投稿者: Tess McClure in Auckland
Proposals include making sale of cigarettes to anyone born after 2004 illegalNew Zealand has announced a suite of proposals aimed at outlawing smoking for the next generation and moving the country closer to its goal of being smoke-free by 2025.The pla…
From the outside, the country seems like a likely candidate for progressive drug laws but internally, change is proving hard to bringAfter New Zealand’s referendum to legalise cannabis failed, social service agencies across the country are seeking a ne…
Community leader says: ‘We don’t feel like a part of the “team of 5 million” when Indians are singled out like this’See all our coronavirus coverageCommunity leaders have questioned the New Zealand government’s decision to temporarily close the border …
Families say they were ‘blindsided’ by last week’s announcement and that many opposed itFamilies of the miners killed in the Pike River mining disaster say they disagree with the representative group who last week accepted the government’s decision to …
Emergency management minister calls on other women to get smear tests as she begins ‘fight of my life’Kiri Allan, the minister who guided New Zealand through recent tsunami and earthquake warnings, has been diagnosed with stage three cervical cancer.Al…
Small outbreaks and universal genomic sequencing provides unique insights into how coronavirus spreadsCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageJenene Crossan doesn’t know where she got it. “I caught it in London, have no idea where o…
Jacinda Ardern says the changes to wages and benefits will help support the most vulnerableNew Zealand is raising its minimum wage to $20 an hour and increasing the top tax rate for the country’s highest earners to 39%.The changes will be rolled out on…
Government says it will no longer fund risky mission to retrieve 29 bodies from site of New Zealand’s worst mining disasterFamilies of the men who died in one of New Zealand’s worst mining disasters have expressed their heartbreak that the government h…
Legislation allowing three days’ leave applies to parents, their partners, and parents planning to have a child through adoption or surrogacyNew Zealand’s parliament has voted unanimously to give mothers and their partners three days of bereavement lea…
Charge of $3,100 will have to be paid if a returnee leaves again within six months, instead of the previous three monthsCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageNew Zealanders overseas have reacted with despair to news that the gover…