投稿者: Elle Hunt in Auckland
Latest figures show increase of 2% in 2018-19 driven by energy sector and rise in methanol productionAn increase in New Zealand’s greenhouse gas emissions is a step in the wrong direction towards the country’s goal of carbon neutrality by 2050, say exp…
Advocates call for for self-testing as another path to regular screening for the HPV virus that causes nearly all cervical cancerWomen’s health advocates in New Zealand are calling for the government to improve the country’s cervical cancer screening p…
Finds include 1980s time capsules, old collection boxes and a nativity scene with figures heads ‘taken clean off’Ten years on from Christchurch’s devastating earthquake, the Catholic Diocese has discovered that it is missing a pair of angels.As work co…
Scientist recognised for her leadership in fight against Covid-19 says she accepts honour on behalf of all who helped tackle pandemicScientist Siouxsie Wiles has been named New Zealander of the Year for her leadership through the country’s Covid-19 res…
New Zealand lizard expert Ben Barr, who spent years looking under rocks for the elusive Cupola, has finally found what he was looking forAfter two years spent turning over thousands of rocks in search of the Cupola gecko, New Zealand lizard expert Ben …
Crowds outside parliament demand government take the same science-led approach on climate as it did on CovidSchool climate strikes have resumed in New Zealand, with young people calling on the government to turn the “can-do Kiwi attitude” that beat Cov…
Boating boom hits as closed borders force New Zealanders to explore closer to homeCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageBefore the pandemic Bruce Goodchild split his time between Australia, his home country, and New Zealand’s far …
Average price hits $788,967, an increase of 2.6% – amid 6.1% growth in 2020’s final quarterNew Zealand’s housing bubble shows no sign of bursting, with record prices recorded for the second month in a row.The property research firm CoreLogic’s house pr…
Travellers from UK and US now required to test negative before departure and take an extra test on arrival as ‘extra precautionary steps’ Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageNew Zealand has further tightened border controls amid…
Louise Coghill was walking the length of New Zealand when coronavirus struck. She found an unlikely place to retreat from the pandemicSee all our coronavirus coverageLouise Coghill was on the top of the world when its borders started to close. Continue…
Visitors from UK and North America tell of finding themselves with a pass to one of the best-rated pandemic responses in the worldFor Christmas 2019 Efrain Vega de Varona gave his partner plane tickets to New Zealand – her dream holiday destination. It…
Visitors from UK and North America tell of finding themselves with a pass to one of the best-rated pandemic responses in the worldFor Christmas 2019 Efrain Vega de Varona gave his partner plane tickets to New Zealand – her dream holiday destination. It…
Local travel making up for lack of overseas visitors but also causing problems See all our coronavirus coverageNew Zealanders have been called on to show greater respect for their environment amid a boom in domestic tourism that has been accompanied by…
Beloved bird that inspired toys and a picture book remembered by conservationists as a ‘precious taonga [treasure]’ A much-loved and extremely rare white kiwi has died following surgery, prompting an outpouring of grief among conservationists in New Ze…