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‘Long lost cave in New Zealand’ reveals million-year-old wildlife, extinct birds, and a Kākāpō ancestor

For a long time, New Zealand’s ancient past felt incomplete. Bits and pieces here and there. A few fossils. Large gaps. Now, a cave near Waitomo on the North Island has quietly changed that picture. Inside it, scientists have uncovered the remains of wildlife that lived around one million years…

The Times of India

‘Having to argue with a lady in Taupō about my right to call myself tangata whenua’

The year ahead: Our job is to make Aotearoa a country that our children and mokopuna want to come home to, writes former Te Arawhiti Māori-Crown Relations chief executive Lil Anderson

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Spotify Wrapped ghosted NZ music again. Local artists and audiences deserve more

Spotify has just released Spotify Wrapped, its annual end-of-year viral promotional exercise. For New Zealand musicians, however, there was little to get excited about.

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Strangers in their own land: how a new citizenship category could avoid a trap for Indigenous children born overseas

Outdated laws mean Indigenous children in Aotearoa New Zealand and Australia can currently be denied citizenship on the lands of their ancestors.

The Conversation

The Māori ward vote in New Zealand contains important lessons for Canada

Canadians have often looked to Aotearoa New Zealand as an established model for electoral inclusion of Indigenous voices.

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Vaping has slowed progress in cutting teen smoking in NZ – new study

Smoking rates among adults have declined in Aotearoa New Zealand over recent decades, from 18% smoking regularly in 2011/12 to 8% in 2023/24.

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Close relatives of emperor penguins lived in NZ some 3 million years ago. What caused their extinction?

Three million years ago, an extinct relative of todays’s great penguins – emperors and kings – lived in Aotearoa New Zealand.

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NZ’s small music venues are struggling – but there are ways to help them thrive

Grassroots music venues are essential to the development of new talent and audiences. But right now, those small clubs and spaces are struggling, putting Aotearoa New Zealand’s local live music sector at risk.

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New Zealand Tourism Starts 'Official Petition' To Host Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce's Wedding

New Zealand's tourism board launches a playful 'official petition' inviting Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce to marry in Aotearoa after the couple confirmed their engagement on 26 August 2025.

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Rising seas threaten to swallow one of NZ’s oldest settlement sites – new research

One of Aotearoa New Zealand’s oldest settlement sites is at risk of being washed away by rising seas, according to new research.

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NZ’s new AI strategy is long on ‘economic opportunity’ but short on managing ethical and social risk

The government’s newly unveiled National AI Strategy is all about what its title says: “Investing with Confidence”. It tells businesses that Aotearoa New Zealand is open for AI use, and that our “light touch” approach won’t get in their way.

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Matariki and our diminishing night sky: light pollution from cities and satellites is making stars harder to see

This week, Aotearoa New Zealand officially celebrates Matariki for the fourth time, marked by the reappearance in the night sky of the star cluster also known as the Pleiades.

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E-bikes for everyone: 3 NZ trials show people will make the switch – with the right support

Anyone who uses city roads will know e-bikes have become increasingly popular in Aotearoa New Zealand. But we also know rising e-bike sales have been predominantly driven by financially well-off households.

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Rainbow Warrior in NZ return, 40 years after bombing

Greenpeace Aotearoa say they will use the return of the Rainbow Warrior to campaign against the New Zealand government's "war on nature".

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New satellite data shows NZ’s major cities are sinking – meaning rising seas will affect them sooner

Rising seas are already affecting coastal communities in Aotearoa New Zealand. On a global average, the sea level is now 18 centimetres higher than it was in 1900, and the annual rate of increase has been accelerating to currently 4.4 millimetres per year.

The Conversation

NZ’s Broadcasting Act is as old as Video Ezy. We need media reform for the streaming age

One year after Video Ezy opened its first store in Aotearoa New Zealand, the Broadcasting Act 1989 was introduced. It established frameworks and funding for local content that largely still exist.

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‘It’s so politically loaded’: Marlon Williams on ‘finding the gall’ to write an album entirely in Māori

Te Whare Tīwekaweka is being released at a tumultuous time for te reo and race relations in Aotearoa

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Row erupts in New Zealand parliament over use of Māori name Aotearoa

Dispute emerges after deputy prime minister Winston Peters questioned why MPs used the name Aotearoa in debates

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MPs ordered to stop complaining about use of country’s indigenous name

‘That really is the end of the matter,’ lawmakers were told

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‘It’s the worst feeling’ – young New Zealanders regret their vaping addictions but feel unsupported to quit

Vaping rates among young people continue to be a major public health concern, both in Aotearoa New Zealand and elsewhere.

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Who really was Māui, the demigod portrayed in Moana? And did Disney get him right?

I enjoyed Disney’s 2016 film Moana. My relatives and I attended the Reo Māori release here in Aotearoa, in a packed theatre of Māori language supporters. Watching the film in our own language was emotional and powerful.

The Conversation

Clones in the classroom: why universities must be wary of embracing AI-driven teaching tools

The university sector in Aotearoa New Zealand is at a tipping point due to chronic underfunding, shifting enrolments and increasing costs from inflation. In response, the government has established two working groups to assess the health of the sector and provide recommendations for the future.

The Conversation

Are kiwi and moa recent immigrants from Australia? Neither fossils nor genetic evidence support the story

Aotearoa New Zealand is a land of birds, from the smallest of wrens to the mightiest of moa. The ancestors of some species have been here for tens of millions of years, while others arrived only a few million years ago.

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‘The pāua that clings to the sea’: a new species of abalone found only in waters off a remote NZ island chain

It has long been suspected that a small pāua (known as abalone, ormers or ear-shells overseas) found around a remote island chain north of Aotearoa New Zealand differs from all other pāua.

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‘Room for everyone’: how Kīngi Tūheitia’s message of unity offered an alternative to divisive Treaty politics

The numbers attending the tangihanga for Kīngi Tūheitia Pōtatau Te Wherowhero VII attest not only to the enduring significance of the Kīngitanga movement, but also to its political relevance at this point in Aotearoa New Zealand’s history.

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