Ben McKay
NZ Nats fat chance after leader’s obesity gaffe
New Zealand opposition leader Judith Collins has thrown her National party’s election campaign further off kilter with unfortunate off-the-cuff comments on obesity....
Murderer of Victorian surfer pleads guilty in NZ
The family of murdered Australian surfer Sean McKinnon will be spared a trial after New Zealand man who killed him pleaded guilty...
Jacinda Ardern says Australian ‘hotspot’ plan could make bubble possible
Jacinda Ardern says Australia could be on the verge of letting New Zealanders enter without the need for a fortnight quarantining in...
‘It is possible’: Ardern open to Australia-NZ hotspot travel plans
Families separated by the Tasman Sea may yet get to reunite at Christmas after New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s most optimistic...
‘Mystery’ COVID cases have New Zealand contact tracers stumped
Three new community cases of COVID-19 this weekend will give Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern food for thought as she considers axing restrictions...
It’s not Air Force One or ‘Shark One’: No van-ity in NZ PM Ardern’s humble campaign minivan
Forget US President Donald Trump’s fleet of planes and helicopters or Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s “Shark One”. New Zealand Prime Minister...
‘It’s heart-breaking’: Panicked mother begs NZ government for help
The mother of a man missing after an international freight ship sank has made an emotional plea to the New Zealand government...
No prospect of parole as New Zealand mosque terrorist jailed for life
Brenton Tarrant, the Christchurch mosques terrorist, has been sentenced to life in jail without the possibility of parole. In a New Zealand...
Christchurch terrorist chooses not to speak at sentencing
The Australian man who murdered 51 people of faith in the Christchurch mosques attack will today be told he will live out...
Christchurch victims share tales of grief
Emboldened and confident, Christchurch terror victims have delivered heartbreaking and spine-tingling stories of grief to the New Zealand High Court as the...