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New Zealand child poverty rate remains static despite Ardern-era push
The then leader had made improving the lives of the poorest children a key plank of her agendaNew Zealand’s ch…
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New Zealand foreign minister to visit counterpart in China
Nanaia Mahuta says she will raise concerns over Ukraine and human rights issues as well as ways the two countr…
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Coalition creaks as New Zealand Greens watch Labour dump climate policies
Greens co-leader James Shaw says Labour shouldn’t count on its support in upcoming election amid glacial progr…
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New Zealand to ban TikTok from government devices
MPs were informed of the decision, which comes after similar moves by western allies, by parliamentary service…
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New Zealand GDP drops 0.6% in December quarter, worse than expected
Reserve bank had taken steps to engineer a ‘shallow recession’ in response to high inflation but shrinkage arr…
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New Zealand’s Labour coalition sees best poll result in a year after ‘policy bonfire’
Leader Chris Hipkins also surged in preferred prime minister rankings after reorientation towards ‘bread and b…
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New Zealand scraps transport emissions reform to fund welfare increase
Clean car upgrade scheme among measures to be cut but PM Chris Hipkins denies government is abandoning climate…
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Buried by mud and silt, New Zealand’s farms face ‘10-year recovery’ – picture essay
Livelihoods in tatters after months of relentless rain and extreme weather – and the clean-up is just beginnin…
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Sex worker, survivor, Māori TV star: world’s first transgender MP remembered as trailblazer
Georgina Beyer was a formidable force for New Zealand’s rainbow community, pushing reforms on sex work and civ…
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Cyclone Gabrielle: child among four dead in New Zealand storms as regions remain cut off
North Island wakes to devastation, as flood waters continue to rise, hundreds rescued from rooftops and more t…
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Cyclone Gabrielle worst storm to hit New Zealand this century, says PM
National state of emergency invoked and thousands displaced as storm devastates large parts of North Island an…
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Cyclone Gabrielle wreaks havoc across New Zealand’s North Island as evacuations continue
Worst of the storm could coincide with Monday’s midnight high tide, with people in some coastal communities an…
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Do look up: 1,000 street lights at risk of falling, Wellington tells residents
New Zealand city council says ‘you would be seriously injured or killed’ by lamps weighing up to 15kg, like a …
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Who is Carmel Sepuloni? New Zealand’s first Pasifika deputy prime minister
The daughter of an abattoir worker and fruit picker, Sepuloni could have exactly the expertise the PM needs to…
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New Zealand’s Chris Hipkins vows to focus on inflation ‘pandemic’ and ‘fairer’ tax system
Incoming prime minister echoes Jacinda Ardern’s promise to cut back Labour’s agenda to focus on cost of living…