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‘Uneven playing field’: Defendants in White Island volcano tragedy want more time
The surprise eruption on White Island, or Whakaari, in 2019 killed 22 people from several countries including Australia.
- by Praveen Menon
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There’s more the Coalition can do to improve our relations with New Zealand
For one thing, the Coalition should re-examine its policy of deporting criminals who, while born in New Zealand, have no real connection to that country.
- The Age's View
Kiwi hedgehogs face cull after experts spike UK repatriation idea
The New Zealand government is currently running an ambitious campaign to eradicate all introduced predators by 2050.
- by Gabriella Swerling
Kiwis flew home in record numbers during the pandemic - will they stay?
Cat Moody is among the more than 50,000 New Zealanders who returned home in the last year. But will low wages and escalating house prices drive them away again?
- by Charlotte Graham-McLay
‘Boys’ club’: Samoa’s crisis casts shadow over gender equality in Pacific politics
The country’s gender quota rules are under fire after a tight election and constitutional crisis stopped the elected female PM taking government.
- by Michael Taylor
Ousted Samoan PM accuses Supreme Court judges of election favouritism
The United Nations has urged the island nation’s leaders to talk to each other to find a solution to the unprecedented political deadlock gripping the country.
- by Sapeer Mayron
Samoa in crisis as elected leader locked out of Parliament
Prime Minister-elect Fiame Naomi Mata’afa and her supporters showed up at Parliament on Monday to form a new government, but were not allowed inside.
- by Nick Perry
Ardern tells world leaders: study social media algorithms to fight hate
Boris Johnson said terrorist content was “like a metastasising tumour within the internet” that must be excised.
- by Praveen Menon
Jacinda Ardern plans for New Zealand to re-connect with post-pandemic world
Tough lockdowns and its geographical location have helped NZ eliminate the coronavirus but left the nation isolated from the rest of the world.
- by Praveen Menon
Man faces attempted murder charges after Dunedin stabbing attack
The 42-year-old has been charged with attempted murder of four people, two men and two women.
- by Hamish McNeilly, Sam Sherwood and Nadine Porter
Several injured in stabbing attack at New Zealand supermarket
Witnesses inside the supermarket in the South Island city of Dunedin heard someone scream “he’s got a knife” before customers tried to pin down the attacker.
- by Steven Walton