Brien. "I have always been honest and straightforward in my approach to St Bedes and the Society of Mary.

A little-known fact about kerbside collection has come to light at Invercargill City Council — it's possible to have your bin retrieved by the truck driver. Council policy analyst Hannah Kennedy told a committee meeting this week that the service was not widely used and was handled on an informal basis. The council could also choose to stop providing the assistance, or set a fee to help with costs. ADVERTISEMENTConsultation on the policy is set to cover a range of topics such as assistance, extending the service area, inspections, fees for lost or damaged bins, and additional bins. There were 293 rating units paying for additional bins, and a total of 678 additional bin sets.

Photo: MPI/suppliedAlcohol Healthwatch's executive director says he is "horrified" after tens of thousands of Steinlager beer bottles were mislabelled as alcohol free. More than 2500 boxes of 24 beers (at least 60,000 individual beers) are being urgently recalled by Lion NZ after being wrongly labelled alcohol free when they are not. The company then found out there was an error in its production run, meaning beer containing 4.2% of alcohol was incorrectly labelled. Arbuckle said anyone who thought they might have the incorrectly labelled product should return it. Steinlager Alcohol Free is only sold in green bottles, not clear bottles, so if a beer in a clear bottle is labelled alcohol free it is incorrectly labelled.

Heke grabbed the boy, dug into his pocket to retrieve the car, then pushed him over, injuring his wrist. The boy’s older brother witnessed the toy car incident and yelled at Heke, who replied that he “didn’t even push him that hard”. She said Heke would hit his students on the head with the stick daily and “hit a lot of other people” without apparent reason. Another child described being hit on the head with a tokotoko, or stick, and a guitar. He said Heke would hit students when they were “being stupid and not listening”.

PHOTO: VIA REUTERSA woman swings to the safety of emergency personnel after being stuck with another person in a balloon that hit a cellphone tower, in Longview, Texas, earlier this week. PHOTO: VIA REUTERSThe rescue operation, 274m above ground, took hours.