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New Zealand euthanasia vote: polls point to ‘yes’ amid campaign of fear and doubt
The ‘yes’ campaign has Jacinda Ardern’s support but opponents say they believe New Zealand’s most vulnerable w…
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Why are coalition governments so common in New Zealand?
The country’s MMP electoral system was designed to give more diverse voices entry to parliamentCoalition gover…
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New Zealand’s MMP electoral system: what is it and how does it work?
In 1996 Aotearoa ditched the ‘first past the post’ system for a mechanism that creates a more diverse governme…
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‘Priceless skill’: The Māori hunter helping women swap the food bank for the wilds
Pania Tepaiho Marsh leads hunting weekends for women that are now so popular she has a long waiting listThe fi…
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Rare and fashionable houseplant stolen from botanic gardens in New Zealand
Variegated monstera disappears from orchid house in Christchurch amid boom in popularity of valuable floraA ra…
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New Zealand’s weirdest election: Covid dominates battle between Ardern and Collins
In 2017, Jacindamania swept the nation, but this year the sparkle is gone, replaced by a strange and muted cam…
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‘Can I really do this?’ New Zealand’s Ashley Bloomfield reveals self-doubts at height of Covid
Much-lauded health director reveals the mental health toll of leading the medical response to the pandemicCoro…
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New Zealand election debate: Collins edges it against ‘passionless’ Ardern
PM widely expected to beat challenger in October but both criticised after ‘muddled’ exchangesThe first electi…
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Jacinda Ardern and Judith Collins to face off in first TV debate of New Zealand election
Prime minister says her attention is focused on running the country, but her challenger says she is looking fo…
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New Zealand National party promises ‘significant’ tax cuts to aid Covid recovery
Opposition party unveils billions in tax cuts and focus on disciplined spending in its pre-election economic p…
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New Zealand in Covid recession after worst quarterly GDP fall on record
Finance minister says figures don’t reflect the thousands of lives saved and reduced burden on health systemCo…
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Covid sees classroom experience slashed for 1,000 New Zealand student teachers
Teaching council says student teachers are not able to complete the requisite number of practical hours becaus…
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Covid sees classroom experience slashed for 1,000 New Zealand student teachers
Teaching council says student teachers are not able to complete the requisite number of practical hours becaus…
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Have your say: what are the issues that matter in the New Zealand election?
As the country heads towards a national election, how has the pandemic changed voters’ priorities? Over to you…
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‘I literally weep’: anguish as New Zealand’s National Library culls 600,000 books
Academics, historians, researchers and scholars feel a literary crime is taking place during the distraction o…