投稿者: Eva Corlett in Wellington
Dunedin airport boss says the move is designed to keep traffic flowing in drop-off zones and enable ‘others to have hugs’Hugging your loved ones goodbye could land you in trouble at a New Zealand airport should your embrace linger too long.The internat…
The narrow-nosed spookfish is also found in Australian waters and is distinctive for its elongated snout and whip-like tailA new species of ghost shark, with an unusually long nose and a whip-like tail, has been discovered in the inky depths of New Zea…
In February 2023 his plane was stormed by independence fighters in West Papua who said he may never be released and threatened to kill him. Somehow, Mehrtens survived and is now a free manOn 7 February 2023, Phillip Mehrtens’ life took an unexpected an…
1News Verian poll comes amid growing concern the coalition’s policy direction will wind back Māori rightsNearly half of New Zealanders believe the government’s policies have increased racial tensions, new polling shows, as pressure mounts on the govern…
PM declares ‘dark and sorrowful day’ as royal commission details decades of abuse in state and faith-based institutionsThe treatment of people in New Zealand’s state and faith-based care institutions has been described as a “national disgrace” after a …
The right-wing government had told Pharmac that it no longer needed to consider the Treaty of Waitangi in its funding decisionsA director of New Zealand’s medicine funding agency Pharmac has resigned in protest of a government directive telling the age…
Experts say the new figures dispel the notion that the country is protected from extreme temperatures and raise fears for local marine lifeNew Zealand’s sea temperatures have hit record highs, outstripping global averages threefold in one region, and p…
Contest condemned by animal rights groups sees children and adults hunt cats, which threaten native wildlifeA controversial competition that allows children to hunt feral cats in rural New Zealand for cash prizes has produced its biggest haul yet, with…
Dr Steph Kaefer spent three weeks documenting unique colloquialisms on the frozen continent after newcomers were struck by the distinctive vocabularyIf you know what it means to be a “fidlet” going for a “jolly” in your “doo”, then you are part of an e…
More than half those who left recently headed to Australia with promises of higher pay and better working conditionsNew Zealand citizens are leaving the country in record numbers, with large numbers heading to Australia, new figures show.Stats NZ’s pro…
Once regarded as ‘dying out’, Māori families celebrate population milestone and share their hopes for the future in a changing New ZealandNine-month-old Huia picks up a puzzle piece depicting a Māori god.“That’s Tāwhirimātea – god of the wind,” says hi…
Department of Conservation fines 50-year-old after seeing footage of stunt on social media, and described his behaviour as ‘a blatant example of stupidity’The actions of a New Zealand man filmed jumping off a boat in what appears to be an attempt to “b…
Big tobacco ‘working in the shadows’ blamed for killing off NZ’s pioneering plan to protect future generationsUK politics – latest updatesWhen New Zealand announced its world-first law to ban smoking for future generations it was widely hailed as a lif…
Newshub owner Warner Bros Discovery strikes deal with Stuff to provide bulletins amid concerns over the country’s shrinking media marketNew Zealand news outlet Newshub, which is set to shut down due to economic woes, has been thrown a lifeline by local…
More than 350 jobs to go after Warner Bros. Discovery closes all its Newshub news operations and TVNZ cuts programs and bulletinsNew Zealand’s news media has been dealt a major blow after two of its primary news outlets announced programme closures and…