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Tropical Cyclone Vaianu may bring life-threatening winds to New Zealand, forecasters warn
Category 3 cyclone is moving south of Fiji towards New Zealand, with winds at centre in excess of 150km/hTropi…
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New Zealand asks US to send fuel tankers to Pacific to alleviate pressure caused by Iran war
After meeting with Marco Rubio, foreign minister Winston Peters says he made sure US understands ‘significant …
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Strike a pose: vogue balls go mainstream in New Zealand
Led by Māori and Pasifika queer communities, the counterculture has gone from performing in lounges and clubs …
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‘Atrocious on every level’: sex case findings shame New Zealand’s senior police culture
Inspector general will be inaugurated to oversee service after report on how top officers steered investigatio…
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New Zealand ‘mega strike’: 100,000 public sector workers demand better conditions
Teachers, nurses and public service staff among those walking off job and also pressing for more government in…
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Guaranteed Māori seats on New Zealand councils to be slashed by more than half
Controversial law change that forced councils to put the fate of Māori wards to a public vote saw 25 vote to d…
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Guaranteed Māori seats on New Zealand councils to be slashed by more than half
Controversial law change that forced councils to put the fate of Māori wards to a public vote saw 25 vote to d…
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New Zealand oceans warming 34% faster than global average, putting homes and industry at risk, report finds
NZ$180bn worth of housing and $26bn of infrastructure at risk of flooding and storm damage, new government rep…
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New Zealand launches campaign to find love for rare and lonely left-spiralling snail Ned
Nearly all common garden snails have shells that coil to the right but Ned the snail’s left-spiralling shell r…
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New Zealand’s ‘Everyone must go!’ tourism campaign ridiculed as emigration hits record high
Tagline has quickly become the subject of derision, with some critics likening it to a clearance sale slogan A…
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New Zealand pilot kidnapped a year ago in West Papua will be freed, rebel group says
Separatist fighters who seized Phillip Mehrtens say he will be released to protect humanity and safeguard huma…
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Human remains reportedly found in suitcases bought at New Zealand auction
The remains are reported to have been in property purchased from a storage unit in Auckland Police are investi…
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‘Ultimate honour’: remains of hundreds of Moriori returned in biggest repatriation yet
Remains returned from UK Natural History Museum as well as from across New Zealand, a century after being dug …
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New Zealand court quashes murder conviction of man imprisoned for 19 years
Chief justice says it is clear that justice had seriously miscarried in case of Alan Hall, who was convicted o…
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New Zealand to fully reopen borders for first time since Covid pandemic started
Prime minister Jacinda Ardern also announces shakeup of immigration to attract skilled workers back to the cou…