Recent News Headlines : New Zealand
NZ YACHTSMAN CHARGED AFTER TAKING DAUGHTER ON TRANS-TASMAN TRIP
Alan Langdon, 46, and his daughter Que were located in Australia last week, almost a month after they were seen leaving Kawhia Harbour... READ MORE›
'THE LAST FIVE YEARS HAVE NOT BEEN GREAT AT GREENPEACE'
Three months later, he helped Greenpeace block a tanker bringing Arctic oil into Rotterdam... READ MORE›
2016 WAS HOTTEST YEAR EVER RECORDED IN NEW ZEALAND
He said farmers were beginning to talk about climate change more and to consider it their planning... READ MORE›
OPEN LETTER URGES MINISTER TO HOUSE HOMELESS IN STATE-CONTROLLED PROPERTIES
Open letter urges minister to house homeless in state-..... READ MORE›
REVELLERS GATHER EARLY FOR NEW YEAR'S EVE CELEBRATIONS
Huge crowds gather for New Year's Eve celebrations as famed Sydney Harbour Bridge is set to explode in colour... READ MORE›
FOR HEART HEALTH, THE MOST DANGEROUS TIME OF THE YEAR
Researchers examined heart attack rates in New Zealand, where Christmas falls during summer and the temperature hovers in the 70s... READ MORE›
ISRAEL WARNED NEW ZEALAND THAT UN RESOLUTION WAS 'DECLARATION OF WAR'
Israeli leader personally phoned New Zealand's foreign minister to warn him that Wellington's co-sponsorship of a UN resolution was a declaration of war ... READ MORE›
AN OCTOPUS HOUDINI, THAT BABY IGUANA AND, YES, HARAMBE
The kittens, according to the National Park Service, probably aren't old enough to survive without her... READ MORE›
GIRL, 10, DIES AFTER FALLING ILL ON TORONTO-TO-LONDON FLIGHT
TORONTO AP -- A 10-year-old girl died has died after falling ill aboard a trans-Atlantic Air Canada flight... READ MORE›
TEARGAS TREES AND OIL MY LIFE IN THE GREATEST JOB ON EARTH
Above all, countries and people now have options to transform the way we live... READ MORE›
CANADIAN WHO TRIED TO SMUGGLE CAT INTO NEW ZEALAND SENT BACK HOME
The woman was refused entry into the New Zealand and was forced to catch the next flight home with her cat... READ MORE›
B.C. WOMAN TRIES TO SMUGGLE HER CAT INTO NEW ZEALAND
He said foreign cats could bring with them ticks and diseases that aren't present in New Zealand... READ MORE›
GOVERNMENT URGED TO ADDRESS SYSTEM'S 'DEVASTATING IMPACT' ON IMMIGRANT CHILDREN
Ireland's immigration system is having a devastating impact on children forced to flee to the country, campaigners say... READ MORE›
JAPAN, HONG KONG REACH 12-TEAM WOMEN'S RUGBY WORLD CUP
The outcome marks the first-time any Hong Kong team, male or female, will feature at a 15-a-side World Cup... READ MORE›
ONE IN FIVE PACIFIC ISLANDERS WOULD MOVE TO AUSTRALIA UNDER NEW MIGRATION PROPOSAL
Under the proposal, Pacific Islanders could move to Australia through a similar pathway to that which is currently enjoyed by New Zealanders... READ MORE›
BILL ENGLISH TO SUCCEED JOHN KEY AS NEW ZEALAND'S PRIME MINISTER
Under Mr English, New Zealand has been enjoying relatively robust annual GDP growth of more than 3 percent and the unemployment rate has fallen below 5 percent ... READ MORE›
BILL ENGLISH ELECTED AS NEW ZEALAND PRIME MINISTER
New Zealand's ruling National Party appointed Bill English as the country's new prime minister on Monday following last week's shock resignation of his predecessor John Key... READ MORE›
NEW ZEALAND TO RENAME 3 LOCATIONS CONTAINING RACIST TERM
Nigger Stream will be renamed as Pukio Stream, Niggerhead will be known as Tawhai Hill while Nigger Hill will be changed to Kanuka Hills... READ MORE›
BILL ENGLISH WILL BE NEW ZEALANDA??S NEXT PRIME MINISTER
WELLINGTON, New Zealand -- Bill English is set to become New Zealand's next prime minister following the shock resignation this week of John Key... READ MORE›
NEW ZEALANDER SAYS PASSPORT PHOTO REJECTION 'NOT RACIST'
New Zealand man of Asian origin has no hard feelings after passport system said eyes were closed... READ MORE›
SPACE ODDITY AS DR. DAVID BOWIE TREATS 'STARMAN' BUZZ ALDRIN IN NEW ZEALAND HOSPITAL
Bowie, who also adopted the alter ego of Ziggy Stardust, followed the success of Space Oddity with the release of Starman in 1972... READ MORE›
WHERE NOW FOR THE NZ-AUSTRALIAN POLITICAL BROMANCE?
