Five million people visit the Sistine Chapel each year to marvel at Michelangelo’s frescoes, which cover every inch of plaster on the ceiling. "The Last Judgment" fresco, reproduced here, fills the entire western wall behind the Sistine Chapel altar. For people from all different backgrounds, it speaks to them, too.”Visitors to the Sistine Chapel crane their necks to admire the ceiling, more than 20m above them. It’s very clearly around a woman.”"David and Goliath", one of the corner scenes in Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel frescoes. “For me, the Sistine Chapel asks a lot of questions but it also answers them.

“I thought, ‘this is pretty special’.”The $5 note signed by Sir Edmund Hillary and given to Winston Peters by Hillary's grandson, Alexander. Winston Peters in the 2023 advertisement. The Miami Dolphins ball given to Winston Peters by Marco Rubio. He also has one from China and one from Mexico, among the nine horse gifts in the past two years. The statue given to Winston Peters by the Saudi Arabian government after he attended the Saudi Cup in Riyadh.

“It’s obvious [the] Government and Police are panicking that big numbers of Kiwis will be turning out to cross the Auckland Harbour Bridge on Sat 31st January. The decision will be made then.”Tamaki claimed the decision not to allow what he described as a peaceful protest over the Harbour Bridge was a “desperate panic reaction” from the Police. He also referred to “the Muslim police commander and Indian police commander in charge.”Destiny Church's Brian Tamaki. The January 31 protest has been heavily promoted on social media platforms, including Facebook, by Tamaki and those involved with the True Patriots of NZ Facebook page. Tamaki has been telling followers that this was their chance to protest about immigration.

The now abandoned control room for the Rangipō Power Station, near Tūrangi. The station is now controlled remotely by Genesis Energy's Tokaanu Power Station. A tunnel through Mount Tihia takes water from Rotoaira to the 240 MW Tokaanu Power Station, the 200m drop ensuring it hits the station’s four turbines with force. “We have a number of different iwi and hapū around the power scheme, which is geographically quite widespread, so we cover different territories. “If the plates fall down, then it takes a while to get them back up and running, but it’s not that easy.”Genesis Energy's Tokaanu Power Scheme.

He said he’s had some success luring officers north but wanted “20 plus” extra staff. He acknowledged there were serious issues with crime in the mid and Far North but said such challenges present a more stimulating and diverse day job. You’re not a one-trick pony.”Senior Sergeant Clem Armstrong wants police recruits on South Island waitlists to come north. Senior Sergeant Clem Armstrong (inset) wants to lure waitlisted recruits in the South Island to jobs in the Far North where he says young officers can fast-track their careers. “Usually, those negative comments come from people that aren’t from this town, and they don’t know anything about our town.

Disinformation researcher, Byron Clark says disinformation is being spread using deepfake AI images of the Bondi terror attacks. The “Bush Legend”, as his TikTok and Meta account usernames describe him as, have amassed more than 211,000 followers and mainly discuss native Australian animals and facts about them. The videos show him in khaki outfits, or sometimes in ochre, often accompanied with yidaki (didgeridoo) music. However, none of the videos are real and, when the Herald checked the description of the pages, it was stated by the account it used “AI-generated visuals to share wildlife stories“. Followers have left comments on the videos admiring how he handles the animals while speaking to the camera and it is unclear how many of the viewers know that Bush Legend isn’t a real person.

A leaked State Department memo said the Government is targeting nationalities more likely to require public assistance while living in the US. They are there without authority and must be dealt with according to the law of the United States,” Rabuka said. Other Pacific countries include Samoa at 63.4%, Federated States of Micronesia at 58.1%, Tonga at 54.4%, and Fiji at 40.8%. All the same, it’s not as though the US isn’t guilty of sweeping up Pacific states on to migrant ban lists that ought not be there. Take Tuvalu for instance: in July it was included on a list of countries where visa bans were being strongly considered... by accident.

Last night I had the beautiful privilege of going to a remarkable concert at Vector Arena in Auckland. My beautiful wife and I drove in from Dairy Flat with only minor delays, near the port, due to the ASB Classic Tennis – which was clearly pumping. Vector Arena was almost sold out for the great David Byrne of Talking Heads – and solo career – fame. When we left we had choices of how we drove back to beautiful Dairy Flat and the traffic management was superb. Auckland may just be on the way … and just wait until the CRL opens.

The subpoenas suggest the Justice Department is examining whether Walz’s and Frey’s public statements disparaging the surge of officers and federal actions have amounted to criminal interference in law enforcement work. The law under which they are investigating the two officials, a federal statute on conspiracy to impede a federal investigation, is similar to the charges filed against protesters whom federal officials allege have attempted to block immigration officers as they do their work. On Wednesday, a man was shot in the leg by an Ice officer in Minneapolis. “Minnesota insurrection is a direct result of a FAILED governor and a TERRIBLE mayor encouraging violence against law enforcement. “Weaponising the justice system and threatening political opponents is a dangerous, authoritarian tactic,” Walz said in a statement Saturday.

What a crazy couple of days for New Zealand rugby. That was the year the Tall Blacks stunned the basketball world by finishing fourth at the world championships in Indianapolis. Indiana University’s football (as in American football) team have qualified for the college national championship final. What you may not know is that this is basically like the Buller rugby team playing the Crusaders, and some are calling it the most unexpected rise in the history of American sport. Eins, zwei, dreiImagine being a fan of the VfL Wolfsburg football team in Germany’s Bundesliga.

One woman said she and her family decided to take advantage of the free services and caught the bus to and from the concert. However, when they arrived at Britomart in the CBD they found themselves among swarms of people trying to catch a bus to the North Shore. Fans faced a long wait for connecting buses from Britomart to the North Shore after the Ed Sheeran concert last night. After the concert, some concertgoers arrived at Britomart in Auckland's CBD to find swarms of people trying to catch a bus to the North Shore. Sign up to The Daily H, a free newsletter curated by our editors and delivered straight to your inbox every weekday.

The man was stuck on a pontoon as the two orcas circled. Video / FacebookA casual late-night swim at Oriental Bay turned into a jaw-dropping encounter when Joel Crampton was flanked by two orca. The encounter was caught on camera by a group watching from shore, who had been keeping an eye on the man as he relaxed on a pontoon in the middle of the bay. In the footage, someone whistles to Crampton before jokingly calling out for him to jump into the water. As the video draws to a close, a child asks what would happen if the figure on the pontoon did jump in, prompting a dry reply from another voice: “He’ll probably get eaten, Tom.”An onlooker can be heard in the video pointing out an “oblivious man — just lying on his back”, moments before the presence of two orca becomes clear.

A neighbour who lives across the road said he was jolted awake by a loud bang at about 12.25am. His wife said the crash scene was not cleared until about 3am, leaving residents shaken and sleepless. Photo / Tom EleyTe Rapa Rd was closed between Forest Lake Rd and Vardon Rd for several hours while the Serious Crash Unit carried out a scene examination. Parmar said Singh had been living in New Zealand for two years with his wife Manpreet Kaur and their children. A Givealittle page has been set up to help support Singh’s wife as she navigates her grief and the financial strain left behind by the tragedy.

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But since moving to London, I’ve stopped waiting to see if someone will be around long enough to be worth the effort. For example, a couple of weeks ago, a friend, Zoe, sat me down and told me she’d booked her flight home. In the almost two years I’ve lived in London, I’ve said goodbye, usually disguised as “See you soon”, more times than I can count. Lillie Rohan's friend Zoe (left) is leaving London to return to New Zealand. A friend told me recently that, in the past three months, six of her closest friends have packed up and gone home.