In a world increasingly battered by the ferocity of climate-driven storms, the catastrophic Texas floods of July 2025 stand as a grim testam...

As the Grenfell Tower tragedy fades from international headlines, the burnt out building remains as a terrible monument to capitalisms fail...

Today, the Police reported : Police has concluded its investigation into the explosion at the Pike River Mine which occurred on Friday 1...

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For over a year and a half now The Jackal has been attempting to learn exactly what was onboard the MV Rena when it ran aground near Taura...

Yesterday, an article by Maria Golovnina was reported by Stuff : Only about 200 people turned up for a "party" in central Lond...

Today, the NZ Herald reported : Upset families of the 29 men killed at Pike River "cannot accept" findings of a report that ab...

Today, I had the displeasure of reading the most biased editorial in the NZ Herald so far this year. Not only does it argue that big busin...

Today, the NZ Herald reported : Epsom residents are powerless to stop the removal of a century-old pohutukawa tree after blanket tree pr...

Yesterday, Q+A reported : Look, I think what you're seeing is a desire to ensure that really reckless, dangerous acts out hundreds o...

This week, Refining NZ released its annual report (PDF) for 2012. Within that report is a somewhat alarming statement about five breaches ...