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onto Trans Tasman Migration May 8, 2025 10:08 PM
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Surge of departures – mostly fleeing a weak economy - fuels concern over the longer-term impact on the country as some small towns scramble for survival
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Peter Mellow
March 4, 4:32 PM
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Before she settles on our northern beaches, the former Kiwi PM needs some pointers. Rule 1: We own her, along with Russell Crowe and pavlova.
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February 8, 4:47 PM
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Slow down, take a deep breath, maybe even let the other car take the park. In the face of rudeness, sometimes the most radical thing to do is remain passively polite.
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January 25, 8:16 PM
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These ten change-makers, including Jessie Street and Charles Perkins, are just some of the key Australians who prodded the country to question its thinking on race.
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December 28, 2025 10:20 PM
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This week we are in the lower North Island with the best places to stop on your road trip.
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December 22, 2025 7:00 PM
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A weak economy is pushing more New Zealanders across the ‘ditch’ in hope of a better life – and higher wages
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December 3, 2025 5:36 PM
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Cheaper, more reliable satellite internet is transforming internet access in remote communities – for those who can afford it.
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November 30, 2025 6:16 PM
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I’ve travelled to my grandfather’s tiny home town of Toomelah to discover how words, stories, country and culture intersect
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November 29, 2025 6:21 PM
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From their first emergence in the late 19th century chocolate fish have been an ever-present part of New Zealand life.
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November 26, 2025 4:39 PM
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Almost one-in-five Kiwis don’t live in New Zealand, with most calling Australia home. And there’s a good chance they won’t head back.
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November 14, 2025 6:07 PM
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New statistics show a major reversal in immigration numbers and population growth, with parts of New Zealand now seeing population declines.
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October 22, 2025 5:18 PM
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Two years after Jacinda Ardern stepped down as New Zealand’s prime minister, she’s on a mission to “rehumanise” global leadership.
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September 26, 2025 11:34 PM
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Caleb Pokai says he was banned from entering the Burleigh Pavilion while out dinner with friends due to his tā moko.
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March 7, 4:57 PM
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Twenty years of memories spilled across Jacinda Thorn’s yard. Teddy bears and textbooks, camping gear stacked against her husband’s drum kit, a jumble of whisks and frying pans catching the morning sun.
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March 2, 4:28 PM
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New Zealand has long struggled to keep its best and brightest with about 180 Kiwis leaving a day.
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February 2, 6:59 PM
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At its best, the scheme changes lives – like an abattoir worker using savings to supply clean drinking water to his Vanuatu village. But exploitation remains rife.
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January 25, 8:05 PM
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We invented the game Goon of Fortune (then, admittedly, found no one else wanted it).
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December 24, 2025 6:42 PM
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Gang insignia has vanished from New Zealand’s streets following a recent law change. But the gangs have not, with members telling CNN the banishment of the patches is just optics – they’re recruiting new members just as fast as before.
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December 4, 2025 7:58 PM
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The biggest event in New Zealand Thursday may have been the opening of a furniture store.
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November 30, 2025 6:41 PM
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Generative AI is known to mirror sexist and racist stereotypes, but it also carries a colonial bias that is reinforcing outdated ideas about the past.
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November 30, 2025 5:18 PM
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“The Stars We Do Not See” at the National Gallery of Art tells — and muddies — one of the most fascinating stories in 20th century art.
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November 26, 2025 4:40 PM
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Despite their geographic proximity and a shared colonial ancestry the two countries could not be more different. But how to they rank as competing destinations?
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November 26, 2025 12:19 AM
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As people continue to move away in record numbers, readers share their reasons for leaving and contemplate life in New Zealand
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October 28, 2025 12:34 AM
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Board was found covered in barnacles and mussels in Raglan, nearly 18 months after it was lost during a boat trip near Tasmania
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October 18, 2025 2:49 AM
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Whether a clever marketing ploy or truly great by nature, these walks are attracting hikers in increasing numbers
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September 22, 2025 11:25 PM
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Read on for your ultimate Aussie slang guide! Our handy dictionary will help you translate Australian slang, with the A to Z of all things Aussie lingo. Learn slang terms like insults and diminutives.
