投稿者: Eleanor Ainge Roy in Dunedin
Education minister says case of Mason Pendrous ‘exposed the limitations’ of pastoral care systemNew Zealand has created a new offence that makes serious breaches of student pastoral care punishable by a fine of up to NZ$100,000 (£50,000) following outc…
Jacinda Ardern says government will double its investigative operation and track down content in a similar manner to child abuse materialThe New Zealand government will create a dedicated investigative team to find and prosecute terrorist and extremist…
Kiingi Tūheitia Potatau Te Wherowhero VII says land at heart of housing dispute should be given back to indigenous custodiansThe Māori king has ruled that the disputed land of Ihumātao should be returned, paving the way for an intervention by the gover…
New Zealand prime minister facing questions as to when she first found out about claimsPressure is growing on Jacinda Ardern to explain when she was made aware of serious sexual assault allegations in her party after the staffer at the centre of the fu…
Airline accused of lack of respect for indigenous language by seeking to protect image of the greeting, also the name of its in-flight magazineNew Zealand’s national carrier, Air New Zealand, has offended the country’s Māori people by attempting to tra…
Simon Bridges said he was ‘amazed’ by China’s prosperity and also met Guo Shengkun, who is believed to have links to secret policeNew Zealand’s opposition leader has been accused of hijacking the government’s foreign policy after displaying what China …
PM says she found out allegation against party staffer was of a sexual nature only from reading media reportNew Zealand’s Labour party is in crisis after a 19-year-old member claimed she was sexually assaulted by a staffer who works in parliament house…
Bike riding courses run in Auckland are such a hit that ReBicycle is urgently looking for more volunteersLeila Rahimi was so scared when she first moved to New Zealand that she struggled to leave the house; and would spend days working up the courage t…
From bottle feeding infants in the chamber to a playground on the front lawn, speaker Trevor Mallard has welcomed infants into the corridors of power Trevor Mallard thought his days nursing babies might be over when he became speaker of New Zealand’s p…
Health professionals scrambling to stop spread after more than 700 measles cases recorded in Auckland this yearPublic health experts are warning the spread of measles to the Pacific Islands is “inevitable” as the most serious outbreak in 20 years grips…
Police say they are not looking for anyone else in relation to the camper van attack in the North Island surfing town of RaglanA man has faced court over the alleged murder of Australian surfer Sean McKinnon, who was shot while travelling in a camper v…
Major telecoms company bans access to far-right site in wake of El Paso shooting manifesto that praised Christchurch attackOne of New Zealand’s largest telecommunications providers, Spark, has banned the far-right site 8chan after the country’s chief c…
Police and locals search sand at Bethells Beach west of Auckland after 19 packages marked with unusual symbols are foundCocaine with a street value of around $2m (NZ$3m) has washed up in packages on a wild New Zealand beach, sparking a major search for…
Survivors not consulted and reporters shut out of royal commission hearings into March attack that killed 51 peopleConcern is growing that New Zealand’s royal inquiry into the Christchurch massacre is lacking teeth and transparency with survivors, the …
New law would reclassify termination as health matter not a crime permissible only in limited circumstancesNew Zealand has announced a bill to legalise abortion for all women that would reclassify terminations as a health matter rather than a crime.For…