New Zealand, Nigeria Qualify For World Cup

New Zealand will move on to the World Cup finals next year after defeating Bahrain 1-0 in the second leg Saturday night in front of a record crowd of 35,194. Nigeria will also go to the Cup ... continue

Why you should visit New Zealand before Australia

For those who aren't regular readers of this site, this site is Australian owned. We're hosted in the United State because Australian hosting is insanely expensive, but so is visiting here as I found out tonight. Let me ... continue

White House Appoints Openly Gay Attorney As Ambassador

The White House has chosen David Huebner, an openly gay lawyer, to be its ambassador to New Zealand and Samoa. The move comes the same week as LGBT groups gather in D.C. for a National Equality March, ... continue

New Zealand author thinks libraries are a form of theft

In a post back on September 23 New Zealand author Brian Edwards puts forth the proposition that our public libraries are just a form of theft and that people who lend their friends books ... continue

Now THIS is how you catch a fish

New Zealander's have always had a strong competitive streak, but we've just found a video that shows that when they aren't tending to sheep, New Zealander's are something special. The video shows a man catching a Marlin by ... continue

Google provides some slapdown on who really serves DMCA notices

Copyright laws around the world are in the process of being re-written and in many cases they are a draconian move into the the past with us – the users – being made out ... continue

Buying violent video games could net parents jail time

The fact that governments the world round love to trot out violent video games as the cause of kids gone bad is one thing; but in New Zealand you could get jail time for buying you ... continue

Weather Fail

Times are tough in the media business, and mistakes are being made. Yesterday we reported on a rather interesting Krispy Kreme graphic in Augusta, Georgia, and today it's a weather report from New Zealand. Someone at One News ... continue

YouTube teams with ONE News for New Zealand election debates

YouTube has announced a new deal with New Zealand's ONE News for an election debate centered on user contributed questions. The deal is similar to the CNN/YouTube debates held earlier this year, but with one significant difference: ... continue

Invade New Zealand

The above video is from this weeks The Gruen Transfer, and is the hottest viral video in Australia at the moment. The full screen version (without the studio laughing) can be viewed at invadenewzealand.com. More details on ... continue

NZ Man Convicted Of Assault, Hedgehog Weapon Charges Dropped

A New Zealand man has been found guilty of assaulting a teenager with (and we're not making this up) a hedgehog. According to The Age, Whakatane District Court was told that William Singalargh picked up the hedgehog and ... continue