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Tackle training and too many urinals: New Zealand women face challenges as they flock to rugby
Participation up 20% since Black Ferns World Cup victory but change rooms and tackle safety among challenges f…
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‘Charles’ or ‘skin rash’? Māori MPs’ oath of allegiance to king sparks translation debate
At the opening of parliament, lawmakers for New Zealand’s Māori party used a word for Charles that can also be…
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New Zealand: thousands protest against new government policies that unravel Māori gains
The new government recently announced it would dial back use of Māori language in government organisations, an…
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New Zealand freshwater study sounds alarm over E coli pollution levels
The report Our Land and Water looks at how waterways are polluted by four major contaminants in 650,000 river …
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New Zealand in limbo one month after election as government coalition negotiations drag on
Incoming PM Christopher Luxon must bring together the libertarian Act party and populist New Zealand First, pa…
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Siren kings: New Zealand city terrorised by Céline Dion ‘speaker battles’
Cars covered with loudspeakers blasting remixes of singer’s ballads angers residents of PoriruaA small city in…
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Paramedic completes New Zealand rescue mission despite his helicopter crashing
Helicopter came down in Pirongia forest park, south of Auckland, on way to rescue of injured hiker, but parame…
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Why is Jacinda Ardern absent from New Zealand election campaign?
Former PM became ‘lighting rod for discontent’ among some voters as analysts say her time in office associated…
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Boomerang adults: the young New Zealanders moving back in with their parents
Working adults living in the family home sign of acute housing pressures with parties split on how to ease cri…
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Couch surfing and sleeping in vans: New Zealand’s housing crisis grips Queenstown
Tourist hub plagued by lack of homes, surging rents and traveller influx provides ‘starkest’ picture of countr…