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High hopes: drones join fight to save New Zealand’s rarest dolphin
Numbers of Māui dolphins have been slashed by fishing and other threats, with only an estimated 63 adults rema…
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New Zealand police reveal student binge drinking strategy: more pubs
Officers in Dunedin say having a few large pubs would place students into a ‘controlled environment’It’s an un…
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Birth of rare albatross chick sparks hope for remote New Zealand colony
Bird born at the end of last year on the Chatham Islands has since flown 12,500km around South PacificA sole A…
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New Zealand birthrate sinks to its lowest ever
Just 1.61 births per woman of child-bearing age recorded in 2020 amid economic uncertainty and acceptance of c…
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Auckland lockdown to end despite three new cases of Covid-19
Jacinda Ardern said she does not believe community transmission is widespread Coronavirus – latest updatesSee …
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Opportunists and smugglers: illicit trade in sacred Māori greenstone thrives
Covid hardships mean pounamu is increasingly being targeted for its value, Indigenous leaders sayThe rugged we…
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‘Ticking time bombs’: Otago lead scare shines light on New Zealand’s ageing water infrastructure
Some towns have not been compliant with water standards in 20 years, according to Water NZ’s Noel RobertsA lea…
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New Zealand Covid vaccines to arrive one month early, border staff to be inoculated next week
Jacinda Ardern says vaccination of the wider population will begin in the second half of the yearCoronavirus –…
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Māori MP Rawiri Waititi ejected from New Zealand parliament in necktie row
Māori party co-leader said he had chosen to wear cultural dress in defiance of dress code which requires men t…
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Ardern orders inquiry into Air New Zealand’s work for Saudi Arabia navy
Engineers for the national carrier, which is majority-owned by the government, worked on engines and a power t…
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Waitangi Day: New Zealand Labour’s Māori members arrive amid Covid measures
Coronavirus risk at events being managed amid trickle of cases in quarantineCelebrations for Waitangi Day are …
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Jacinda Ardern faces Waitangi Day reckoning with Māori as progress stalls
Three years after the prime minister asked Māori to hold her to account, many are disillusioned with her gover…
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New Zealand borders to stay closed until citizens are ‘vaccinated and protected’
Jacinda Ardern says New Zealand can return to ‘normal’ only when the rest of the world does tooCoronavirus – l…
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New Zealand records first Covid community case in two months
Woman was released from managed isolation on 13 January following two negative tests and visited 30 locations …
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New Zealand child welfare head resigns after furore over Māori family separations
Gráinne Moss had been under pressure after reports into systemic bias at Oranga TamarikiThe embattled chief ex…