Australia's Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said his response to the resignation of his New Zealand counterpart was a text message Say it ain't so, bro... READ MORE›
SO YOU WANT TO MOVE TO AUSTRALIA? HERE'S A HOW-TO GUIDE
Migrants can apply for permanent residency in Australia under various different visas... READ MORE›
NEW ZEALAND STUNNED BY RESIGNATION OF PRIME MINISTER JOHN KEY
He won his first general election and became prime minister in 2008... READ MORE›
NEW ZEALANDA??S PRIME MINISTER, JOHN KEY, SAYS HE WILL STEP DOWN
Mr. Key was prime minister during the 2011 earthquake in the city of Christchurch, which killed 185 people... READ MORE›
NEW ZEALAND PRIME MINISTER JOHN KEY RESIGNS AFTER 8 YEARS
He had a quick rise, becoming leader of his center-right opposition party in 2006 and then winning his first general election to become prime minister in 2008... READ MORE›
NEW ZEALAND PRIME MINISTER JOHN KEY IN SURPRISE RESIGNATION
After eight years in the role John Key is to resign as New Zealand prime minister for family reasons... READ MORE›
'I LEFT NOTHING IN THE TANK'
New Zealand's popular Prime Minister John Key stunned the nation on Monday when he announced he was resigning after eight years as leader... READ MORE›
NEW ZEALAND PRIME MINISTER JOHN KEY RESIGNS 'FOR FAMILY REASONS'
"Whoever the caucus elects will have my unwavering support, but if Bill English puts his name forward then I will vote for him," said Key... READ MORE›
NEW ZEALAND PRIME MINISTER JOHN KEY RESIGNS AFTER 8 YEARS
He has done an extraordinary job for New Zealand... READ MORE›
Trending News Headlines : New Zealand
THIS IS NO TIME TO BE DIPLOMATIC - WE SHOULD NOT WISH DONALD TRUMP WELL
Metiria Turei is a New Zealand member of parliament and the co-leader of the Green party of Aotearoa New Zealand... READ MORE›
TSUNAMI HITS NEW ZEALAND AFTER QUAKE
It was felt as far afield as the capital Wellington on the North Island, 120 miles 200km away... READ MORE›
EARTHQUAKE JOLTS NEW ZEALAND; TSUNAMI WARNING ISSUED
New Zealand emergency services warned that a tsunami was possible and told people near the coast of the South Island to move to higher ground... READ MORE›
IRELAND 'LEADS THE WORLD IN ISLAMIC VALUES AS MUSLIM STATES LAG'
An Overall Islamicity Index analysing social rules and human rights measures found that similar rankings were generated in 2010... READ MORE›
SOME AMERICANS LOOK TO CANADA, NZ AS TRUMP SURGES TO VICTORY
Visits to New Zealand Now from the United States were up almost 80 percent to 41,000 from 7 Oct to 7 November, compared with the same period last year... READ MORE›
U.S. WARSHIP DIVERTS TO HELP NEW ZEALAND QUAKE VICTIMS
Cracks appear in road around Centre Port after a magnitude-7.8 earthquake based around Cheviot in the South island shook Wellington, New Zealand, early Nov. 14, 2016... READ MORE›
U.S. TO PUSH AHEAD ON CLIMATE PACT BEFORE TRUMP TAKES OVER
Kerry made the comments during a visit to New Zealand just before setting off to Marrakesh, Morocco to take part in climate talks between 200 nations... READ MORE›
FIRST PHOTOGRAPHS EMERGE OF NEW PACIFIC ISLAND OFF TONGA
The one-mile long cone-shaped island began forming last month, about forty miles from the nation's capital, and is now safe to walk on... READ MORE›
NEW ZEALAND HIT BY SECOND STRONG QUAKE
