投稿者: Eleanor Ainge Roy
Young people worst affected with almost half of those aged 18-24 reporting moderate to severe distressCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe wellbeing of New Zealanders plummeted during the country’s nationwide lockdown, resear…
Labour prime minister faces National leader Judith Collins in televised election clashThe prime minister of New Zealand has admitted she has used cannabis in the most robust and animated leaders’ debate of the election campaign so far.The Labour leader…
Discrimination against Indigenous students and teaching staff ‘deeply ingrained’ and endemic Nearly 40 Indigenous academics are calling for a national inquiry into racism at New Zealand universities, saying discrimination against Māori students and tea…
In August the US president said New Zealand was seeing a ‘big surge’ in cases, but it only reminded people of how well they had doneFollowing comments by Donald Trump that New Zealand was dealing with a “big surge” of new Covid-19 cases, Kiwis have sna…
Jacinda Ardern strengthens border defences amid criticism of quarantine management and still no sign of how virus entered countryCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageAn additional 500 defence force personnel will be deployed to p…
City of Auckland is under coronavirus lockdown – and ahead of election the government is being criticised over border control, quarantine and testingWhen scientists in Auckland began modelling an outbreak of Covid-19 in the city’s densely populated sou…
Muller steps down after just 50 days in the job, saying he was not a good fitThe leader of New Zealand’s opposition party, Todd Muller, has resigned after just 50 days in the job.Mueller ousted former leader Simon Bridges in May, but after a fortnight …
Boucher may have bought one of the country’s biggest news brands for NZ$1, but she wants journalists to eventually have a stake in the company When Sinead Boucher started out in journalism her editors weren’t too bothered if she filed a story each day….
Conservationists can now pinpoint electronically tagged endangered birds without long treks or expensive helicopter flights Birdwatching drones are taking to the skies of New Zealand to help scientists track the endangered kākāpō, which teeters on the …
Jacinda Ardern has suggested employers consider flexible working options as the nation emerges from the pandemic lockdown. Are there any other things you think should change? Jacinda Ardern flags four-day working week as way to rebuild New Zealand afte…
Anthony Fauci and top advisers from CDC and FDA to work remotely because of potential exposure to Covid-19; global cases pass 4 million; Russia cases approach 200,000Three White House Covid-19 taskforce members to self-quarantineNew York warns of child…
Some gardeners appear to be stockpiling seeds or planting anything and everything out of panic, suppliers saySome seed suppliers in New Zealand and Australia have pressed pause on trading after being overwhelmed with orders 10 times higher than normal….
Campaigners hail move that will reclassify abortion as a health issue rather than a crimeNew Zealand has passed a landmark bill to decriminalise abortion after decades of campaigning.Andrew Little, the justice minister, said it was long overdue that th…
Reports of supermarkets selling out of some stocks as cabinet mulls further travel restrictionsThe first person in New Zealand to be infected with the coronavirus is on the mend as travel restrictions on visitors from northern Italy and south Korea are…
Himalayan tahr numbers reach 35,000 despite controversial culling aimed at limiting them to 10,000A non-native goat-like animal is destroying New Zealand’s fragile alpine regions, and government culling has been unable to keep up with its population bo…