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NZ’s plan to ‘welcome anyone, from anywhere, anytime’ is not a sustainable tourism policy

Attracting more Chinese tourists to New Zealand, including during the off-season, was a major part of Prime Minister Christopher Luxon’s trade agenda during his visit to China last week. As Tourism Minister Louise Upston put it: “we welcome anyone, from anywhere, anytime”.

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New Zealand wants justification for US bombings in Iran

New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Luxon has declined to give the United States support for its bombing attacks on Iran's nuclear facilities.

AAP

NZ’s changing diet: Māori bread and jackfruit join other new foods in the country’s nutritional database

The latest update to the New Zealand food composition database, a comprehensive collection of nutrient data collated jointly by Plant Food Research and the Ministry of Health, brings more than just numbers: it adds insights into culturally important foods and their role in diets.

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‘Turning into a little Finland’: chilly New Zealand gets the hots for beachside saunas

Once confined to upmarket spas and grimy gyms, saunas are popping up across the country

The Guardian - AU

Noel Edmonds’ Kiwi Adventure review – Mr Blobby meets crystal healing in this ‘rocking’ TV return

You’d have to utterly hate the TV host to resist this tale of his woo woo life as a New Zealand pub landlord. Brace yourself for copious talk of ‘body energy systems’

The Guardian - UK

‘I am Jesus!’: the TV brilliance of Noel Edmonds

As the presenter makes a comeback with a wild attempt to run a New Zealand pub, we look back on his greatest moments – from gunge-based hysteria to being Brexit’s patient zero

The Guardian - UK

NZ's Luxon praises Xi after rare Beijing bilateral

China President Xi Jinping has hosted New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Luxon for the first time in Beijing for talks.

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TV tonight: Noel Edmonds shows off his unusual new life in New Zealand

Is this eccentric documentary about the retired TV host about to become a cult classic? Plus: Alison Hammond meets Tony Bellew. Here’s what to watch today

The Guardian - UK

New Zealand Prime Minister Luxon talks trade in meeting with China's Xi

The prime minister of New Zealand has stressed the importance of his country’s trade ties with China in a meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping

The Independent UK

Welcome back Noel Edmonds, oddball king of British TV

IN FOCUS: The inimitable presenter is back with a New Zealand-set docuseries. It’s pure, unfiltered Edmonds, writes Phil Harrison – but what, exactly, does that mean?

The Independent UK

China could win from Cook Islands-New Zealand spat

New Zealand has paused funding to the Cook Islands in an escalation over the Pacific island nation's ties to China.

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Despite decades of cost cutting, governments spend more than ever. How can we make sense of this?

Recent controversies over New Zealand’s Ka Ora, Ka Ako school lunch program have revolved around the apparent shortcomings of the food and its delivery. Stories of inedible meals, scalding packaging and general waste have dominated headlines.

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Scotland vs Nepal LIVE: Cricket score and updates from Twenty20 Tri-Series in Scotland 2025

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Tensions rise as New Zealand freezes millions of dollars in aid to Cook Islands over China deals

New Zealand says funding won’t resume until Pacific nation takes ‘concrete steps to repair relationship and restore trust’

The Independent UK

New Zealand approves use of ‘magic mushrooms’ to treat depression but only one psychiatrist is allowed to prescribe it

New Zealand approves restricted medicinal use of psilocybin, a hallucinogen found in ‘magic mushrooms’ for patients with treatment-resistant depression

International Business Times

New Zealand Coroner Raises Alarm Over 'Perilous' Collision Sport

A New Zealand coroner Thursday condemned a "perilous" rugby-inspired sport in which competitors sprint and crash into each other without protective gear.

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New Zealand enjoys GDP bump of 0.8 per cent in Q1

New Zealand has posted its best quarterly GDP growth figures in almost two years, though the economy is still 1.1 per cent smaller than it was a year ago.

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The Independent UK

New Zealand, the Cook Islands' biggest funder, halts money to the Pacific nation over its China ties

New Zealand has halted millions of dollars in funding to the Cook Islands over agreements the smaller Pacific nation made with China, officials in Wellington said Thursday

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Netherlands vs Nepal LIVE: Cricket score and updates from Twenty20 Tri-Series in Scotland 2025

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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.

International Business Times

China Downplayed Nuclear-capable Missile Test: Classified NZ Govt Papers

China tried to mislead foreign governments in 2024 by playing down the importance of a nuclear-capable missile test over the Pacific Ocean, New Zealand diplomats privately warned in documents obtained by AFP. Beijing sent shivers through the South Pacific in September 2024, when its elite Rocket Force fired a dummy…

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As Luxon heads to China, his government’s pivot toward the US is a stumbling block

Ahead of his first visit to China, Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has been at pains to present meetings with Chinese premier Xi Jinping and other leaders as advancing New Zealand’s best interests.

The Independent UK

Scotland vs Netherlands LIVE: Cricket score and updates from Twenty20 Tri-Series in Scotland 2025

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WhatToWatch

Noel Edmonds’ Kiwi Adventure: release date, narrator, episode guide, trailer and everything we know

In Noel Edmonds’ Kiwi Adventure the presenter opens his home and business to TV cameras for the first time.

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