New Zealand
From thieving parrots to boozy pigeons: why New Zealand is obsessed with its native birds
The result of an extraordinary ecological history, many of New Zealand’s birds are highly unusual but all are beloved
Tess McClure in Auckland
26, May, 2023 @8:00 PM
New Zealand’s National party admits using AI-generated people in attack ads
Opposition party says AI was ‘an innovative way to drive our social media’ and said it was ‘committed to using it responsibly’
Tess McClure in Auckland
24, May, 2023 @1:12 AM
‘We have offended a nation’: Miami zoo’s treatment of kiwi bird enrages New Zealand
Zoo apologises after videos of a bird being handled and petted by guests under bright lights prompted uproar in New Zealand
Tess McClure in Auckland
23, May, 2023 @11:56 PM
New Zealand’s ratio of sheep to humans at lowest point in 170 years
Farmers turning to forestry and the fall in the price of wool are being blamed for the ratio of sheep to people falling below five to one
Tess McClure in Auckland
23, May, 2023 @1:16 AM
New Zealand loses fight with Australia over mānuka honey trademark
Intellectual Property Office rules that New Zealand beekeepers’ attempt to stop Australian producers using the name did not meet necessary requirements
Tess McClure in Auckland
22, May, 2023 @4:07 AM
New Zealand announces its biggest emissions reduction project in history
Move to power Glenbrook steel plant with electricity from renewables rather than coal will reduce emissions by 1% – or the equivalent of taking 300,000 cars off the road
Tess McClure in Auckland
22, May, 2023 @1:07 AM
‘It can be quite Dickensian’: life in New Zealand’s boarding houses
After a fire at Loafers Lodge left at least five dead, attention has turned to Wellington’s hostels and the housing crisis they embody
Tess McClure and Charlotte Graham-McLay in Wellington
19, May, 2023 @8:00 PM
New Zealand hostel fire: suspect remanded in custody after Wellington court appearance
Man charged with two counts of arson and police say they have not ruled out more serious charges relating to deadly blaze
Charlotte Graham-McLay in Wellington
19, May, 2023 @5:19 AM
Man arrested and charged with arson after fatal Wellington hostel fire
Police not ruling out ‘further, more serious charges’ after boarding house blaze that killed at least six
Charlotte Graham-McLay in Wellington
18, May, 2023 @10:48 AM
New Zealand boosts budget funding for climate resilience in wake of Cyclone Gabrielle
Finance minister Grant Robertson says initial phase will fund cyclone recovery before improving infrastructure to withstand climate extremes
Charlotte Graham-McLay in Wellington
18, May, 2023 @3:27 AM
New Zealand budget 2023: Chris Hipkins focuses on young families suffering in cost of living crisis
Prime minister offers measures to ease cost of raising children as part of promise to focus on ‘bread-and-butter issues’ ahead of election
Tess McClure in Wellington
18, May, 2023 @2:39 AM
Deadly Wellington hostel fire being treated as arson, police say
New Zealand police open homicide inquiry after at least six die in Loafers Lodge blaze
Charlotte Graham-McLay in Wellington
17, May, 2023 @5:08 AM
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