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Threats emerge in Germany as far-right and pandemic protesters merge

New York Times: Concerns movement against Covid is an incubator of political violence.

Omicron outbreak: More than 800 staff from one DHB off work

All of Auckland's district health boards are now postponing some non-urgent operations.

'Have no illusions': Ukraine ambassador addresses UN

'If Ukraine does not survive... international peace will not survive'.

Ukrainian tries to scuttle Russian boss's New Zealand built superyacht

Engineer Taras Ostapchuk opened hatches on the luxury launch as he was leaving for war.

MPI investigating rider who kicked and hit horse

Video shows a woman beating a horse for about a minute before someone intervenes.

Sideswipe: Mood of the nation?

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

Graeme Lay: 'Writing isn't lonely - you have your imagination and your characters for company'

The editor and writer talks to Elisabeth Easther.

Simon Wilson: John Key, the Black Eyed Peas and the protest on the harbour bridge

Was it really all peace and love at the "anti-mandate" protest on the harbour bridge?

Derek Cheng: Why borders could fully reopen before winter

The other side of Peak Omicron will see the risk from cases at the border shrink even more

Kiwis from anywhere can return home from Friday, no more self-isolation for vaxxed travellers

It comes as pressure mounts on the Government to take stronger actions.

The dame, the billboards and the neighbourhood fight

Fashion designer/businesswoman triumphs, barring neighbour from property.

Employers brace for Kiwi worker exodus as borders reopen

Employers are expecting an exodus of Kiwi workers now that the borders are reopening.

'Stay open, NZ' - Tears, hugs as first flight from Australia lands in Auckland

Qantas flight from Sydney first to land.

Poverty, drugs and violence: Mobsters' life stories revealed after shooting

Life stories of Mobsters involved in shooting spree outlined to court.

Live: Furious Putin puts nuclear forces on high alert; Ukraine trains civilians as fighters

The order raises the threat that Moscow's invasion could boil over into nuclear warfare.

Event rider caught on camera beating horse

Woman is seen beating the horse for about a minute before someone intervenes.

'Let me come back': Man no longer allowed to work at hospital

He sold coffee beans at Tauranga Hospital for two years, one day they asked him to leave.

Ukraine war: EU shuts airspace to Russian airlines

Germany ratchets up military spending in response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.