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‘World Giving Index’ Ranks Generosity of Countries With Surprising Results
The “World Giving Index” is the first report of its kind to tally different types of charitable behavior found in people from 153 countries....
3 Teenagers Found Alive After 50 Days at Sea
Three New Zealand teenagers have been rescued after 50 days adrift in the Pacific Ocean in a tiny boat.
The trio survived by drinking rainwater...
Truck Rescue for Beached NZ Whales
In a historic effort to rescue the 24 survivors of a pod of 80 pilot whales that beacame stranded on a stormy beach in...
Happy Ending for British Child Migrant Returned Home After WWII Expulsion
The terrific cost of World War II, both human and financial, forced England to consider sending away thousands of its children to live in...
Wheelchair Adventurer Travels Where No Chair has Ever Been (w/ Video)
At the age of 29, Andrew Shelley sat stuck in the same predictable 9 to 5 job as his father. Looking back on his...
Jetpacks for Sale!
Martin Aircraft of New Zealand is going to start selling commercial jetpacks for about $75,000. The brainchild of inventor Glenn Martin who...
Scientists Target Cancer With Light Particles
New Zealand scientists have developed tiny "light" particles that can seek out and destroy cancer cells.
Victoria University synthetic chemist Richard Tilley said researchers had...
Surgery Lets Mum See Baby Again
There can be few experiences more exciting than regaining one's sight after being blind. Kiriana Thackeray knows the feeling. A...
Blogger Calls for One Hour of Kindness During Parliament Q&A Tussle
Charlotte Squire, creator of Happyzine, a New Zealand blog that features positive items from around Kiwiland, is challenging the M.P.s of New Zealand...
The World’s Most Peaceful Nation Named
The South Pacific nation of New Zealand, already renowned for it's scenic beauty, has strengthened its idyllic image by being named the Most Peacful Nation...
Vast Reserve to Protect Prince Edward Islands and its Penguins
South Africa’s declaration to establish one of the world’s largest Marine Protected Area’s around its Prince Edward Islands, is a marine conservation achievement of...
Monsanto Dumps Recombinant Bovine Growth Hormone
After 5 years of declining sales and several legal setbacks, Monsanto has finally decided to dump recombinant Bovine Growth Hormone (rBGH), thanks to...
Kiwi Birds Get Help Averting Extinction
Kiwis, the endangered birds that are the national symbol of New Zealand, are now being nursed back to healthy numbers by an innovative conservation...
Airline Completes World-First Biofuel Flight
Air New Zealand has completed the world's first commercial test flight using a new biofuel. The two-hour flight around the Auckland region was powered...
Boeing, Virgin Join Group Committed to Biofuel for Commercial Jets
Boeing last week joined Virgin Atlantic and eight other major air carriers, along with Honeywell's energy arm, in an organized effort to develop new...
Toyota Joins Climate Group to Cut Corporate Greenhouse Gases
The European branch of the world’s largest car maker, Toyota, became one of six companies to join the Climate Neutral Network (CN Net), a...
Greener, Cleaner Crude Oil From Algae
A New Zealand company says it has produced the first samples of green crude oil at a commercially competitive price, made from wild algae...
Humpback and Two Other Whale Species on Road to Recovery
Three whale species, the humpback, minke and southern right, are recovering from the threat of extinction according to a new study released by the...
UPDATED w/ Video- Dolphin Rescues Stranded Whales, Leads Them Out to Sea
A caring dolphin guided two stranded whales to safety after human attempts to keep the animals off a New Zealand beach failed, a conservation...
Fishermen Can Make Cash Without Overfishing
"Can commercial fishermen make more money by fishing less? They can, according to a study published in the journal Science — with one condition....