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Australian cockroach kingpin caught with 100,000 illegal insects in record bug bust

Australian officials say they confiscated more than 100,000 illegal live cockroaches from a breeder in May in the country’s largest-ever seizure of exotic invertebrates.

 

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China bans 4 New Zealand lawmakers after they visited Taiwan

Beijing has banned four New Zealand lawmakers from traveling to China for a year, demanding an apology for their visit to Taiwan.

 

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New Zealand steampunk festival in photos

ŌAMARU, New Zealand (AP) — The small, rural town of Ōamaru, New Zealand, has become an unlikely world capital for the retro futuristic genre of steampunk.

 

Steampunk festival creates an unlikely capital for Victorian style and sci-fi oddity in New Zealand

Thousands of people in New Zealand have attended one of the world’s best-known steampunk festivals. The four-day event in rural Ōamaru is a celebration of Victorian aesthetics mixed with science fiction.

 

New Zealand’s government plans to cut 14% of public sector jobs to slash spending

New Zealand’s government plans to lay off nearly 9,000 workers, cutting 14% of public sector jobs by 2029.

 

Australia bans a neo-Nazi network under new law that criminalizes hate groups

Australia says a neo-Nazi network will be the second organization being banned under its new law criminalizing hate groups and support for them.

 

New weapons charges filed against suspect in deadly shooting at Bondi Beach Hanukkah festival

An Australian man accused of killing 15 people in a shooting targeting a Hanukkah celebration at Sydney’s Bondi Beach will face 19 more charges.

 

Australian Jews tell antisemitism inquiry of surge in hate before Bondi Hanukkah massacre

An Australian inquiry into antisemitism has heard from Jewish Australians who feel increasingly fearful after a massacre at a Hanukkah celebration.

 

The iconic kiwi bird returns to New Zealand’s capital after a century-long absence

New Zealanders are working to bring the kiwi back to the hills around Wellington. The Capital Kiwi Project has relocated 250 kiwis to the area, aiming to restore the bird’s presence after more than a century.

 

New Zealand court rejects appeal by Christchurch shooter to abandon his guilty pleas

New Zealand’s Court of Appeal has rejected an attempt by Brenton Tarrant to withdraw his guilty pleas for the 2019 Christchurch mosque attacks.

 

India and New Zealand sign a free trade agreement to deepen economic ties

India and New Zealand have signed a free trade agreement to deepen economic ties and expand market access.

 

New Zealand Prime Minister Luxon survives party leadership vote months before election

New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon says he survived a vote on his leadership among his own party’s lawmakers, after recent slumps in the polls prompted speculation he might be ousted.

 

Airline adding bunk beds for economy travelers but bans snacks, smells and cuddling

Air New Zealand will soon add triple-tier bunk beds for economy travelers to have a chance to sleep on long-haul flights.

 

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New Zealand and Cook Islands sign a defense pact, easing tensions over a China deal

New Zealand and Cook Islands have signed a defense and security pact, easing over a year of tension between them.

 

Hiker’s dog lost in a wild New Zealand forest rescued by helicopter after strangers fund search

A lost border collie has been rescued alive after her owner fell from a tall waterfall in New Zealand bush.

 

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Preliminary magnitude 7.6 earthquake strikes near Tonga in the South Pacific Ocean, USGS says

The USGS says a strong preliminary magnitude 7.6 earthquake struck near Tonga in the South Pacific Ocean on Tuesday.

 

International Energy Agency head says global economy faces ‘major, major threat’ from Iran war

The head of the International Energy Agency says the global economy faces a “major, major threat” because of the Iran war.

 

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Iranian women soccer players granted asylum in Australia are pictured training in Brisbane

Two Iranian women soccer players have been seen training with the Brisbane Roar after Australia granted them asylum, and they stayed behind as teammates headed home.

 

Most of Iranian women’s soccer team left Australia after declining last-minute airport asylum offers

Two more members of the Iranian women’s soccer team were granted asylum in Australia before their teammates departed, but one later changed her mind and will return to Iran.

 

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Australia grants asylum to 5 members of the Iranian women’s soccer team

Australia has granted asylum to five members of the Iranian women’s soccer team who were in the country for a tournament when the Iran war began.

 

Bag containing weed and cash accidentally donated to a New Zealand charity shop

Police in New Zealand say a knapsack left in a donation area at a charity shop contained marijuana and more than $2,000 in cash.

 

A bumper berry harvest has New Zealand’s weird flightless parrot in a rare mood for romance

New Zealand conservationists have been fighting for years to keep the kakapo, the world’s only flightless parrot, from disappearing, with intensive conservation efforts.

 

New Zealand restricts the spread of a reviled killer’s views by hampering his attempts to gain fame

New Zealand’s Court of Appeal has finished hearing an appeal from the Christchurch mosque gunman, in proceedings that were quiet and tightly controlled.

 

What to know about a mass shooter’s bid to undo his guilty pleas for the Christchurch mosque murders

The white supremacist who killed 51 Muslim worshippers in the 2019 Christchurch mosque attacks is trying to withdraw his guilty pleas.

 

New Zealand mosque shooter always planned to admit his crimes, his former lawyers tell appeals court

Brenton Tarrant, the white supremacist who murdered 51 Muslims in New Zealand’s deadliest mass shooting, wanted to be described as a terrorist and always intended to admit to his crimes, his former lawyer says.

 

New Zealand mosque shooter seeks to discard his guilty pleas, saying prison made him irrational

Brenton Tarrant, who killed 51 Muslim worshipers in New Zealand’s deadliest mass shooting, is asking an appeals court to discard his guilty pleas.

 

Australia swelters in a record heat wave as temperatures near 50 C

Parts of Australia have sweltered in record temperatures close to 50 degrees Celsius or 122 Fahrenheit during a prolonged heat wave.

 

A search for 6 presumed dead in a New Zealand landslide is expected to take days

Authorities in New Zealand have resumed a search for six people presumed killed in a landslide at a popular beach campsite.

 

New Zealand election scheduled for Nov. 7 with the costs of living and housing the top issues

New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has announced a national election will be held Nov. 7. New Zealand elections are held every three years with the government selecting the date.

 

Social media ban resulted in 4.7 million accounts being removed in Australia

Social media companies have revoked access to about 4.7 million accounts identified as belonging to children in Australia.

 

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