投稿者: Eva Corlett in Wellington
New Zealand researchers believe the isolated spruce could reveal much about the Southern Ocean, one of the world’s major carbon sinksIt is regarded as the “loneliest tree in the world” but the Sitka spruce on uninhabited Campbell Island has been keepin…
It is the third straight year Aotearoa has broken the heat record, while sea surface temperatures were also the warmest everNew Zealand has had its warmest and wettest winter on record, with one meteorologist describing it as “mother nature’s way of ex…
Researchers and local iwi looking into whether increased reports of great whites around Bay of Plenty could be linked to warming oceansGreat white shark sightings are increasing in one of New Zealand’s most popular coastal holiday spots, with a team of…
Downturn is entrenched across the country, but fears that falling prices and rising interest rates will hit borrowers have been played downNew Zealand’s property market has continued its slide, with the average house price falling below $1m for the fir…
Anti-racism video by Marama Davidson featured chocolate labelled in te reo Māori, breaching rules against product promotionA New Zealand minister has had to revise her anti-racism social media posts featuring a popular brand of chocolate, after the pri…
A fourth straight day of rain brought by an ‘atmospheric river’ has damaged roads and homes and forced more than 400 households to evacuateTorrential downpours that have battered New Zealand for four days straight have caused floods that could take yea…
Young fur seal slipped into marine biologist’s home through a catflap before spending more than two hours insideA curious young seal has been returned to the sea after breaking into a New Zealand home, harassing the resident cat, hanging about in the h…
Police believe the remains had been concealed at a storage facility for years before the suitcases were purchased by an Auckland family at an auctionHuman remains discovered in suitcases bought at a New Zealand auction belong to two young children and …
Professional firefighters will walk off the job for an hour in culmination of 13-month dispute over pay and conditionsNearly 2,000 professional firefighters will walk off the job for the first time in New Zealand’s history, citing a “crisis” within the…
Suspension of Gaurav Sharma for party rule breaches comes after he made allegations of bullying within the partyNew Zealand’s Labour party has suspended MP Gaurav Sharma over what the prime minister, Jacinda Ardern, said were “repeated breaches” of cau…
Voters urged to ‘do their homework’ after Voices for Freedom reportedly suggested potential candidates hide affiliation to the group in candidate paperworkAn anti-vaccine group that was involved in the weeks-long occupation at parliament this year has …
It’s not the first push to adopt the te reo Māori name, but a petition signed by 70,000 people has given it fresh momentumWhat’s in a name? A lot, when it comes to a nation’s identity.Recognition is growing within Aotearoa New Zealand over the importan…
Alexander Blong smashed the previous world record for the most carriages in a Lego trainA New Zealand teenager has broken a Guinness World Record for the most carriages in a Lego toy train, beating the previous record by 32 carriages, after he was insp…
Potentially deadly, rheumatic fever has been eradicated in most of the developed world. Fresh research may help New Zealand finally follow suitNathanial Harland was four years old when his daycare teachers noticed the usually playful boy was lethargic …
Even as the pandemic rolls on, Te Papa Tongarewa is assembling objects that will chart Aotearoa’s coronavirus journeyOn a table in a back room of New Zealand’s national museum, Te Papa Tongarewa, is a canvas bag emblazoned with an image of prime minist…