In today’s awesome animal encounter, surf school instructor David Lyons was surrounded by a pod of orcas while riding a jet ski off Kaikoura Peninsula, northeast of New Zealand’s South Island, on February 15. RELATED: Fishermen Capture a…
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New Zealand’s Conservative Prime Minister Announces Support for Same-Sex Marriage: VIDEO
New Zealand’s new Prime Minister Bill English has said that he would now vote in favor of same-sex marriage. English, who says he is an “active Catholic and proud of it,” voted against gay marriage in 2012. Legislation in favor of marriage equality n…
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A Kayaker Just Had a Very Close Encounter with Wild Orcas — He Swam With Them
A New Zealand kayaker just did something most would consider crazy (also very illegal) and jumped into the water to swim with an orca. Several others were nearby. The swim was captured by an overhead drone in Army Bay near Auckland on Monday. RECENTL…
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This Drone Footage of Bryde’s Whales Feeding is Something You Haven’t Seen Before: WATCH
Post-graduate students at the Auckland University of Technology shot some extraordinary drone footage, the first-ever to capture endangered Bryde’s whales feeding in the waters off New Zealand. The footage captures the whales from a perspective…
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Father’s Moving Response to His Son’s Coming Out Will Make Your Heart Swell – LOOK
A gay man in New Zealand has opened up about his nerve-wracking and emotional coming out to his father which took place years after he came out to the rest of his family. Sean Bailey became something of a public figure in New Zealand after he was rep…
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Things Get Homoerotic and Awkward in This Cell Phone Safety PSA from New Zealand – WATCH
A new PSA from New Zealand’s Transportation Authority uses some awkward, creepy and homoerotic moments to drive home a message about cell phone safety and driving. In the ad titled “Hello”, a series of drivers are bobbing along when…
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New Zealand Company Apologizes For ‘Disgusting’ Transphobic Caitlyn Jenner Billboard
An advertising company in New Zealand has apologized for a transphobic billboard featuring Caitlyn Jenner. The Cranium Signage ad featured Jenner’s Vanity Fair cover with the slogan “I hope your sack is fuller than mine this Christmas.” Speakin…
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New Zealand’s Rugby Team Perform ‘Haka’ After Winning World Cup: WATCH
At the Rugby World Cup final in London yesterday, the New Zealand All Blacks performed two hakas, traditional Māori “war dances”, that mesmerized audiences in the stadium and watching from around the globe. Video of the first haka perform…
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Suspension Bridge Snaps, Hikers Plunge in Terrifying Video: WATCH
Four hikers in New Zealand were finishing a four-day walk around Lake Waikaremoana when they plunged 8.5 meters into a river after the suspension bridge they were walking on snapped. The incident was captured on a GoPro camera one of the hikers was w…
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Love Has a Dark Side in Tense Trailer for Dramatic Thriller ‘Queen of Carthage’ – WATCH
Director Shiloh Fernandez released a trailer for his experimental film Queen of Carthage, a tale about a pansexual traveler who recently fled to Auckland, New Zealand, after a traumatic relationship. Amos, portrayed by Fernandez, falls for a local pe…
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