David Seymour and Chris Bishop. Photo / Mark Tantrum Housing Minister Chris Bishop and Regulation Minister David Seymour will soon announce a policy to introduce “pet bonds”, which they hope will make it easier for people with pets to find rental accommodation. A pet voucher works like an ordinary rental voucher. The money is handed … Read more
Tourists experience the local bamboo dance with residents of Maona village, Hainan province, on Wednesday, in celebration of the Spring Festival. [Photo/Xinhua] BEIJING — For the Chinese, the eternal theme of the Spring Festival, or Chinese New Year, remains the family reunion, but a growing number of Chinese are choosing to integrate travel into their … Read more
Twix, a cat, was found dead after being thrown from a train in Kirov, Russia More than 300,000 Russians have signed a petition calling for a train driver to be fired after he threw a cat off a train believing it to be a stray. The white and ginger cat named Twix escaped from his … Read more
Innovator or Entitled? A hack of the TikTok phone divides the internet. Photo / 123rf A passenger on board a plane has sparked a fierce online debate after revealing travel hack to watch movies during their flight with the use of another person’s head. Ida Augusta, a content creator from Denmark, boasts more than 60,000 … Read more
A British vet has spoken out about why he believes monkeys should never be kept as pets. Content creator @ben.the.vet shared his expertise in a video on TikTokwhere he has over 206,000 followers. In the clip, he explained how many monkeys end up becoming pets – and also why they are not suitable for domestic … Read more
A new book of New Zealand gardens ditches all the usual manicured show stoppers and steps into 12 charming and idiosyncratic sections, including a romantic garden in the suburbs of Dunedin where its creator leaves the weeds and lets the flowers wither, seed and die . Atop a hill on the outskirts of Dunedin sits … Read more
