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New Zealanders have been ordering food items like raw almonds, tins of spaghetti and pasta shells from Australian grocery stores to be jetted over to them on international flights

With the arrival in Sydney of the cruise liner Pacific Explorer on Monday – a giant “WE’RE HOME” sign emblazoned on her bow – the pressure is on New Zealand to match Australia and reopen our maritime border to cruise ships.

This week's biggest-selling New Zealand books, as recorded by the Nielsen BookScan New Zealand bestseller list and described by Steve Braunias

From “quirky’’ dancing Kiwifruit to powerful diplomacy talks - the Prime Minister’s first day in Tokyo had it all, writes political editor @jo_moir

The NZ China Council's new executive director says we cannot shy away from the complications of China's rise.

Both sides of a forestry debate say the other can’t see the wood for the trees

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern will keep pressure on Russia following its invasion of Ukraine, they said on Thursday.

Three-quarter Sio Tomkinson is coming on board from the Highlanders

New Zealand had undergone some of world’s toughest Covid-19 restrictions

The list also features New Zealand batter Devon Conway, England pacer Ollie Robinson and Proteas women star Dane van Niekerk

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is in Japan as part of her first trip abroad in more than two years as her government seeks to promote the country’s reopening for business and tourism following a pandemic-related border closure, while Japan wants to focus on mutual security concerns, including China’s…