1 December 2025
One of the most critically acclaimed playwrights of our age, Tom Stoppard, has died at 88. He assumed his audience was as well read and inquisitive as he was.
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1 Dec: A Swiss man will spend Christmas in New Zealand - ahead of sentencing in January for careless driving causing death in Canterbury's Sheffield last month... more
1 Dec: A man who had emergency surgery in Auckland Hospital after a car accident - ended up with a life-altering injury when the procedure went wrong... more
1 Dec: Two women accused of shoplifting at Auckland's Glenfield mall on Friday - with two security guards and a member of the public attacked - have been charged with aggravated assault... more
1 Dec: The responses reveal a much more nuanced picture of the relationship between young Australians and social media than the public debate suggests.... more
1 Dec: Two-dozen Asian yellow-legged hornet nests and queens have now been found on Auckland’s North Shore. Speed and more resources will be crucial.... more
1 Dec: The Trump administration claims “mass migration” is a threat to “Western civilisation”. But research shows migrants don’t commit crimes at disproportionate rates.... more
