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New Zealand unveils plan to tackle climate crisis by adapting cities to survive rising seas
Proposals to prepare the country for more floods, massive storms and wildfires include building away from high…
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New Zealand’s cooling housing market means opportunity for some, angst for others
Some readers see the housing slowdown as their first chance to buy while those already on the ladder could be …
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New Zealand faces global pressure over move to let resident be extradited to China
MPs from around the world tell Jacinda Ardern that case of murder suspect Kyung Yup Kim could set ‘dangerous p…
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New Zealand shoppers order groceries from Australia as inflation soars
Savings are worth the extra time, say some shoppers, though the increased carbon footprint does cause some une…
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New Zealand allows resident to be extradited to China in landmark ruling
Decision in case of murder suspect Kyung Yup Kim concludes government can trust Chinese assurances extradited …
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Reader call-out: how has the changing mood in New Zealand’s housing market affected you?
House prices are dropping amid rising living costs and higher interest rates – what does that mean for you?For…
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New Zealand house prices are starting to fall – but many buyers remain locked out
Some economists are predicting a 10% decrease over the year, but even that won’t return prices to those of two…
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Dr Ashley Bloomfield, who led New Zealand’s pandemic response, resigns
Softly-spoken public servant who became a household name says the role had been challenging and complexSee all…
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‘Aurora of the sea’: luminous plankton light up New Zealand shores
Rare phenomenon of bioluminescence is caused by blooms of plankton which glow to evade or distract predatorsOn…
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New Zealand to open borders to vaccinated travellers from next month
After two years spent closed off by the pandemic, prime minister Jacinda Ardern says ‘we’re ready to welcome t…
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‘Nothing was stolen’: New Zealanders carry on borrowing from closed, unstaffed library
Door security error meant one of country’s largest city libraries was left open for hours, allowing hundreds t…
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New Zealand halves public transport fares as petrol prices soar amid Russia-Ukraine war
Fare cut among measures Jacinda Ardern’s party has introduced to ease cost-of-living pressuresLatest updates i…
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Ardern’s Labour party slips to second in New Zealand polling for first time since pandemic began
Jacinda Ardern remains preferred prime minister but her party records worst polling since 2017 amid Covid surg…
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The hidden lives of New Zealand’s ‘takeout kids’
A new documentary explores a common experience of many immigrant children – working at the family’s takeway sh…
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Anti-Covid vaccine mandate protesters chase New Zealand’s Jacinda Ardern outside school
Incident comes a month after prime minister’s vehicle was chased and forced on to a curb by demonstratorsA gro…