Podcast: Detour Antarctica

Ice ice babies: The secret Antarctic pregnancy race

The two dictators and their push for the first child born in the snow.

Antarctica: The madhouse at the end of the world

"People who go mad in the Antarctic tend to go mad in similar ways."

Kiwis 'exposed to radiation' at leaky Antarctic plant

More than 300 tonnes of radioactive rubble was shipped off the continent.

Guinness rewrites record book after clash over Antarctic exploits

New rules for records introduced amid criticism of skier.

'Massive explosion': Two seriously injured after house fire in Christchurch suburb

Emergency services found the home engulfed by flames.

‘Vicious cycle’: Study finds multiple illnesses compounding Māori health inequities

Infectious diseases still make up over 25% of acute hospital admissions.

US launches aerial offensive to reopen Strait of Hormuz

Low-flying jets, helicopters used to strike Iranian vessels, drones near shipping lane.

'Not good enough': Fire engine suffers 'fault' at large Auckland blaze

Firefighters were left waiting as a large Ponsonby fire burned after equipment failure.

For sale Slipper Island expected to fetch more than $10 million

It comes with an old style lodge, three chalets and two safari tents.

Grieving parents divided as drunk-driver nephew sentenced over teen’s death

“This is costing me my family, not just my baby.”

‘The silence is deafening’: Mariameno Kapa-Kingi yet to speak with Te Pāti Māori leaders

She wants party members to consider a special general meeting on the High Court findings.

'I'm sick of men who hit women': Judge lambasts 'thug' who repeatedly attacked partner

'Your behaviour was cowardly ... it was utter gratuitous violence.'