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'5G without Huawei is like rugby without New Zealand': ad campaign
Ad comes after the country's security agency blocked the Chinese technology giant's gear from being used in a nationwide internet network.
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World Politics
New Zealand refutes claims of rift with China
New Zealand's government is denying its relationship with China has frayed after what opposition politicians say is a series of snubs by Beijing.
- by Boris Jancic
Aviation
Oops: Ardern admits admin error caused China flight U-turn
The Air New Zealand plane was not registered to fly in China, disrupting the travel plans of 270 passengers.
Fire
NZ fires: authorities mull letting thousands go home
NZ Civil Defence is hoping to be able to allow some of the thousands of residents forced to evacuate fires on the South Island, to return home soon.
Aviation
Air NZ passengers on diverted flight to China touch down in Shanghai
Aviation commentator Irene King said the flight was most likely forced to turn back because there had been a "cock-up" with the paperwork at Air New Zealand's end.
- by John Anthony
Aviation
No permission to land: NZ flight returns after China knock-back
Air New Zealand said a technicality meant 'the particular aircraft' did not have Chinese regulatory authority to land in China.
New Zealand
Residents flee 'dynamic', raging New Zealand fires
The fire covers 2100 hectares with a 27-kilometre perimeter.
Say What?
Did a seal eat your holiday pics? A New Zealand scientist wants to know
Krista Hupman, a biologist in New Zealand who studies the faeces of leopard seals, described her "weirdest" find yet.
- by Charlotte Graham-McLay
Immigration
New Zealand just found out it has fewer immigrants than it thought
The nation's statistics agency has adopted new methodology, showing that net arrivals were about 45,000 fewer in the past four years than previously estimated.
Flashback
From the Archives: Nauru gets independence from Australia, NZ and UK
On this day in 1968 the tiny island nation of Nauru became independent, ending 80 years of colonial rule.
- by Staff reporter
Flashback
From the Archives: The end of French nuclear testing in South Pacific
From 1960, amid great controversy, France carried out 193 nuclear tests in French Polynesia. On this day in 1996 President Jacques Chirac announced testing had come to end.
- by Matthew Gledhill & David Lague