投稿者: Tess McClure in Christchurch
Over the past year, one of New Zealand’s news giants ditched Facebook, pivoted to ‘trust’ and gave shares to employees. Can it survive? The question of trust has dogged journalists for decades. “A kind of confidence man,” Janet Malcolm labels the journ…
Can New Zealand escape the resurgences that have hit other ‘elimination success story’ countries?Last week was a sharp reminder for Dr Siouxsie Wiles, one of New Zealand’s most prominent pandemic communicators, of how close the country’s recent brush w…
Comments by New Zealand PM came during a parliamentary debate on the country’s new hate speech lawsNew Zealand’s prime minister, Jacinda Ardern, has suggested her opposition party counterpart could be called a “Karen” during a fierce debate in parliame…
Oral histories suggest the Polynesian explorer Hui Te Rangiora travelled to the region in the seventh century Māori may have been the first to discover Antarctica, with connections to the icy continent and its surrounding oceans stretching back to the …
Critics say focus on the prime minister glosses over the experience of the Muslims still struggling with aftermath of mosque shootingsPlans for a Hollywood film focusing on prime minister Jacinda Ardern’s response to the Christchurch mosque terror atta…
Climate Commission recommends shift to electric cars, large-scale agricultural reform and an end to reliance on gas in homes New Zealand has been handed a new vision for dramatic reduction of its greenhouse gas emissions – including reduced animal numb…
Case of Kyung Yup Kim is the first time China has requested New Zealand expedite a resident to face trial, and comes amid diplomatic tensionsNew Zealand’s supreme court has reopened the door for a murder suspect’s potential extradition to China, in a l…
Differences on China and an Australian deportation policy that disproportionately affects New Zealanders may mar talksThe prime ministers of Australia and New Zealand are set to meet this weekend to discuss their countries’ eventual reopening to the wo…
With international tourism frozen, families separated and expats feeling abandoned, the question of how to reopen is becoming pressingSee all our coronavirus coverageAs vaccination continues around the world, the New Zealand government has begun provid…
Data released on Thursday shows too many children are still living in damp and mouldy homes, and with families who run out of foodNew Zealand is still struggling to make progress on child wellbeing and experience of poverty, despite Prime Minister Jaci…
Author, who usually writes poetry, beat two previous winners to the prestigious NZ$57,000 book award A collection of short stories has won the top prize at the Ockham New Zealand book awards – only the second time a collection has won the fiction prize…
Rawiri Waititi had accused the opposition of racism and was asked to sit down by the speaker, but instead performed the ceremonial danceMāori party co-leader Rawiri Waititi has been thrown out of New Zealand’s parliament after denouncing rhetoric from …
Those testifying say they want the state to recognise the impact abuse has on future generations “For me, healing is not possible, because of what has happened,” Tyrone Marks told New Zealand’s royal commission into abuse in care on Monday. “I still ca…
Brought over by British settlers to make themselves feel more at home, the diminutive mammals are thriving – which spells doom for native wildlife Consider the hedgehog. Tiny, rotund, bright-eyed and snuffling, they are shampooed for internet videos, f…
PM Jacinda Ardern had previously said workers who declined to be vaccinated would be moved to other rolesNew Zealand’s customs agency has fired nine border workers who refused to get the Covid-19 vaccine. The country has required all frontline border w…