Mr Luxon goes to Washington
The PM Christopher Luxon attends the NATO 75th anniversary in Washington DC and gets to meet a variety of American politicians and business leaders on the way
Nature in award-winning close-up
The International Garden Photographer of the year Macro Art awards are announced
Army exercises under Mt Ruapehu
The New Zealand Army has been busy holding exercises at the Waiouru training area. This included 12 days of Exercise Vengeance involving Victor Company from the 1st Battalion, Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment and Exercise Brimstone held by The School of Artillery. Photos by Mike Scott / NZ Herald
Auckland Art Gallery - Aotearoa Contemporary
Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei partners with Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki for diverse triennial exhibition.
Winter dip draws large crowd
Devonport echoed with squeals and screams as swimmers took to the cold Waitemata water. Photographs by Alex Burton
March for Nature in Auckland
20,000 protesters gathered on Auckland's Queen Street to protest the Government's fast-track bill and 'war on nature'.
Māori protest Government policies in pictures
The carkoi and hikoi called by Te Pāti Māori has seen thousands of people respond
ANZAC Day service in Auckland
Auckland War Memorial dawn service, Hobsonville civil service and the Devonport parade. How Aucklanders remembered the ANZACS. Photos / Hayden Woodward, Dean Purcell and Alex Burton
Sydney mourns victims of Bondi Junction attack
Seven people died at the hands of a knife-wielding attacker at the Westfield Mall in Bondi. The people of Sydney come to pay their respects the day after the tragedy unfolded. Photographs by Rick Roycroft for the Associate Press
Total solar eclipse across North America
Millions across North America witnessed the moon block out the sun during a total solar eclipse Monday.
Students protesting against the climate crisis across NZ
Hundreds of students, some as young as 10, are marching to Parliament and around NZ today as part of the school strike for climate.
The Nature of Hope: 90 Years of Jane Goodall’s Impact
Vital Impacts are celebrating Jane Goodall's 90th birthday with a print sale of work by 90 leading female photographers available at https://vitalimpacts.org/collections/celebrate-jane-90.
Warbirds over Wanaka
Hundreds of aviation enthusiasts turned out to see some impressive aircraft in action yesterday at a preview of the Warbirds over Wanaka show this weekend. The popular event had been grounded for the past six years, partly because of Covid pandemic restrictions. This Easter weekend it returns, with a sellout crowd of more than 60,000 people set to attend today and tomorrow. Photos / George Heard
Weetbix Tryathlon hits Pt England
The last event in Auckland for the 2023/24 season was held at the Pt England Reserve. The event was a DOathlon after the swimming leg was cancelled due to poor quality water. Photographs by Alex Burton
Waikato fires up for Balloon Festival
The annual Balloons Over Waikato Festival lifted off at dawn for a classic autumnal display. Photographs by Mike Scott
Polyfest 2024 Diversity Day
The 49th annual Polyfest schools Maori and Pacific Islands festival kicked off with performances on the Creative NZ Diversity Stage with a wide range of cultural influences at the Manukau Sports Bowl. Photographs by Jason Oxenham
Iceland's fourth eruption
Lava from a volcanic eruption in Iceland is flowing toward defenses around the town of Grindavik, the country's fourth volcanic eruption in three months.
Auckland Brigade celebrates 150 years fighting fires
Firefighting can be traced all the way back to ancient Rome, who boasted 7,000 professionals in service, and the first handpump to squirt water at fires was invented nearly 2 millennia ago by an Egyptian named Ctesibus from Alexandria. Tāmaki Makaurau’s history of fighting fires is a little shorter, but no less proud. The Auckland Fire Brigade celebrated their 150th anniversary with an open day at The Cloud on the Auckland waterfront. Fire personnel showed off their aerial appliances, equipment through past years, skills at handling fires and other emergencies and even gave kids some hands-on experience with hoses and fire extinguishers. All good fuel to spark a fire within young hearts and minds, no doubt. Photographs by Hayden Woodward
Homegrown festival in Wellington
Performers at the Homegrown festival in Wellington - photography by Andy McDonald
Best of British Wildlife Photography
The British Wildlife Photography Award Winners for 2024 are announced
Awards Season 2024 - Colonel Sanders-core
Paging Colonel Sanders! Neckties of the 2024 red carpet awards season, in pictures.
Awards Season 2024 - Silver Sirens
Just some of the silver sparkle from this year's Emmy, Grammy, Golden Globe, BAFTA and Oscar awards, in pictures.
Awards Season 2024 - Speaking Volumes
More was more when it came to capes, sleeves and exaggerated peplums. Voluminous luminaries from the Emmy, Grammy, Golden Globe, BAFTA and Oscars awards in pictures.
Awards Season 2024 - Softly, softly
Just some of the velvet jackets of the 2024 awards season red carpets, in pictures.
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