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Ronald Brierley forfeits knighthood after guilty plea to child abuse material
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern initiated the process in April and in a statement on Tuesday said the Queen had been informed.
- by Sarah McPhee and Georgina Mitchell
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Jacinda Ardern says NZ’s differences with China becoming harder to reconcile
Ardern pointed to increasing differences between New Zealand and China as the member of the Five Eyes security alliance country faces increasing pressure over its reluctance to criticise Beijing.
- by Praveen Menon
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Coronavirus pandemic
Auckland Airport worker tests positive for COVID-19
It comes after the first quarantine-free flights from Australia arrived in the country on Monday, with the opening of the trans-Tasman bubble.
- by Sarah McPhee, Rachel Clun and Daniella White
PNG embarks on urgent mission after receiving 132,000 vaccine doses through COVAX
Small teams will be sent to villages while stadiums could be used for mass vaccinations as the country attempts to stamp down its raging COVID-19 epidemic.
- by Rachel Clun
The priest was idolised but his accusers say the price for his charity was too high
The horrors they said happened behind closed doors for years will play out in court. Richard Daschbach’s is the first clergy sex case in a country that is solidly Catholic.
- by Margie Mason, Robin McDowell and Raimundos Oki
Christchurch mosque killer launches legal appeal over ‘terrorist status’
Brenton Tarrant’s legal bid to get NZ’s High Court to revoke his ‘terrorist’ status will have no impact on his life sentence.
- by Jody O'Callaghan
Second case linked to COVID outbreak at Auckland quarantine facility
New Zealand has reported a second positive case of COVID-19 following the infection of a worker at a managed isolation facility that was announced on Thursday.
- by Bernadette Basagre
Prince Philip’s bond with Vanuatu devotees ‘incredibly respectful’
The villagers’ special interest in the late Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, manifested itself in daily prayers for his blessing of their banana and yam crops.
- by Jill Gralow and Melanie Burton
Auckland border worker tests positive for COVID-19
A hotel quarantine security guard in Auckland has tested positive for COVID-19, days after complaining of a sore throat.
- by Sarah McPhee
Twin health disasters facing PNG with no mass vaccine rollout until May
The vaccine rollout in Papua New Guinea will require overcoming huge logistical hurdles. But there’s a second looming health crisis.
- by Rachel Clun
Opinion
First Person Pandemic
I’ll never take the proximity of Australia and New Zealand for granted again
When I return, I want to embrace both my family and the land. To stand and once again absorb my tūrangawaewae as a woman who has grown and ultimately found herself in this city.
- by Katie Scott