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145 pilot whales stranded on remote New Zealand beach die

A hiker discovered the pilot whales in two pods about 2 kilometres apart late Saturday on Stewart Island.

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Maori welcoming ceremony held for Harry and Meghan in Rotorua

Maori welcoming ceremony held for Harry and Meghan in Rotorua

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Harry and Meghan partake in NZ welly wanging competition

Prince Harry and Meghan are on a 16-day trip and they are now in New Zealand. The pair took part in a welly-wanging contest near Auckland.

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Meghan beats Harry in New Zealand 'welly-wanging' competition

Meghan beats Harry in New Zealand 'welly-wanging' competition

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Harry and Meghan receive traditional Maori welcome in New Zealand

Britain's Duke and Duchess of Sussex on Sunday arrived in New Zealand, the final stop on their 16-day tour of the South Pacific.

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Watch: Harry and Meghan get traditional Maori greeting in New Zealand

At an official welcome ceremony at the Government House in Wellington, the couple observed a traditional ‘haka’ war dance, and rubbed noses with Maori elders in a greeting known as a ‘hongi’.

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Australia beat their own world record on way to timbersports team world title

Australia won the STIHL Timbersports Team World Championship on Friday (October 19) in the English city of Liverpool, defeating the United States in the finale.

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Watch: No Comment videos of the week

A seal slapped a kayaker with an octopus? All this and more in this edition of No Comments of the week.

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New Zealand seal slaps canoeist with octopus

An incredible moment was caught on camera thanks to a canoer's GoPro camera in Kaikoura, New Zealand when a seal slapped a canoer with an octopus on Saturday (September 22).

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Watch: Seal slaps kayaker's face with octopus in New Zealand

In the footage, the seal can be seen launching itself out of the water wielding an octopus in its mouth and striking the unsuspecting kayaker across the face.

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Watch: Aurora lights up skies above New Zealand

Shades of blue and green were captured on camera shimmering across the sky on Sunday.

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New Zealand bans non-resident foreigners from buying homes

New Zealand's government is banning non-resident foreigners from buying homes. The new law, which was passed yesterday, is part of a plan to bring down house prices and boost home ownership in the country. The move fulfils an election campaign pledge by the Labour Party-led government,

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California fire to burn until September

Firefighters in California say they are making good progress battling a blaze that covers an area larger than the city of Los Angeles

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NZ company says four-day work week trial a success

A New Zealand company which trialled a four-day work week said the experiment was a success with staff registering a big bump in work-life balance while productivity remained level.

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New Zealand PM gives birth to baby girl

Jacinda Ardern in only the second elected leader in recent times to give birth while in office

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Giant sinkhole opens up in New Zealand

Sinkholes are caused by water dissolving limestone below the surface of the earth

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Storm Damage in New Zealand

Huge waves crashed into the shores of Nelson in New Zealand, as a downgraded cyclone left behind debris and destruction

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Feline sad: internauts mourn death of prime minister’s cat

Jacinda Ardern's ginger moggy was hit by a car.

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New Zealand offer to take 150 refugees from Papua New Guinea camp

New Zealand has offered to take 150 refugees, who have currently barricaded themselves inside the Manus Island detention centre, in a bid to help Australia defuse the Papua New Guinea stand-off.