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The hoiho, a yellow-eyed penguin know for being noisy, smelly, and shy, won the countrys fiercely fought avian election on Monday.
Kim Dotcom, founder of the once wildly popular file-sharing website Megaupload, faces charges of U.S. copyright infringement, money laundering and racketeering.
The dance was a powerful way to mark a significant moment at the Paris Games.
The New Zealand women's soccer team complained to the IOC when a drone flyover of practice was linked to Canada, its first-round opponent.
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"This really could have ended horribly," a New Zealand conservation officer said of the shocking incident, which was caught on video.
A flight attendant reportedly hitting a switch on a pilot's chair caused a 787 Dreamliner to nose dive during a flight to New Zeland on Monday.
The flightless bird was plucked from the runway and taken to a nearby zoo to feast on fish.
"That evening, the anchors on the 6 oclock news delivered the worst news of my life."
The country's plan inspired the introduction of similar tobacco restrictions in England by U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.
Vote checkers were so overwhelmed after the comedian's campaign for the pteketeke they had to delay announcing the winner.