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New Zealand Man’s Offer of Home is ‘Miracle’ for Rescued Senior
James Barber's home goes up for auction today, but a "white knight" has rescued the 77-year-old from homelessness. An anonymous Christchurch businessman was so...
170,000 New Trees Have Rugby Roots in New Zealand
The New Zealand landscape is set to be greened to the tune of 40,000 new trees this year as part of the final stage...
12-Year-old Boys Save Drowning Fisherman in New Zealand
It was hope in the form of a 12-year-old boy that saved Vincent Shao from sinking beneath the waves and drowning at Waihi Beach...
New Zealanders Knit Colorful “Cosy” for Ugly Shipping Container
Strangers from around the world have sent hand-knit squares of wool to help Christchurch, New Zealand beautify their ominous earthquake protection barrier. Hundreds of giant...
New Zealand Hero Rescues Baby in Fire After Others Fail
A Palmerston North man who crawled into a burning house to rescue a baby was terrified at the time, but said he could not...
New Zealander Honored for Mobilizing Student Volunteer Army After Earthquake
When Sam Johnson first picked up a shovel and mobilized his fellow students to help clean up Christchurch's streets after last September's earthquake in...
New Zealand Quake Survivor Marries Fiance Who Helped Save Her
Clutching her groom, she looked like any beaming bride. But Emma Howard's trip down the aisle Friday almost didn't happen. Just 72 hours earlier...
Classical Music Cuts Crime in New Zealand City
Classical music piped through speakers has dramatically reduced crime rates in the center of New Zealand's second largest city, retailers in Wellington...
New Zealand To Change Law To Keep ‘The Hobbit’
Thousands took to the streets in New Zealand over the weekend in support of keeping film production of The Hobbit in their country, which...
Good News in History, March 1
Happy 80th Birthday to Roger Daltrey, singer-songwriter for The Who. The band's co-founder put the stutter in My Generation, and the scream in Won't...
Good News in History, February 6
32 years ago today, the Sámi People of Arctic Scandinavia/Russia established a day celebrating their existence. With a special delegation at the EU, the...
Readers’ Choice Top 10 Good News of the Year 2023
Individual stories of hope and miracle color in this year's review of the most popular good news on the internet. There are some that...
Good News in History, December 11
4 years ago today, the residents of Bougainville, an autonomous region in Papua New Guinea, voted in a 98% majority for independence of their...
Good News in History, November 28
Happy 80th Birthday to singer-songwriter and composer Randy Newman. Best known for his distinctive voice and film scores for 8 Pixar films—as well as...
Good News in History, November 15
6 years ago, Pakistani archeologists revealed to the world the finished excavations of the Bhamala Stupa, one of the oldest in the world, and...
Good News in History, November 11
202 years ago today, Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky was born in Moscow. Numerous literary critics consider him the greatest novelist in all world history. Most...
Good News in History, October 27
61 years ago today, one man in the right place, at the right time, did the right thing, saving the world from probably nuclear...
Good News in History, October 24
On this day last year, a five-month-old bar-tailed godwit became a world record holder by flying 8,425 miles non-stop from Alaska to Australia in...
Good News in History, October 21
40 years ago today, the meter was standardized to its current form, providing grounds for all the subsequent increments such as millimeters, centimeters, and...
Good News in History September 30
160 years ago, George Bizet's famous opera Les Pêcheurs de Perles, The Pearl Fishermen, debuted at the Théâtre Lyrique in Paris. Set in ancient...