投稿者: Tess McClure
Like the narco-state, a ‘scam state’ refers to countries where an illicit industry has dug its tentacles deep into institutions and transformed the economyFor days before the explosions began, the business park had been emptying out. When the bombs wen…
Decision seen by some as ‘blatant whitewashing’ but many Gen Z have responded with indifference and even nostalgiaTo some Indonesians he is the antithesis of a hero – a former dictator accused of human rights abuses who once held the disreputable title…
Research institute NIWA predicts many of country’s most important glaciers will be gone within the decade The plane’s engine groans, and its small frame rises. Through a thin membrane of cloud, the spine of the southern alps rises like a dark sawblade….
With emergency services stretched, residents are banding together to clean up and guard against looters – and say they are seeing humanity’s best and worstEverywhere, strewn across the valleys and plains, there are apples. Red spheres line the roads an…
There are concerns the blaze at the Zeagold facility will exacerbate a dearth of eggs caused by a ban on battery farmingA fire at New Zealand’s largest egg producer has killed about 75,000 hens, sparking fears that a national egg shortage could worsen….
Questions of sovereignty, inequality and New Zealand history hang in the background as political speeches foreshadow a future in which relationship with Māori plays a central roleAt the estuary bridge connecting Waitangi’s treaty grounds to its townshi…
New Zealand government statement says PM also asked president of China to help address North Korea tensions and Ukraine crisisJacinda Ardern has spoken with Xi Jinping about cooperation between New Zealand and China, while also raising areas of tension…
Police in Auckland request extradition of 42-year-old woman from Seoul to face two charges of murderA 42-year-old woman has been arrested in Seoul for the alleged murder of two children whose bodies were discovered in suitcases bought at an auction in …
Stuart Nash says NZ to ‘unashamedly’ target wealthy tourists ahead of those who ‘travel around our country eating two-minute noodles’New Zealand’s tourism minister has again expressed his aversion to budget travellers, saying the country will not seek …
The 2m-wide hole opened up suddenly on a footpath at Whakarewarewa tourist village in Rotorua, in central North IslandAn Australian woman has been seriously injured after she fell into a geothermal sinkhole that opened up in a popular tourist village i…
Cost of living too high and pay too low, say survey respondents, though natural environment, climate and sporting life are appreciatedNew Zealand has been ranked second-worst place in the world to move by immigrants, according to a survey.The expatriat…
Researchers say tens of millions of sponges may have been affected by protracted marine heatwaveNew Zealand is experiencing the largest bleaching of sea sponges ever recorded, scientists say, after extreme ocean temperatures turned millions of the aqua…
Thousands head overseas, partly because of economic conditions, with departures accelerating and labour shortage fearedYoung New Zealanders are leaving in droves as borders reopen and economic conditions tighten at home.The latest data from Stats NZ fo…
Research shows that regenerating urban forests draws native bird life back into cities – have you seen more birds in your neighbourhood?New research shows that regenerating urban forests draws native bird life – including previously rare species – bac…
The major landowner says it has been on the ‘other side of history’ and wants to honour treaty New Zealand’s presbyterian church will offer any future land sales to Māori iwi first, as the institution reckons with its role in colonisation and land conf…