A Christchurch memorial for New Zealand’s deadliest fire has been ransacked by thieves. Twenty-three of the 41 individual bronze plaques for victims of the Ballantynes fire were missing when NZME visited Bromley’s Ruru Lawn Cemetery this morning.

A Robert Burns club was forced to use images of a statue in New Zealand to mark Burns Night - as their city's monument is covered in seagull poo. Dundee's Robert Burns statue is one of only four in the world built by sculptor Sir John Steell in 1880.

When we step off the plane in Christchurch, expecting the cooler weather, it's 30C, which makes us question the accuracy of our parents' New Zealand memories. The city feels quaint with its gently winding river, the cathedral and mock-Tudor restaurant Tiffanys.

A Maine coon cat named Mittens became an accidental jetsetter this month when her cage was overlooked in a plane cargo hold and she made three trips in 24 hours between New Zealand and Australia.

A Maine coon cat named Mittens clocked up some serious air miles this month after being left on an Air New Zealand flight and accidentally flown to Australia and back. Mittens’ owner, Margo Neas, described the events as “both distressing and unacceptable” after paying $1948 to have her feline flown to Australia.

A person has been found dead in the search for a swimmer missing at a Christchurch beach. A man's body was found at Southshore Spit, where the swimmer was last seen on Thursday afternoon, police confirmed. Police said the person was believed to be the man who went missing.

A baggage handler didn't spot Mittens' cage when it was blocked by a wheelchair on arrival in Melbourne Mittens the cat has clocked up lots of extra air miles after mistakenly flying between New Zealand and Australia three times in 24 hours.

A Maine coon cat named Mittens accidentally flew three times between New Zealand and Australia this month after her cage was mistakenly left in the plane’s cargo hold

Directors Lindsay Utz and Michelle Walshe provide a window into Jacinda Ardern's work and life choices during her five-year term as her country's head of government.

Mittens was flown three times between New Zealand and Australia after being forgotten in a plane's cargo hold.

Two years after her shocking decision to resign as prime minister of New Zealand, Jacinda Ardern is set to publish a memoir about her eventful time in office.

Of course, both are matters of personal preference, with strong arguments to be made for either side, but, every so often, the worlds of aviation and pets collide, occasionally resulting in cat-astrophic consequences.