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Beloved Eel McPherson disappears from New Zealand pond during massive storm
Owners hope the friendly shortfin eel, which delighted children in Whangārei for 35 years, made it out to sea …
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Two sex scandals in a week: New Zealand faces reckoning over MPs’ behaviour
Exits of an MP and a minister might signal a new attitude in a nation where politicians’ private lives have tr…
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Ardern warns New Zealanders against Covid-19 complacency
PM says country only needs to look at Australia to see how coronavirus can re-emergeCoronavirus – latest updat…
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Judith Collins named New Zealand National party’s new leader
Tough-talking conservative politician will take on Jacinda Ardern at polls in September New Zealand’s prime mi…
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‘Got to obey the law’: deported bikies promise to behave in New Zealand quarantine
Former Rebels president says he understands importance of health rules as two other returning travellers who b…
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Christchurch mosque attacker to represent himself at sentencing
Australian man who pleaded guilty to 51 counts of murder will be sentenced in AugustThe Australian man who ple…
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Post-Covid New Zealand tackles a new threat – anxiety over an uncertain future
Nation living with ‘reduced visibility’ of what will happen in the coming months and a growing sense of isolat…
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Jacinda Ardern decries ‘dangerous’ calls to reopen New Zealand borders
The prime minister appeared to be responding to the opposition leader, who has said keeping the borders closed…
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Wild west replica ‘town’ for sale in New Zealand attracts interest in US – and Hong Kong
Attractions include a lack of coronavirus cases and the chance to avoid foreign investment restrictionsIt’s a …
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‘Stay away from us’: New Zealanders returning home to Covid ‘lifeboat’ face backlash
Some Kiwis find a harsh homecoming amid concern about importing coronavirus after months of lockdown sacrifice…
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‘Def worth a trespass’: Instagram users risk it all to frolic in New Zealand infinity pools
Picturesque but precarious spot on private land has been inundated with trespassers desperate to get the perfe…
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New Zealand ends Covid-free run with two cases from UK
Pair drove nearly 650km to visit dying parent after being released early from quarantine but officials claim p…
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New Zealand government deploys nude ‘porn actors’ in web safety ad
Government TV ad is latest in a series of striking public service announcements using humour to tackle tricky …
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‘A beautiful day’: New Zealand handshakes and hugs its way back to pre-Covid-19 life
There may be tough economic times, and fresh cases, ahead but for now New Zealanders can enjoy a day free of c…
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New Zealand drops Covid-19 restrictions after nation declared ‘virus-free’
Jacinda Ardern says she ‘did a little dance’ when she heard there were no cases of coronavirus left in the cou…