The Latest Breaking News from NZ

Sydney FC star Green opts for NZ switch

Sydney FC defender Ally Green will switch her international allegiance to New Zealand after this weekend's A-League Women grand final.

AAP · Mar 24, 2022

NZ To Resettle 450 Refugees Detained In Aus For 9 Years, But That’s Less Than Half Of Them

New Zealand will do what Australia never would and resettle 450 refugees stuck in Australia’s offshore detention. Our neighbour will take 150 refugees per year for the next three years of those already in detention. Unfortunately any asylum seekers who arrive by boat in future will not be eligible for…

Pedestrian.tv · Mar 24, 2022

NZ to resettle refugees from Australia

Australia has agreed to a refugee resettlement deal with New Zealand after a longstanding offer from its trans-Tasman neighbour.

AAP · Mar 24, 2022

NZ to give Aussies rapid antigen tests

Jacinda Ardern is giving Australians a "welcome pack" goody bag when they visit New Zealand, including free rapid antigen tests.

AAP · Mar 16, 2022

Auckland past virus peak, NZ top doc says

New Zealand's Director General of Health Ashley Bloomfield says COVID-19 cases and daily hospitalisations in Auckland are dropping.

AAP · Mar 15, 2022

Gardner heroic as Aust set NZ 270 to win

Ash Gardner has smashed four sixes in an unbeaten 48 to give Australia the upper hand in the World Cup clash against New Zealand.

AAP · Mar 12, 2022

Australia crush New Zealand in Women’s World Cup walkover – as it happened

Hosts New Zealand failed to cause an upset against the world No 1 Australians in Wellington

The Guardian - AU · Mar 12, 2022

Deported to a land they barely know: anger rises over Australia’s ‘character test’ for non-citizens

The number of people deported after committing offences is set to explode if laws are strengthened, to the dismay of the New Zealand government

The Guardian - AU · Mar 12, 2022

Merging commercial TVNZ and non-commercial RNZ won't be easy – and time is running out

The announcement of the government’s decision to merge RNZ and TVNZ into a non-profit “public media entity” was long anticipated but, coming in the second year of Labour’s second term, underwhelming in its lack of detail.

The Conversation · Mar 11, 2022

As the Commerce Commission found, there’s no magic way to make NZ supermarkets more competitive

The Commerce Commission’s much-anticipated review of supermarket competition has itself had mixed reviews. Many felt a major opportunity to reset New Zealand’s food system had been missed, others felt the commission’s final report got it about right – and supermarket owners probably breathed a little easier.

The Conversation · Mar 10, 2022