A routine evening weather bulletin turned into the most-watched clip in the country after two very small intruders decided to make their live television debut.
Ngaire Halloran · 9 September 2026 · 5 min read
He went into the sheds 24 points down. He did not come back out. Players say they learned about it from the bench coach.
8 September 2026 · 6 min
A renovation that was meant to take five months has taken twenty-two. Their story is now being shared in every building group in the country.
8 September 2026 · 6 min
The rollout was announced as a triumph. The reversal was announced in an internal memo with no press release attached.
8 September 2026 · 6 min
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Stars, scandals, stages and everything Aotearoa is arguing about tonight.
Three minutes of silence, one empty seat and a guest list now split down the middle. Inside the night that ended Aotearoa's glossiest awards party early.
8 September 2026 · 6 min
Eighteen months of silence, one rented Wairarapa woolshed and a record nobody at her label knew existed until Friday.
7 September 2026 · 5 min
A standing ovation on Thursday. A padlocked door on Saturday. Cast and crew say they still have not been told why.
6 September 2026 · 7 min
Viewers spotted it in episode four. The production company says it is "standard practice". Former contestants disagree, loudly.
5 September 2026 · 5 min
Beehive drama, coalition punch-ups and the deals nobody wanted you to read.
Four hours, two walkouts and a document that was supposed to stay in the room. Ministers are still not speaking to each other.
8 September 2026 · 7 min
The expenses release nobody wanted published landed at 4.55pm on a Friday. We read all 90 pages so you don't have to.
7 September 2026 · 6 min
A 14.6 per cent increase, a packed hall and a petition that got 8,000 signatures before the meeting even finished.
6 September 2026 · 5 min
Officials modelled four scenarios. Only one was ever mentioned publicly — and it wasn't the one they expected to happen.
5 September 2026 · 6 min
The machines are learning fast. We tell you what that means for your job.
The rollout was announced as a triumph. The reversal was announced in an internal memo with no press release attached.
8 September 2026 · 6 min
Deepfake audio scams have cost New Zealanders an estimated $9.4 million this year. The clips are being built from three seconds of video.
7 September 2026 · 7 min
The fastest-growing software company in the country went from term sheet to fire sale in five months. Staff found out from a landlord.
6 September 2026 · 6 min
Grades went up. Reading scores went down. Teachers say the two facts are connected and nobody wants to hear it.
5 September 2026 · 6 min
Renovations, real estate reality checks and the backyard trends taking over.
A renovation that was meant to take five months has taken twenty-two. Their story is now being shared in every building group in the country.
8 September 2026 · 6 min
Lower water bills, no mowing and tūī back in the trees within a season. Here is exactly what the converts planted.
7 September 2026 · 5 min
Thousands of properties are still non-compliant, and the enforcement approach has just changed sharply.
6 September 2026 · 6 min
Tiny homes are solving a housing crisis one driveway at a time — until the rules catch up with them.
5 September 2026 · 5 min
Every siren, every scrum, every sacking — with the takes that start fights.
He went into the sheds 24 points down. He did not come back out. Players say they learned about it from the bench coach.
8 September 2026 · 6 min
She said she would never play for them. Six weeks later, she's holding their jersey and the fanbase is at war with itself.
7 September 2026 · 5 min
A selection call that has divided the dressing room, three former captains and a talkback audience that has not stopped calling since Tuesday.
6 September 2026 · 6 min
Attendance is up 40 per cent. Wages are three weeks late. The two facts have the same explanation and it is not a happy one.
5 September 2026 · 6 min
From Cape Reinga to Bluff: the stories the whole country is talking about.
A routine evening weather bulletin turned into the most-watched clip in the country after two very small intruders decided to make their live television debut.
9 September 2026 · 5 min
A hillside came down at 4.10am. A week later the community is running on a single-lane gravel bypass and patience is thinning fast.
8 September 2026 · 6 min
The clinic has been advertising for fourteen months. In the meantime, a 71-year-old is opening the door three mornings a week.
7 September 2026 · 6 min
A predator control project written off as too ambitious in 2019 has just produced the best count in the programme's history.
6 September 2026 · 5 min