Woman Tries to Sue Boyfriend for Not Driving Her to the Airport
A New Zealand woman attempted to take her former boyfriend to court for failing to take her to the airport as he had promised, which resulted in her losing her flight and incurring additional costs. According to legal documents released by New Zealand’s Disputes Tribunal, which deals with small claims up to NZ$30,000 ($18,384), the […]
Autistic Boy Wins National Golf Tournament After Playing Only Three Rounds His Whole Life
12-year-old Bayleigh Teepa-Tarau has become the talk of the town in his native New Zealand after winning a national golf tournament despite having played just three rounds of golf his entire life. Playing with borrowed clubs and wearing basketball sneakers, Bayleigh Teepa-Tarau managed to score an impressive 87 Stableford points during his three nine-hole rounds […]
Man Allegedly Gets 10 Covid Vaccine Shots in One Day on Behalf of Other People
A New Zealand man allegedly got 10 Covid-19vaccine doses injected in only one day, after being paid by other people to get the shot on their behalf. New Zealand is on its way to reaching a 90% tw0-dose vaccination rate before Christmas, but it’s still dealing with a number of citizens who aren’t even considering […]
Secluded New Zealand Waterfall Doubles as a Playground For Young Seals
The picturesque Ohau Waterfall on New Zealand’s Kaikoura coast is the only waterfall in the world that doubles as a seal creche, a place where the young marine mammals can play and socialize without having to worry about predators. Ohau is a 15-meter-high horsetail waterfall (the water maintains contact with the bedrock as it falls). […]
This New Zealand Lake Is the Clearest Body of Fresh Water Known to Man
Rotomairewhenua, also known as the Blue Lake of New Zealand’s Nelson Lakes National Park, is officially recognized as the clearest body of fresh water in the world. Blue Lake is spring fed by the neighboring glacial Lake Constance, and the water passes through a natural debris damn formed a long time ago by a landslide. […]
Devil’s Bath – New Zealand’s Neon Green Sulphur Pond
New Zealand’s Wai-O-Tapu volcanic area offers no shortage of intriguing natural wonders, but perhaps the most eye-catching one is Devil’s Bath, a bright green pond full of sulfur-infused stink water. Devil’s Bath gets its color from a combination of hydrogen sulfide gases and ferrous salts. The shade and intensity of the green sludge depends on the […]
Woman Suffering of Nose Pain for 37 Years Discovers Board Game Piece Stuck in Her Nostril
After suffering from pain on the right side of her nose for most of her life, a New Zealand woman was shocked to discover a plastic board game piece that had apparently been stuck in her nostril for 37 years. Mary McCarthy, from Christchurch in New Zealand, had always struggled with pain and breathing difficulties […]
In This New Zealand Town, Easter Is All About Wiping Out Bunnies
In Christian countries around the world, the Easter Bunny is a beloved symbol of one of the world’s most popular holidays, but in one New Zealand town, bunnies are such a plague for farmers that locals spend Easter wiping them out. In New Zealand, rabbits are an introduced species that threatens both the country’s biodiversity […]
Rescue Helicopter Spots Husband’s Romantic Tribute to His Wife
The crew of a Auckland Westpac Rescue Helicopter flying over a forested region near Kaipara Falls, in New Zealand, spotted a bunch of trees planted in the shape of a heart, in the middle of a small forest. Dubbed the “heart of the forest”, the unusual find went viral on social media last month, after […]
The Twisted Trees of Slope Point – A Natural Wonder Shaped by the Wind
Slope Point is known for being the southernmost tip on New Zealand’s South Island, but also for hosting some of the strangest-looking trees in the world. They are shaped by the relentless winds that constantly pummel this place. Trees don’t usually grow in the Slope Point area. It’s not that the soil isn’t fertile enough, […]
Man Brings Professional Clown to His Own Firing Meeting
A young copywriter for an advertising agency in New Zealand recently made international headlines for bringing a professional clown as a support person to a company meeting in which he he expected to be fired. Employers in New Zealand are legally required to offer employees the chance to bring a “support person” to so called […]
The Story of Tibbles, a Pet Cat That Allegedly Rendered a Bird Species Extinct in Less Than a Year
The Lyall’s wren was a species of small, flightless birds that once thrived on Stephens Island, in New Zealand. It’s one of the many species that have been rendered extinct by the reckless introduction of predators in their natural habitat, but what makes this bird’s story unique is that it was allegedly both discovered and […]
The Loneliest Tree on Earth – A Fascinating Tale of Survival
According to the Guinness Book of World Records, a Sitka Spruce growing on New Zealand’s southernmost subarctic island, is the loneliest and most remote tree on Earth. Not only is it the only tree on Campbell Island, but the nearest other tree can be found over 200 kilometers away, on the Auckland Islands. Located about […]
New Zealanders Build Tiny Island to Circumvent Public Drinking Ban on New Year’s Eve
In order to avoid a liquor ban that was in effect during New Year’s celebrations, a group of resourceful New-Zealanders built their own tiny island in an estuary on the Coromandel peninsula. This allowed them to enjoy a few drinks in peace as they were technically in “international waters”, and not subject to the public […]
Local Gang Cleans New Zealand Town of Drug Dealers
Tribal Huk, an ethnic gang from Ngaruawahia, a small town in New Zealand, took it upon themselves to rid their community of methamphetamine dealers, after seeing the local youth negatively affected by the synthetic drug. After giving offenders an ultimatum, the gang cleaned their town of meth dealers in just one weekend. It all started on Thursday, […]