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Ardern lashes US isolationism in Yale address

Calling the world a "dumpster fire", ex-New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern has attacked various strands of Donald Trump's leadership in a US address.

AAP · May 19, 2025

‘Greenlandisation’, sea ice, permafrost: how polar words explain a changing world

Most of us know there’s more than one version of English. What English people call a tap, Americans call a faucet; New Zealand’s jandals are Australia’s thongs. As well as British English, there are regional versions of Australian English, New Zealand English, and a significant number of other versions of…

The Conversation · May 18, 2025

NZ Budget 2025: economic forecasting is notoriously difficult, but global uncertainty is making it harder

This year’s budget will be one of the tightest in a decade, with the New Zealand government halving its operating allowance – the new money it has available to spend – from NZ$2.4 billion to $1.3 billion.

The Conversation · May 18, 2025

Brain drain back as New Zealand confronts economic woe

Tens of thousands of New Zealanders are leaving each year for Australia, owing to unbalanced economic conditions and an easier path to Australian citizenship.

AAP · May 16, 2025

The space race is being reshaped by geopolitics, offering opportunities for countries such as New Zealand

The space economy is being reshaped — not just by innovation, but by geopolitics. What was once dominated by state space agencies, and more recently by private ventures, is evolving into a hybrid model in which government priorities and commercial capabilities are intertwined.

The Conversation · May 16, 2025

Ben Stokes eager to ‘dominate every situation’ when he returns to England action

The 33-year-old captain has not played since tearing his hamstring in New Zealand before Christmas.

The Independent UK · May 15, 2025

This New Zealand Designer's Textural Creations Bring This East London Showroom to Life — "Every Piece is Unique"

In "all in each", artist Grace Atkinson's textile works appear alongside iconic 20th-century designs in a poetic exploration of "perception, intimacy, function, and form"

Livingetc · May 15, 2025

Endangered New Zealand bird caught fighting ‘at risk’ reptile in rare footage

A video shows the large flightless takahē bird in hot pursuit of the tuatara – but the tables soon turn

The Guardian - AU · May 15, 2025

New Zealand MPs Behind Viral Haka Protest Receive Longest Suspension In Parliament History

“This is the most severe punishment handed down in our history.”

Pedestrian.tv · May 15, 2025

New Zealand MPs who performed haka in parliament given unprecedented punishment

Co-leaders of Te Pāti Māori and its youngest member to be temporarily suspended from parliament after performance protesting controversial bill

The Guardian - AU · May 15, 2025