An earthquake measuring 6.3 in magnitude has hit New Zealand's South Island, hours after an initial quake killed two people... READ MORE›
MOVE TO NEW ZEALAND? US MIGRATION INQUIRIES RISE 24-FOLD AFTER ELECTION DAY
Within the same period, more than 7,000 Americans registered interest in moving to New Zealand, which is more than double the monthly average... READ MORE›
NEW ZEALAND KEA, THE WORLD'S ONLY ALPINE PARROT, FACES EXTINCTION
Conservationists have begun raising the alarm after years of crashing population numbers, with the wild kea population estimated to be as low as 1,000-5,000... READ MORE›
PACIFIC ISLANDS MAKE LAST-DITCH PLEA TO WORLD BEFORE PARIS CLIMATE CHANGE TALKS
Children here in the Pacific talk about climate change like children elsewhere talk about school or TV... READ MORE›
THE MEGA RICH HAVE FOUND AN UNLIKELY NEW REFUGE
Backer Peter Thiel described New Zealand as a utopia in 2011 and is reported to have bought residential property in Auckland and Queenstown... READ MORE›
CHOCOLATE BUTTER IS HERE TO MAKE ALL YOUR BREAKFAST DREAMS COME TRUE
He added that the butter, made with Whittaker's 72 percent Dark Ghana Chocolate, is free from palm oil, differentiating it from other chocolate spreads on the market... READ MORE›
TSUNAMI WARNING ISSUED AFTER HUGE EARTHQUAKE STRIKES NEW ZEALAND
A 7.8-magnitude earthquake has struck in the south island of New Zealand... READ MORE›
FROM A DRAUGHTY HUT TO HOLLYWOOD
Quietly, Clifton Perry thought that one day she'd like to work for Weta but it was a pipe dream... READ MORE›
THIS PICK 'N' MIX-STYLE VEGETABLE COUNTER IS THE BEST THING SINCE SLICED BREAD
A handful of New World stores offer peppers, mushrooms, courgettes, broccoli and a gazillion other vegetables which are pre-cut and displayed in clear, plastic containers... READ MORE›
'MAYBE THE BRITS ARE JUST HAVING US ON'
'Maybe the Brits are just having us on' the world reacts to Boris Johnson as foreign minister... READ MORE›
DEVASTATED VANUATU STARTS TO GET AID
Aid from Australia and New Zealand has begun to reach the island... READ MORE›
WEDDING HAKA MOVES NEW ZEALAND MAORI BRIDE TO TEARS
Video of the Maori dance at the wedding of Aaliyah and Benjamin Armstrong is being widely shared on social media... READ MORE›
WHEN IS A PASSENGER REIMBURSEMENT POLICY NOT A POLICY? ASK AIR CANADA
In late 2013, he was in London, preparing to board an Air Canada flight to Ottawa, where he lives... READ MORE›
AUSTRALIA TOPS THE WORLD FOR CLIMATE CHANGE DENIAL
Australia tops the world for climate change denial study... READ MORE›
END OF THE WORLD? DOOMSDAY BELIEVERS PREDICT THE APOCALYPSEA
End of the world? Doomsday believers predict the apocalypseA... READ MORE›
NEW ZEALAND CREATES VAST OCEAN SANCTUARY
According to information supplied by Smith's office, the Kermadec ocean sanctuary will be one of the world's largest and most significant fully protected areas... READ MORE›
NEW ZEALAND'S HAKA IS THE WORLD'S MOST PERFECT ACT OF NATIONALISM
The haka was on show Sunday in Lond0n when the All Blacks defeated Argentina in their first match at the the Rugby World Cup... READ MORE›
NZ SKYDIVERS BAIL OUT OVER LAKE TAUPO AS PLANE CRASHES
Taupo Mayor David Trewavas said the had plane lost power about 1,300m off the ground and the pilot called for the passengers to evacuate... READ MORE›
