The director of Italy’s Uffizi Galleries has sharply criticised social media-obsessed tourists after a visitor posing for a photograph tripped and gashed a 17th-century oil painting.. The young ...

New Zealand diplomats are having "ongoing" conversations with Chinese officials about visiting Xinjiang, where it’s alleged systematic abuse of the Uighur Muslim minority is occurring. Ministry of ...

A rare albino fur seal has been spotted by biologist Vladimir Burkanov amongst a colony on Russia’s Tyuleny Island, but it remains to be seen if the critter will be accepted by his own kind.

People on a main benefit, Superannuation, or a veteran’s pension can access help through the Winter Energy Payment. It is paid for the five months from May through September, at a rate of $20.46 ...

The Interislander ferry has been refloated after it ran aground on Friday night. Follow Stuff’s live updates.

The family of Elisabeth Nicholls, who went missing in the Christchurch suburb of Riccarton last week, are making a further appeal for assistance from the public after no breakthroughs in the search ...

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They have found more than 150 pavlova-like meringue cakes served with cream and fruit prior to 1926. They have also found more than 50 dishes named after Pavlova occurring before 1927.

A man who helped shape the face of Taranaki, has turned 80. Virginia Winder finds out about the life and times of an architect, art collector and family man.

Two weeks ago, a mother from Manurewa in South Auckland, Dagny Reyes-Garcia, rushed her eight-month-old son to the emergency department at Middlemore Hospital as her son was not taking any milk or ...