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A rare flotilla of icebergs is slowly drifting toward New Zealand from Antarctica. Shippers have been warned that more than 100 giant chunks of ice are in the area. Experts believe most of the icebergs will break up before they...

Trust the human brain to come up with the weirdest of ideas – a school of thought is gaining ground to create robots for safe sex. Given the increases of diseases like HIV and AIDS, related to physical relationships between...

Emergency services were at the scene of a smash on Hutt Road, Kaiwharawhara, just north of Wellington city. The crash happened about 11.30am and has closed Hutt Road to traffic from both directions. Police said it appeared 3 people might...

Telecom introduces $12 text plan Wednesday October 28, 01:45 PM Telecom is making a bid to win over heavy text users with a plan giving customers "all the texts they need" for $12 a month to any New Zealand network....

The 6 meter long 60 Kg. rocket ATEA-1 took off as per plan from the Great Mercury Island and 50 odd persons witnessed the event. ATEA-1 became the first rocket to takeoff from the Southern Hemisphere. It reached a speed...

The successful launch of New Zealand’s first suborbital rocket has created history today by being the first rocket launched into space by a privately owned company in the southern hemisphere.Atea-1 made its maiden voyage today after this morning’s delay due...

That 7.8 magnitude earthquake in New Zealand that occurred on Wednesday of last week has managed to bring New Zealand and Australia a bit closer together. Seismologists said that although the quake was the largest in 80 years in the...