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New Zealand prime minister admits watching bad television to relax and says some people she admires most have that ‘gnawing lack of confidence’New Zealand’s prime minister, Jacinda Ardern, has revealed she suffers “imposter syndrome” and watches “bad c…
Read MorePurchase ends decades-long land dispute in which protesters resisted private developer’s plansLand claimed by Māori and once slated for large-scale private housing development has been brought by the crown, bringing an end to a decades-long land disput…
Read MoreRoyal commission into abuse in state care between 1950 and 1999 found victims were ‘most disadvantaged or marginalised’A quarter of a million New Zealanders held in state care suffered some form of abuse, a landmark inquiry has found, with the true num…
Read MoreCommissioner Meng Foon calls for end to ‘systemic bias’ against Māori in justice, health and education The Human Rights Commission has thrown its support behind calls by the Children’s Commissioner for urgent action to keep at-risk Māori children with …
Read MoreAotearoa MPs are notorious for their love of ‘op-shopping’, and have offered advice to their US counterparts on the joy of buying second-handAfter the US election, congresswoman Cori Bush kicked off a conversation on Twitter about the high cost of acqu…
Read MoreNew Zealand and loved ones of the 29 miners killed mourn as efforts continue to recover their bodies It has been a decade since an explosion at New Zealand’s Pike River mine killed 29 miners, and for the family left behind the wounds remain raw and ope…
Read MoreWithout migration – now nearly non-existent due to closed borders – the country’s population will begin to shrinkNew Zealand’s birth rate has plummeted to a record low for the 10th year in a row, with demographers suggesting the rising cost of housing,…
Read MoreAuction house sold painting by John Robinson that was advertised as a work by Colin McCahon, including a forged signature and false dateA painting created as a tribute to one of New Zealand’s most influential modern artists has been sold at a London au…
Read MoreWorkers in centre of city are asked to work from home on Friday after student with no obvious links to areas of risk, tests positive Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageHealth authorities in New Zealand are partially shutting do…
Read MorePreviously unknown animal – that has been named after a sea in Lord of the Rings – radically changes scientists’ understanding of how seals evolvedFossils found in New Zealand have led to the discovery of a previously unidentified species of extinct mo…
Read MoreExperts to travel to Cook Islands this weekend to assess travel to Covid-free country that’s heavily dependent on tourismCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageNew Zealand is inching closer towards establishing its first travel bub…
Read MoreNew foreign minister promises to carve a path for women, Māori and for the countryWhen Jacinda Ardern appointed the veteran politician Nanaia Mahuta as New Zealand’s foreign minister, many seasoned political watchers were taken by surprise – as was Mah…
Read MoreYes campaign garnered 48.4% of votes, while the no vote won 50.7%, meaning the referendum does not passNew Zealanders have voted not to legalise cannabis in a referendum that painted a portrait of a country starkly divided over drug policy.The yes vote…
Read MoreDairy industry contributes NZ$15bn to the economy, but farms are struggling to find workers amid CovidCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageNew Zealand farmers are so desperate for workers that they are offering unlimited supplies…
Read MoreLabour’s ranks have been swelled by New Zealand’s first African MP, just one example of an more diverse ParliamentThe landslide victory for Labour will see 64 left-leaning MPs enter parliament this week – many of them fresh and untested.The new parliam…
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