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Sideswipe: Mt Ruapehu moves south

A daily column looking at humorous, satirical and simply strange news.

Council takes legal action: Emergency housing motel 'misery' must stop

Nine motels operating emergency housing in Rotorua are being taken to court.

Fewer than 10 per cent of 5000 international student spaces filled

It was a $5 billion sector pre-Covid.

Herald morning quiz: May 24

Test your brains with the Herald's morning quiz.

Revealed: Govt sets aside $473m for fourth Covid vaccine dose

The Government has set aside nearly half a billion dollars for another vaccination round.

Moves to regulate engineers, change Building Code for hollow-core floors

The regulatory impact from the Kaikōura and Canterbury earthquakes is still emerging.

38 empty shops on Queen St - Why are landlords allowed to do that?

We can't fix Queen St until the shops are filled. So why isn't it happening?

Fatal 'microsleep': Teen's night-long drive that ended in tragedy

Tired teenage driver had been drifting in his lane before head-on crash killed two.

Driver dumps sewage in protected stream instead of facility so he can go home

Kyle Maitai didn't want to drive to Kawerau; instead dumping the sewage into a canal.

Chris Rattue: The All Blacks danger sign in Blues' victory

OPINION: Has NZ found a way to produce the required test players despite Super Rugby?

Sir John Key on White House visits, Obama, Biden and balancing US, China relationships

Former PM John Key says White House visit for Jacinda Ardern will be critical.

'Glitch in the matrix': Kiwi captures stunning ocean phenomenon

'Fifty-six years on this Earth and nature still amazes and surprises me ...'

Nation calls 3-week monkeypox quarantine

Belgium has become the first country to announce a compulsory monkeypox quarantine.

'Sextortion': Teen received a text on a school night. Hours later he was dead

He gave his trust and it cost him his life. Now police are warning of a deadly scam.

LynnMall terrorist attacker was assaulted twice in prison

Ahamed Samsudeen was assaulted twice in prison, says Corrections, before he was released.

'I wish he would rot in hell': Woman abused by step-dad

Her mother knew about the abuse but never stopped it.