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Glasgow summit
Jacinda Ardern’s climate summit problem is the opposite of Scott Morrison’s
Why is Ardern, who called climate change the nuclear-free issue of her generation, not making the trip to Glasgow?
- by Henry Cooke
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Coronavirus pandemic
Australia needs to step up as Papua New Guinea is hit by COVID
Papua New Guinea is experiencing a challenging COVID outbreak and steps need to be taken to combat vaccine misinformation in the country.
- by Hillary Mansour
New Zealand orders health workers, education staff jabbed by January
Health care workers must be fully vaccinated by December and teachers and education workers by the start of 2022.
- by Nick Perry
Analysis
Coronavirus pandemic
Jacinda Ardern gives up on COVID-zero
New Zealand’s coronavirus elimination dream is dead. The government must now motivate more people to vaccinate.
- by Henry Cooke
After supermarket stabbing, New Zealand makes it illegal to plan terror attacks
The gap in New Zealand’s anti-terror laws had been widely blamed for this month’s Islamic State-inspired knife attack at an Auckland supermarket.
- by Nick Perry
Study reveals intrepid seafarers started in Samoa before settling Polynesia
Genomic data from 430 modern-day people from 21 Pacific island populations has helped unravel Polynesia’s genetic history.
- by Will Dunham
NZ modelling suggests 7000 COVID deaths a year without restrictions
That’s even if 75 per cent of the population is vaccinated. But Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says last year’s predictions were worse.
- by Henry Cook
Not in our waters: Ardern says no to visits from Australia’s new nuclear subs
New Zealand was a member of the ANZUS treaty alliance with the US until the 1980s when Wellington declined to accept US nuclear-powered vessels in its waters.
- by Praveen Menon
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Coronavirus pandemic
‘Within sight of elimination’: New Zealand to relax restrictions outside of Auckland
Earlier, the country reported 20 new community cases of COVID-19, the third day in a row at that level, suggesting restrictions were having an effect.
- by Chris Zappone
Supermarket terrorist made disturbing internet searches after buying hunting knife
The searches were revealed in documents released on Monday showing authorities had attempted to prevent the Islamic State-inspired attacker from owning a large knife.
- by Edward Gay
‘We can’t just run away’: The everyday Kiwis who jumped into action during terror attack
When a known terrorist sympathiser launched a knife attack at an Auckland supermarket, ordinary people jumped into action.
- by Tony Wall