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Loafers Lodge, Wellington on 25 May 2023.
Caption:Loafers Lodge.Photo credit:RNZ / Hamish CardwellLoafers Lodge on the night of the fire.Supplied / Axel Dann
Loafers Lodge caught fire in the early hours of 16 May, 2023.
Loafers Lodge caught fire in the early hours of 16 May, 2023.
Fire and Emergency responders and Loafer’s Lodge fire
Evacuations at Wellington Airport after a fire.
Mobile emergency alert icon composite with fire, flood, weapon threat and water boiling.
The aftermath of the train derailment near Khandallah, Wellington, shown on 7 June, 2026. The train remains on the scene as investigators work to find the cause.
Wellington train derailment - 6 June 2026
The Beehive
Jeremy Clarkson is at the Formula 1 Qatar Airways Grand Prix of Great Britain at the Silverstone Circuit in Towcester, England, on July 6, 2024. (Photo by Jon Hobley | MI News/NurPhoto) (Photo by MI News / NurPhoto via AFP)
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - MAY 27: Tolutau Koula of the Blues is tackled by Kalyn Ponga of the Maroons during game one of the 2026 Men’s State of Origin series between New South Wales Blues and Queensland Maroons at Accor Stadium on May 27, 2026 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Darrian Traynor/Getty Images)
The photo of Dame Jools Topp is used with permission from the 2013 Pink Ribbon Calendar Girls’ project. Body artist was Sofia Bue.