投稿者: Charlotte Graham-McLay in Wellington
The New Zealand prime minister was lauded for her handling of the Christchurch massacre and climate issues. But she faces a stiff test to meet pledges on affordable housing and Māori rightsJacinda Ardern sets September election dateHandling of Christch…
Superintendent says after two shootings in the North Island on the weekend that officers alone can’t tackle growing problemIn a part of New Zealand where escalating tension between gangs has erupted into violence, police say the matter is well beyond t…
Rangers say refusal to obey trail closures are foiling their efforts to save the county’s oldest and most sacred trees from deadly fungusA deadly fungal disease putting a treasured species of New Zealand native trees at risk of extinction has generated…
One supermarket has shut and another is struggling to stay viableOne supermarket that served the Muslim community in Christchurch has been forced to close and the other is facing an uncertain future amid plummeting sales, 10 months after the deadly ter…
Changes to the curriculum will put the country at the forefront of climate crisis education worldwideEvery school in New Zealand will this year have access to materials about the climate crisis written by the country’s leading science agencies – includ…
Changes to the curriculum will put the country at the forefront of climate crisis education worldwideEvery school in New Zealand will this year have access to materials about the climate crisis written by the country’s leading science agencies – includ…
Numbers are drawn from a 30-year-old biscuit tin to decide which members’ bills will be debated in parliamentIt is usually the proviso of Christmas Day snacking or visits to your nan’s. But in New Zealand – a country with a penchant for on-the-fly prob…
Prime minister says New Zealand’s ‘no-fault’ accident compensation system did not lead to more risk-taking in tourism sectorAn investigation into whether anyone was at fault for the deaths of at least 16 people in a volcanic eruption in New Zealand las…
Jacinda Ardern confirms that New Zealanders and tourists from Australia, the US, Britain, China and Malaysia are among missing on White Island/Whakaari. Follow rolling updates Five people dead and eight missing after New Zealand volcanic eruptionHow to…
One minute they were taking photos, the next tending the burns of fellow tourists in New ZealandFollow the latest updates on the eruption – liveIt was a beautiful, clear day in Whakatāne, a town on the east coast of New Zealand’s North Island, the air …
Roads into holiday town likely to be blocked until Friday with expensive private helicopter flights the only way outNearly a thousand tourists stranded by flooding in a tiny New Zealand alpine town woke on Monday to clear, sunny weather, but little oth…
Police admit that at least one person had been able to access other firearm owners’ personal information onlineNew Zealand’s high profile gun buyback scheme, enacted by the prime minister, Jacinda Ardern, after the Christchurch mosque attacks, has been…
New Zealand capital is probably the world’s windiest – and a historian says its gales should stand alongside Bora, Mistral and Fremantle DoctorResidents of Wellington are fond of telling people that their city is perfect, with the small exception of a …
The injured and bereaved face financial stress, life-long physical issues and mental trauma and want a more flexible response from government“What happened is unusual, and for unusual things, there should be unusual rules.”Hisham al Zarzour survived th…
Minister says inquiry into whether New Zealand mosque attacks could have been prevented will get an extra $3m in fundingA major investigation into whether the Christchurch mosque attacks could have been prevented will be given months longer to produce …