MÄori tribe secures landmark apology and compensation over colonial atrocities
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New Zealand world-beating jump in wealth down to ‘rise of landed gentry’, says economist
Warning of increasing inequality as global wealth report shows average wealth per adult in NZ jumped US$114,000 in 2020
Read articleA new beginning: New Zealand to drop Covid vaccine passes and mandates
PM Jacinda Ardern, who oversaw some of the toughest restrictions in the world, says rules will relax after Omicron peak in early April
Read articleNothing was stolen: New Zealanders carry on borrowing from closed, unstaffed library
Door security error meant one of country’s largest city libraries was left open for hours, allowing hundreds to browse shelves
Read articleNew Zealand: Scientists discover rare baby ghost shark
New Zealand scientists have discovered a rare baby ghost shark, a little-known species of fish that lives in the shadowy depths of the ocean.
Read articleNew Zealand passes law banning conversion therapy
New Zealand's parliament on Tuesday near-unanimously passed a legislation that bans practices intended to forcibly change a person's sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression, known as conversion therapy.
Read articleGovernment to ban tobacco sales to young people for their lifetime
The Government will ban young people from ever being able to purchase tobacco in their lives under world-leading plans to make New Zealand in in first-ever 'smokefree generation'
Read articleGovernment to push for international ban of autonomous weapons or killer robots
The Government will push for an international ban on fully autonomous weapons, or killer robots, that use artificial intelligence to target and kill people without any human decision-making.
Read articleNew Zealand politician cycles to hospital in labour gives birth
New Zealand Member of Parliament Julie Anne Genter got on her bicycle early on Sunday and headed to the hospital. She was already in labour and she gave birth an hour later.
Read articleNew Zealand to abandon zero-Covid strategy as Delta variant proves hard to shake
New Zealand will begin to move away from a zero-Covid strategy toward living with the virus, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said Monday, becoming the latest country to abandon its elimination attempts in the face of the highly-contagious Delta variant.
Read articleNew Zealand says foreign nationals must have coronavirus vaccination to enter country from November
All foreign nationals entering New Zealand will need to be fully vaccinated from November 1, the government announced Sunday.
Read articleNew Zealanders venture out as COVID-19 curbs eased in most regions
People started lining up from early morning as takeaway food outlets reopened after being shut for two weeks, while construction activity resumed and large hardware stores opened for click and collect purchases.
Read articleNew Zealand flash floods force evacuations in Auckland, motorists rescued by jet ski
Floods came after unexpectedly heavy rains, with as much as 90mm per hour hitting the city through the night
Read articleCOVID-19: One person shows up at anti-lockdown protest in Auckland
Police have broken up a one person anti-lockdown protest in Auckland CBD on Friday.
Read articleNew Zealand thrown into lockdown over single suspected Delta case
New Zealand has announced a snap lockdown after a man tested positive for Covid, the first case in six months.
Read articleBaby orca Toa, dies in New Zealand after failed search for mother
A baby orca found stranded in New Zealand has died, after a huge effort to reunite him with his mother failed.
Read articleNew Zealand farmers stage huge protest over environmental rules
Fears of growing urban/rural divide as workers take to tractors to protest against measures they say are unfair
Read articleThousands of nurses go on strike in New Zealand
About 30,000 nurses in New Zealand walked off their jobs on Wednesday in a nationwide eight-hour strike after negotiations with the government for better pay and working conditions failed.
Read articleIs it an end to cigarettes - New Zealand aims to create smoke-free generation
New Zealand has announced a suite of proposals aimed at outlawing smoking for the next generation and moving the country closer to its goal of being smoke-free by 2025.
Read articleChristchurch: Treasures arise from cathedral ruins 10 years after earthquake
Finds include 1980s time capsules, old collection boxes and a nativity scene with figures heads ‘taken clean off’
Read articleNew Zealand increases minimum wage to 20 dollars an hour
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s had promised to raise the minimum wage to $20 per hour (£10.15) and to raise taxes on the wealthiest Kiwis.
Read articleNew Zealand vaccine rollout:South Auckland to be prioritised
Plans to prioritise hard-hit south Auckland in New Zealand’s vaccination rollout have been welcomed by experts – though cricketers hoping to head for the UK will have to wait for clarity.
