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Act of Kindness in a New Zealand Checkout Line
"When Pak'nSave checkout operator Rebecca Mclean, 18, helped an elderly customer pay for her groceries last week she did not intend to tell anyone," reports...
New Zealand Couple Moves to India to Upend the Business of Slavery
Freeset organic cotton bags are at the heart of a business set up to abolish the enslaving trade of prostitution for India's poorest women...
New Zealand Man’s Offer of Home is ‘Miracle’ for Rescued Senior
James Barber's home goes up for auction today, but a "white knight" has rescued the 77-year-old from homelessness. An anonymous Christchurch businessman was so...
170,000 New Trees Have Rugby Roots in New Zealand
The New Zealand landscape is set to be greened to the tune of 40,000 new trees this year as part of the final stage...
12-Year-old Boys Save Drowning Fisherman in New Zealand
It was hope in the form of a 12-year-old boy that saved Vincent Shao from sinking beneath the waves and drowning at Waihi Beach...
New Zealanders Knit Colorful “Cosy” for Ugly Shipping Container
Strangers from around the world have sent hand-knit squares of wool to help Christchurch, New Zealand beautify their ominous earthquake protection barrier. Hundreds of giant...
New Zealand Hero Rescues Baby in Fire After Others Fail
A Palmerston North man who crawled into a burning house to rescue a baby was terrified at the time, but said he could not...
New Zealander Honored for Mobilizing Student Volunteer Army After Earthquake
When Sam Johnson first picked up a shovel and mobilized his fellow students to help clean up Christchurch's streets after last September's earthquake in...
New Zealand Quake Survivor Marries Fiance Who Helped Save Her
Clutching her groom, she looked like any beaming bride. But Emma Howard's trip down the aisle Friday almost didn't happen. Just 72 hours earlier...
Classical Music Cuts Crime in New Zealand City
Classical music piped through speakers has dramatically reduced crime rates in the center of New Zealand's second largest city, retailers in Wellington...
New Zealand To Change Law To Keep ‘The Hobbit’
Thousands took to the streets in New Zealand over the weekend in support of keeping film production of The Hobbit in their country, which...
Good News in History, November 15
7 years ago, Pakistani archeologists revealed to the world the finished excavations of the Bhamala Stupa, one of the oldest in the world, and...
Good News in History, November 11
203 years ago today, Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky was born in Moscow. Numerous literary critics consider him the greatest novelist in all world history. Most...
Good News in History, October 27
62 years ago today, one man in the right place, at the right time, did the right thing, saving the world from probably nuclear...
Good News in History, October 24
20 years ago today, Arsenal Football Club set an unbeaten record winning 49 matches in a row, the most ever in the English Premier...
Good News in History, October 21
41 years ago today, the meter was standardized to its current form, providing grounds for all the subsequent increments such as millimeters, centimeters, and...
Good News in History September 30
161 years ago, George Bizet's famous opera Les Pêcheurs de Perles, The Pearl Fishermen, debuted at the Théâtre Lyrique in Paris. Set in ancient...
Good News in History September 19
1,938 years ago today Antoninus Pious, the fourth of the Five Good Emperors of Rome, was born. Keeping in mind that 'good' in this...
Good News in History, September 6
29 years ago today, Cal Ripken Jr. broke Lou Gehrig’s baseball record when he played in his 2,131st consecutive game. Once considered a near-impossible...
Good News in History, August 22
370 years ago today, Jacob Barsimson stepped off the boat on North American soil at "New Amsterdam" (Manhattan, New York City) on a mission...