AFTER TRUMP VICTORY, AMERICANS FLOCK TO NEW ZEALAND'S IMMIGRATION WEBSITES
A woman in Christchurch, New Zealand, reaches for a newspaper reporting on the election victory of Donald Trump... READ MORE›
NOTORIOUS SMUGGLER 'CAPTAIN BRAM' ARRESTED IN JAKARTA
In 2011 Indonesia passed laws criminalising people smuggling, with penalties of between five and 15 years in prison for those convicted... READ MORE›
AUSTRALIA PLANS TO CULL 2 MILLION CATS
Australia's war on cats government plans to cull 2 million by 2020... READ MORE›
LES MUNRO, LAST OF THE DAMBUSTERS PILOTS, DIES IN NEW ZEALAND
In March, Munro offered to sell his numerous war medals to donate funds to the Bomber Command Memorial in London's Green Park that honours his comrades... READ MORE›
Related News Headlines : New Zealand
AFTER THE PACIFIC OCEAN SWALLOWS VILLAGES AND FIVE SOLOMON ISLANDS, A STUDY BLAMES CLIMATE CHANGE
At the same time that the sea level rises, climate change has brought devastating floods to the Solomon Islands... READ MORE›
DESPERATE CRY FOR 'HELP' SAVES MOTHER AND DAUGHTER AFTER FIVE DAYS IN THE WILDERNESS
My mom was basically watching me die, North Carolina State University grad Rachel Lloyd said after five terrifying days lost in New Zealand... READ MORE›
AUSTRALIA BLOCKS SALE OF IRELAND-SIZED CHUNK OF LAND TO PRIVATE CHINESE COMPANY
Mick Tsikas European Pressphoto Agency Foreign ownership of agricultural land is a touchy subject in Australia and New Zealand... READ MORE›
ANZAC DAY FOR RESPECTING VETERANS, NOT QUESTIONING THEIR SERVICE
Many people use Anzac Day to question the conflicts that Australian and New Zealand troops have served in and continue to serve in... READ MORE›
DID COOK DISCOVER OR INVADE AUSTRALIA?
So did Captain Cook discover Australia, or invade it?... READ MORE›
PNG ATTACKS AUSTRALIA AT PACIFIC FREE TRADE TALKS
A stable and prosperous Pacific would benefit all our countries, said Solomon Islands foreign minister and chair of the trade talks Milner Tozaka... READ MORE›
BABY ASHA TO BE RELEASED INTO COMMUNITY DETENTION
An asylum-seeker baby being treated in a Queensland hospital will be released into community detention and not immediately transferred to Nauru, Immigration Minister Peter Dutton says... READ MORE›
COALITION UNDER RENEWED PRESSURE TO SEND AUSTRALIAN MILITARY TO SOUTH CHINA SEA
The Australian defence force conducts maritime surveillance patrols in the region, but Conroy said these did not go close to the disputed islands... READ MORE›
ABC 'DISHONESTY' FLARES NAURU VISITOR VISA DISPUTE
On Friday morning Nauru Airlines staff told passengers calling their reservations line visitor visas for Australian and New Zealand passport holders were revoked until further notice ... READ MORE›
FINNISH PM DROPS PROMISE TO LET REFUGEES USE HIS HOME
Finland's prime minister, Juha Sipila, has said he will not be able fulfil a promise to put up a family of asylum seekers... READ MORE›
'REALLY EMOTIONAL': AUSTRALIANS MOURN DAVID BOWIE
My idea was to present an Indigenous people in a capitalist mainly white society, Bowie said of the video... READ MORE›
WORLD CUP-WINNING ALL BLACK VISITS SYRIAN REFUGEE CAMP
The Rugby cross-code star, who is a Muslim convert, visited a temporary settlement in Faida, Bekaa Valley as an ambassador for Unicef... READ MORE›