Read articleNew Zealand: Auckland to go into seven-day Covid lockdown
Restrictions in country’s biggest city to be imposed after single Covid case of unknown origin was recorded
Read article10 years after the earthquake, Christ Church Cathedral finally rising
It's being rebuilt to look much like the original that was finished in 1904, only with modern-day improvements to make it warmer and safer, even to add extra much-needed bathrooms.
Read articleMaori MP ejected from NZ parliament for refusing to wear tie
A leader of the Maori Party has been ejected from the New Zealand parliament for not wearing a tie.
Read articleNew Zealand plans national syllabus on MÄori and UK colonial history
New Zealand's government on Wednesday proposed that all children learn the history of MÄori people and British colonization in a set course that teachers must follow, ending a system where schools choose how those subjects are taught.
Read articleNew Zealand needs urgent action to cut emissions: says climate change commission
More electric vehicles, renewable energy and forests are among the steps recommended to help meet Paris accords
Read articleNew Zealand confirms first COVID 19 case in months sparking Australia travel halt
New Zealand on Monday confirmed its first case of COVID-19 in the community in months in a 56-year-old woman, but said close contacts of the recently returned traveller had so far tested negative.
Read articleNew Zealand says its strict Covid lockdown is paying off as economy rebounds
Economic growth will recover more rapidly while budget deficits and net debt will be lower than expected, New Zealand's Finance Minister Grant Robertson said.
Read articleNew Zealand has just elected one of the most diverse parliaments in the world. Heres how it stacks
Almost half of New Zealand's newly sworn-in Parliament are women and 11% are openly LGBTQ. Both New Zealand's Indigenous MÄori and people with Pacific Island heritage are represented at a slightly higher rate than in the general population.New Zealand's Parliament is now the best in the world for LGBTQ representation.It also has the highest rate of female MPs in the OECD, alongside Mexico.
Read articleNew Zealand crowns chubby cute parrot bird of the year
New Zealand has voted the kakapo its Bird of the Year. It was a tough competition and only a complex election system allowed the big flightless parrot to triumph over its closest rival, the Antipodean albatross.
Read articleNew Zealands Jacinda Ardern appoints country's first Indigenous female foreign minister
New Zealand appointed its first Indigenous female foreign minister Monday to represent what's shaping up to be one of the most diverse parliaments in the world.
Read articleNew Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern wins second term in landslide election victory
Jacinda Ardern has won a second term as New Zealand's Prime Minister after her success at handling the country's coronavirus outbreak helped secure a landslide victory.
Read articleNew Zealand Stamps Out the Virus. For a Second Time.
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, who is facing re-election, called the country’s reopening a validation of its “go hard, go early†response.
Read articleCovid 19 New Zealand: Mask rules eased as cases drop
Face masks are no longer mandatory on public transport in most of New Zealand as Covid-19 cases continue to drop.
Read articleChristchurch shooting: mosque gunman sentenced to life without parole
Australian terrorist did not oppose the unprecedented sentence, which comes after three days of emotional victim impact statements
Read articleChristchurch gunman planned to burn mosques down, New Zealand police say
A court in New Zealand has heard for the first time an official account of how a terrorist who murdered 51 people at two mosques in Christchurch planned and executed the attacks – and his intentions to burn down both places of worship and attack a third.
Read articleSocial media backlash against Ecostore 'recall'
Ecostore has issued a permanent ‘’recall’’ on its containers to make a point about the country’s lack of plastic recycling facilities – but not everyone is impressed.
Read articleHow New Zealand went 100 days with no community coronavirus transmission
New Zealand has marked an enviable milestone -- more than 100 days since its last coronavirus case was acquired locally from an unknown source.
Read articleNew Zealand beat Covid-19 by trusting leaders and following advice – study
The secrets to New Zealand’s success at eliminating coronavirus has been revealed by university researchers, who have found compliance with basic hygiene practices and trust in authorities was at nearly 100%.
Read articleNew Zealand Has a 95 percent Chance of Eliminating Coronavirus
New Zealand is now very close to its elimination target. But there is still a 5% chance of undetected cases.
Read articleArdern becomes New Zealand's most popular PM in a century: poll
Jacinda Ardern became New Zealand’s most popular prime minister in a century, a Newshub-Reid Research poll showed on Monday, thanks to her COVID-19 response that made the country among the most successful in curbing the spread of the disease.
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