New Zealand
Meet the flight attendant who’s been in the air for 50 years
When Kevin Yakas signed up with Air New Zealand 50 years ago, male flight attendants were rare. They weren’t even allowed in the cabin.
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Purpose-built carriage offers new level of luxury on famous NZ train
Along with the stunning views, passengers will also feast on regional-inspired cuisine, with the new carriage offering a paddock-to-plate dining experience.
- by Kerry van der Jagt
Woman takes boyfriend to tribunal after he fails to take her to the airport
The woman involved had arranged to be picked up by the man, who she was in a relationship with, but he never arrived to collect her.
- by Sam Smith
Thrice Were Warriors: Director wraps trilogy with The Convert
The figure of the Maori warrior was central to Lee Tamahori’s first film, and his latest. But is he at peace with it at last?
- by Karl Quinn
Clinical Chiefs end Queensland Reds’ Super Rugby season
The Queensland Reds’ season of high hopes and promise has ended in disappointment with a 43-21 submission to the Chiefs in the opening Super Rugby Pacific quarter-final in Hamilton.
- by Darren Walton
NZ upset by Giles decision to replace ‘direction 99’ rule on deporting criminals
Immigration Minister Andrew Giles said the new direction would prioritise the “protection of the Australian community and common sense”.
- by Matthew Knott
Seeing this oddball New Zealand duck should be on your wishlist
The wellbeing of this oddball of the duck world, with pouty, designer lips and webbed feet that fold like an umbrella, is an indicator of how the rest of its environment is doing.
- by Kerry van der Jagt
‘Can’t get story straight’: Confusion over plan to allow foreigners to serve in ADF
Defence Minister Richard Marles sidestepped questions about whether permanent residents from autocracies such as China would be allowed to serve in the ADF.
- by Matthew Knott
Minister admits there are no detainee drones
Immigration Minister Andrew Giles made the sensational statement in an interview on Thursday during a bruising week for the government over immigration.
- by Angus Thompson and Olivia Ireland
Opinion
Refugees
Migration and crime blame game enters ugly territory
The finger-pointing over migration and crime is beginning to get ugly.
- by The Herald's View
Doubts over drone program after under-fire minister’s detainee claim
Despite Andrew Giles’ assertion, government sources say drones are not being used to track detainees after the practicality of the program was questioned.
- by Angus Thompson and David Crowe