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An end to cigarettes? New Zealand aims to create smoke-free generation
Proposals include making sale of cigarettes to anyone born after 2004 illegalNew Zealand has announced a suite…
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‘A lack of political courage’: New Zealand’s drug reform efforts flounder
From the outside, the country seems like a likely candidate for progressive drug laws but internally, change i…
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New Zealand suspension of travel from India questioned amid fears of racist backlash
Community leader says: ‘We don’t feel like a part of the “team of 5 million” when Indians are singled out like…
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‘Broken promise’: Pike River families urge minister to continue mission to recover victims
Families say they were ‘blindsided’ by last week’s announcement and that many opposed itFamilies of the miners…
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New Zealand minister Kiri Allan to take medical leave after cervical cancer diagnosis
Emergency management minister calls on other women to get smear tests as she begins ‘fight of my life’Kiri All…
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How New Zealand’s Covid success made it a laboratory for the world
Small outbreaks and universal genomic sequencing provides unique insights into how coronavirus spreadsCoronavi…
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New Zealand raises minimum wage and increases taxes on the rich
Jacinda Ardern says the changes to wages and benefits will help support the most vulnerableNew Zealand is rais…
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Pike river mine families accept end of mission to find victims ‘with heartbreak’
Government says it will no longer fund risky mission to retrieve 29 bodies from site of New Zealand’s worst mi…
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New Zealand brings in bereavement leave for miscarriages and stillbirths
Legislation allowing three days’ leave applies to parents, their partners, and parents planning to have a chil…
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‘Unless you’re wealthy, don’t come back’: dismay over new rules for returning to NZ
Charge of $3,100 will have to be paid if a returnee leaves again within six months, instead of the previous th…