There was an early-morning spike in earthquake activity around Kaikōura on Thursday.A magnitude 4.7 tremor struck at 12:30am, centered only five kilometers from the earthquake-damaged town.Ten minutes later there was a 4.4 quake 20 kilometres away. 
A critically threatened sea lion pup was found shot dead on the Otago Peninsula on Saturday. Staff from the Department of Conservation (DOC) found the remains of the 11 month-old female sea lion named Rua on a beach near Dunedin.
Rua was last seen on Allan's Beach in September and made the headlines last summer when her birth was overseen by the local community. DOC Coastal Otago operations manager Annie Wallace says the female was only one of 11 born last summer.
South Carolina police have revealed that Todd Kohlhepp, the man they arrested after finding a woman chained in a storage container, had confessed to killing six other people.
Whakatane will have a public fireworks show this year - the first since 2009, when 40 minutes' worth of bangers exploded in about 40 seconds.
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Two earthquakes have rocked central Italy on Wednesday evening, just two months after another earthquake killed more that 290 people. The first strong earthquake was magnitude 5.4 and struck near Preci, around 61 kilometers southeast of Perugia, at a depth of 10 km according to the us geological servey.
A New Zealand woman has died after jumping 10 meters from a balcony in Melbourne. Chantelle Klasema, a 29 year old from Hawkes bay was killed when she fell from the third floor of an apartment. A 35 year old man who also fell is in a stable condition in the hospital.&cropxunits=100&cropyunits=100&width=970&height=400&scale=both)
New evidence has shown that Jupiter's icy moon Europa throws jets of water in to space. Scientists first reported the behavior in 2013 using the Hubble telescope but know have made a follow up sighting.
Sophie Pascoe has won gold with a world record time in the women's 200 meter individual medley SM10 event at Rio. She swam a 2.24.90 minutes defending her Olympic title from London four years ago. It's pascoes third medal of the Rio Paralympics and she still has another two events to compete in.
Last week Wednesday Ruapotaka had to go to Tamaki Primary because we had to have a special
Would you be able to survive at camp with no devices, no reception or WiFi? I didn't think so! 
Last week on Friday we were all put into teams representing countries from parts of the world. I was the flag bearer in my team. My team was the Cook Islands. There were a lot of parents watching the events. There were many different sports in action. There were events like soccer, javelin, long jump and gumboot throw. When the Olympics were over the teachers handed out medals to people that deserved them.
A giant snake that has lived in the roof of an Australian home for 10 years tried to move in to the master bedroom! Trina Hibberd, from mission beach in Queensland woke up on a strange Monday and found a 5.2m scrub python named Monty stretched from her lounge room to her bedroom. Monty managed to turn on a light and knock over a lamp before snake-catcher Dave arrived. Goodwin said the 40kg snake was “choking his arm to death” before he transferred it into the tub to capture it. Monty has now been transferred to a sewage pond, where it is hoped he will take care of a rat infestation.
The All Blacks have begun their 2016 season with a hard fought victory against wales. Wales had the better of the first half, leading 18-15. The Wales were aggressive at the breakdown and caused The All Blacks problems throughout the game. 
A plane has gone missing in Egypt while trying to travel to Paris to Cairo. The plane faded from radar 10 miles after entering Egyptian airspace, about 2.30am. 
Last Wednesday crowds formed across Indonesia as the sky went darker. This was the first and last solar eclipse for 2016. 
