New Zealand Antique

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) – When New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern was caught on a hot mic using a vulgarity against a rival politician last week, it seemed the nation’s political discourse could be taking an ugly turn heading into an election year. But Ardern and her target, lawmaker David Seymour, agreed on a plan […]

Artist’s impression of bony-tooth bird fossil found in New Zealand, Protodontopteryx ruthae. Illustration by Derek Onley. Image available through CC by NC license for news and current affairs use CHRISTCHURCH, NEW ZEALAND – The ancestor of some of the largest flying birds ever has been found in Waipara, New Zealand.

CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand (AP) – The New Zealand earthquake has exposed potentially historic documents hidden inside a 19th century statue that toppled in the disaster. Christchurch Major Bob Parker said Tuesday that a handwritten parchment in a bottle and a sealed copper cylinder believed to contain documents were discovered inside the statue of the city’s […]