投稿者: Eva Corlett in Wellington
Global heating speeding up their decline as terrain of newly discovered alpine species disappears Six new alpine species of New Zealand’s most unusual and beloved insect – the wētā – have been discovered, but it is a bittersweet victory, with another …
Led by Jacinda Ardern, New Zealand women are entering uncharted territory in politics – and encountering increasing levels of abuseIn January 2020, a New Zealand man sent two emails to prime minister Jacinda Ardern: one threatening to “personally wipe …
A night shift worker pulled the device from a ‘potato reception area’ thinking it was a muddy stoneNew Zealand’s bomb squad has been called into a chip factory after a suspicious-looking potato trundling down the production line turned out to be a gren…
Study into health and behaviour, which began in New Zealand in 1972, marks its half century this week as its subjects prepare for old ageIn 1972, a researcher in a small city at the bottom of New Zealand set out to track the development of more than 1,…
Seedlings, apparently planted by anti-Covid mandate protesters, have been removed after speaker asked for ‘weed to be weeded’After a weeks-long illegal occupation that ended in a riot, New Zealand’s parliament has a new unwelcome visitor to contend wit…
PM Jacinda Ardern, who oversaw some of the toughest restrictions in the world, says rules will relax after Omicron peak in early AprilSee all our coronavirus coverageNew Zealand will do away with vaccine passes and vaccine mandates for some of the work…
Rescue operation off North Island’s North Cape hampered by thunderstorms, swells and torrential downpoursA fishing trip in New Zealand has ended in tragedy, with four people dead and one passenger still missing after their boat sank during wild weather…
Māori children faced not just the physical abuse, but the trauma of being cut off from their culture, New Zealand royal commission hearsWhen Tupua Urlich – the first person to take the stand at a landmark Māori hearing on abuse in state care – is asked…
Sallie Culy, who has Williams Syndrome, is the first artist with an intellectual disability to exhibit in Wellington’s public art Lightbox programme“It’s good to be alive,” artist Sallie Culy says as she finishes a ham and cheese sandwich at one of the…
Two weeks ago New Zealander Ryan Nixon created a social media poll for his fewer than 1,500 followers – the rest is historyThe New Zealander who unwittingly sparked an agonising global debate over whether there are more doors or wheels in the world has…
World Health Organization says there are now just eight other countries that have not reported any cases of the virusSee all our coronavirus coverageNiue has reported its first case of Covid-19, becoming the second island in the Pacific to lose its Cov…
An explosion at the mine killed 29 workers and police are still conducting a criminal investigation into the tragedyThe remains of two more men killed in the Pike River mine tragedy, one of New Zealand’s worst mining disasters, have been found more tha…
Bill would allow government to freeze assets and also prevent Russian yachts and aircraft from entering New ZealandNew Zealand will rush a bill through parliament this week that will significantly ramp up its sanctions against Russia and its oligarchs,…
The islands, 800km east of New Zealand, had been among several other isolated nations and territories that had so far evaded the virusSee all our coronavirus coverageAfter nearly two years of dodging Covid-19, one of the most remote inhabited places in…
Clashes erupt between police in riot-gear and protesters as Māori leaders denounce violence at demonstrations that have run for weeksFires burned across parliament grounds, and violent clashes broke out between protesters and police at an anti-vaccine …