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The government’s decision to abandon the Aotearoa New Zealand Public Media (ANZPM) Bill came as no surprise after months of increasingly negative speculation. Officially, it stems from the prioritisation of “bread and butter issues” during a cost-of-living crisis, but it’s hard not to see this as a significant policy failure…

Until now, the New Zealand Curriculum has focused almost exclusively on the development of technical reading skills. Simply reading for pleasure hasn’t been a priority, which makes its inclusion in the draft version of a refreshed curriculum particularly welcome.

New Zealand says seizure of more than three tonnes of cocaine is the country’s largest drugs seizure

Indonesian security forces are searching for a pilot from New Zealand who was taken hostage by separatist rebels in restive Papua province

Georgia Hale has signed for Leeds Rhinos after her partner Sam Lisone made the move to Headingley ahead of the 2023 season

Hale’s partner Sam Lisone players for the Rhinos men’s team.

Brook was the star performer during day one of England’s Test warm-up against a New Zealand XI in Hamilton.

Runs piled on in quick fashion as tourists settle in

The tourists racked up 465 all out in just 69.2 overs.

It marks the country’s biggest-ever drugs seizure, and is thought to be enough to supply all of Australia for a whole year

‘We will never release the pilot we are holding hostage unless Indonesia recognizes and frees Papua’