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New Zealand relaxes visa rules to lure digital nomads and influencers
Changes mean visitors and influencers working for foreign employers can stay longer in bid to boost tourismNew…
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Prime Minister: Jacinda Ardern documentary featuring home videos premieres at Sundance
The film includes footage shot by Clarke Gayford, the husband of the former New Zealand prime ministerA docume…
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Bill to reinterpret founding treaty with Māori would make New Zealand a ‘laughing stock’, MPs told
Introduced to parliament by a minor coalition party, the treaty principles bill seeks to abandon a set of prin…
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Waitangi Day: record crowds expected amid tensions over Māori policy in New Zealand
Event in February that commemorates signing of New Zealand’s founding document expected to draw tens of thousa…
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‘They spread magic’: New Zealand’s ‘trail angels’ offer weary hikers food, showers and hope
A network of locals ready to provide a bed, a lift, or a box of chocolates to tired walkers along the Te Araro…
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The pāua and the glory: cafe’s creation sparks pie mania in New Zealand
Flaky pastry filled with seafood delicacy gains cult status and draws crowds to sleepy beach communityCelebrit…
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Living with lions: the New Zealand city where humans and sea lions co-exist
Dunedin is grappling with the question of how to manage a growing sea lion population in a busy urban areaIf a…
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Māori tribes make rare plea to King Charles for intervention in New Zealand politics
Exclusive: Open letter seen by the Guardian asks King to ‘ensure the government does not diminish the crown’s …
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New Zealand plans to ban greyhound racing over animal welfare concerns
Greyhound industry group says government hasn’t recognised its work to address welfare issues that have plague…
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‘We’re not going away’: the man who led NZ’s biggest Māori rights march vows to fight on
Eru Kapa-Kingi has become the most recognised face of a movement against the government’s policy direction for…
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Scientists dissect ‘world’s rarest whale’ for clues on little-known species
Only seven spade-tooth whales have ever been documented, now work is beginning on a specimen that washed ashor…
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Living with ‘the stench’: the smelly New Zealand city with an air of despair
The odour from a wastewater plant comes and goes, but locals say it’s worsened after an equipment breakdown th…
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New Zealand offers ‘unreserved’ apology to 200,000 survivors of ‘horrific’ abuse in care
Historic apology by PM Christopher Luxon comes after landmark report that exposed decades of abuse in state an…
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New Zealand gallery hunts for thousands of people captured by famed photographer Ans Westra
Campaign under way to identify subjects of images shot in 1970s and 1980s by Westra, one of New Zealand’s best…
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Why is a bill looking at New Zealand’s founding document causing major upset among Māori?
Bill introduced in parliament this week wants to reinterpret Treaty of Waitangi, which upholds Māori rightsSin…