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Could NZ’s two kākā subspecies actually be remnants of a more diverse species? Here’s why we need to know

As many Wellingtonians will know, kākā can be trouble. New Zealand’s pesky forest parrots have expanded throughout New Zealand’s capital city since they were reintroduced 22 years ago and they are not averse to “modifying” people’s homes to build nests in roof spaces.

The Conversation

Big wet warnings for New Zealand's South Island

A southern city could cop a month's worth of rain across 36 hours, concerning New Zealand authorities and prompting forecasters to issue a rare warning.

AAP

Jasper, garnet, sometimes sapphires: pocketfuls of treasure at Gemstone Beach

At Orepuki, on the remote south coast of New Zealand’s South Island, a bed of riches colour the shoreline, bringing gem hunters from near and far

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Two Buses Carrying Chinese Tourists Crash In New Zealand

Two buses carrying Chinese tourists crash in icy conditions on New Zealand's South Island, resulting in 15 hospitalized passengers. The incident underscore...

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Tourists in hospital after two bus crashes on same road in New Zealand

The buses were traveling in the same direction on a stretch of highway popular with tourists when they slid from the road

The Independent UK

Supermarket concentration benefits stores, not shoppers. It’s time to split Foodstuffs – not make it stronger

The proposed merger of Foodstuffs North Island and Foodstuffs South Island raises the prospect of even less choice for New Zealanders in what is an already heavily concentrated market. But will regulators prevent it from happening?

The Conversation

Bumper rain brings flooding, slips to NZ's South Island

The west coast of New Zealand's South Island is enduring three days of major rainfall which has brought landslips and surface flooding.

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‘Chaos’ in New Zealand as sea lion breeding season overlaps with summer holidays

Animals have been popping up on golf courses and surfing contests in Dunedin as they reestablish a foothold on the South Island

The Guardian - AU

Magnitude 6.0 earthquake shakes NZ South Island

Tens of thousands of New Zealanders have reported feeling an earthquake in the Ashburton Lakes region of South Island.

AAP

High-country shearers carry on ancient craft

Animal welfare is helping keep the age-old practice of blade-shearing merinos alive on South Island sheep stations.

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All The Best Vineyards To Hit On NZ’s South Island If You’re Entering Your Wine Mum Era

Parched az, bro.

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Dawn Aerospace's space plane aces first rocket-powered flights (video)

Dawn Aerospace's Mk-II Aurora space plane flew with a rocket engine for the first time over New Zealand's South Island in March 2023.

Space

Robin Morrison will now celebrate loneliness

The return of the late, great Robin Morrison

Newsroom.co.nz

Fertiliser funding ‘compromises’ university

Greenpeace criticises a South Island university over industry-funded research

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Weather tracker: Auckland hit by wettest January on record

High temperatures allow more moisture to be held in atmosphere, with Westport in South Island recording its hottest day

The Guardian - AU

‘Binge rainfall’ sends New Zealanders’ summer plans down the drain

While rainfall has been below average across the South Island, unusually wet patterns across the north have scuppered post-Christmas holidays

Reuters

New Zealand's southern waters experiencing marine heatwave

Waters around New Zealand’s South Island are as much as 6 degrees Celsius (42.8 degrees Fahrenheit) warmer than normal due to climate change, the weather phenomenon La Nina and a series of high pressure systems, according to scientists.

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Serafina Tane grew up in the Camp David religious cult. This is what it felt like to leave

Serafina Tane was born into a religious cult on New Zealand's South Island. When she left, she discovered a life without religious rules was more complicated than she had imagined.

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Big opportunity, little interest: New Zealand struggles to fill dream job protecting wildlife

The Department of Conservation is looking for a biodiversity supervisor on the wild, remote coast of the South Island, a Unesco world heritage site

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There’s gold under them thar ruins

Australian company Federation Mining is intent on exploiting a potential “jeweller’s shop” of undiscovered gold beneath the site of abandoned South Island workings.

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Iwi extends health care to Pākehā

As mainstream health services struggle to meet demand, a Ngāi Tahu initiative on the South Island’s West Coast is seeing treatment offered to all comers.

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Residents turn backs on sea wall

Government funding for an unwanted barrier on the South Island’s wild West Coast should be spent elsewhere property owners say.

Irish Mirror

Five dead after 'whale overturns small boat' off coast of New Zealand

Five people have died after a boat capsized off the coast of New Zealand - with investigations into whether it was overturned after a collision with a whale. Six people managed to survive the incident, near the South Island region of Kaikoura, on Sa

Bangkok Post

Five killed in NZ boat accident

Five people died in New Zealand on Saturday when a boat carrying 11 capsized off Kaikoura, a coastal town on the South Island, according to police.

Reuters

Five dead after boat capsizes off New Zealand coast - police

Five people died in New Zealand on Saturday when a boat carrying 11 capsized off Kaikoura, a coastal town on South Island, according to police.

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