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The zoo in Miami allowed people handle the bird (stock image)

Miami zoo ruffles feathers in NZ over kiwi scheme

The Prime Minister of New Zealand has joined a chorus of Kiwis complaining about the treatment of their national bird by a Miami zoo.

US • 24 May 23

Firefighters inspect the hostel in Wellington

Man charged with arson over New Zealand hostel fire

Police in New Zealand have charged a man with arson over a hostel fire that killed at least six people in Wellington - the country's capital - earlier this week.

World • 18 May 23

Firefighters found six bodies inside the smouldering building in Wellington

New Zealand police say arson suspected in hostel blaze

New Zealand police have said that a Wellington hostel blaze that killed at least six people was "suspicious", revealing there was a separate couch fire two hours earlier inside the building.

World • 17 May 23

Police said the cause of the fire is yet to be explained

Six dead, 11 missing after hostel fire in New Zealand

A fire at a hostel in New Zealand has killed at least six people and officials said they believe the toll could rise with 11 people still missing.

World • 16 May 23

The Department of Conservation estimates there are only around 70,000 wild kiwi left in New Zealand

New Zealand fights to save its flightless national bird

New Zealand's treasured kiwi birds are shuffling around Wellington's verdant hills for the first time in a century, after a drive to eliminate invasive predators from the capital's surrounds.

World • 29 Apr 23

A visitor to the zoo named Jemma took a video as the man entered the moat

Rhinos 'startled' as man bathes in moat at NZ zoo

A man was arrested at a New Zealand zoo after he broke into an enclosure and took a leisurely bath in a moat next to "startled" rhinos and antelopes.

World • 19 Apr 23

Outgoing New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern gives a speech in parliament in Wellington

Ardern bows out of politics after speech to parliament

Former New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has bowed out of parliament, making an impassioned plea during her tearful final speech to "please take the politics out of climate change".

New Zealand • 05 Apr 23

Former New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern in Whanganui, New Zealand, in January

Ex-New Zealand PM Ardern to tackle online extremism

Former New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern will help tackle violent extremism online and will also be on the board of an environmental prize set up by Britain's Prince William as she looks ahead to a life after politics.

World • 04 Apr 23

More than 6,000 people were missing in the immediate aftermath of the storm

8 people still missing after New Zealand cyclone

New Zealand police are searching for eight people still missing after Cyclone Gabrielle struck two weeks ago, amid warnings of more severe weather for the nation's North Island.

World • 26 Feb 23

People look at the remains of the Puketapu Bridge that washed away during Cyclone Gabrielle near Napier

New Zealand cyclone death toll rises to seven

New Zealand redeployed gunships and helicopters to deliver water, food and fuel to cities cut off by Cyclone Gabrielle, as overwhelmed rescue teams embraced overseas offers of help.

World • 16 Feb 23

A house in Auckland was flattened by a landslide during the cyclone

New Zealand cyclone kills five, displaces 9,000

Recovery efforts continued in New Zealand on Thursday after Cyclone Gabrielle caused havoc across the North Island leaving at least five people dead, displacing 9,000 and causing significant damage.

World • 15 Feb 23

Flooding caused by Cyclone Gabrielle in Awatoto, near the city of Napier

New Zealand emergency as Cyclone Gabrielle wreaks havoc

New Zealand has declared a national state of emergency for only the third time in its history as Cyclone Gabrielle caused widespread flooding, landslides and huge ocean swells, forcing evacuations and stranding people on roof tops.

World • 14 Feb 23

People out looking at the effects of Cyclone Gabrielle at Mathesons Bay Beach in Auckland, New Zealand

National state of emergency as cyclone hits New Zealand

The New Zealand government has declared a national state of emergency after tropical storm, Cyclone Gabrielle lashed the North Island.

World • 13 Feb 23

Auckland residents carry sandbags as they prepare for severe weather

New Zealand braces for ex-cyclone Gabrielle

Residents of New Zealand's biggest city have been urged to prepare for the impact of a storm that buffeted Australia's Norfolk Island overnight.

New Zealand • 12 Feb 23

The cocaine was found floating in the Pacific Ocean

Police seize enough cocaine to 'supply NZ for 30 years'

Police in New Zealand have said they have completed a seizure of enough cocaine to supply the country for 30 years, after finding a massive bundle of drugs floating in the Pacific Ocean.

World • 08 Feb 23

Flood waters continue to block roads in Auckland

New Zealand counts cost of floods as more rain forecast

Flood-ravaged Auckland is forecast to receive further heavy rain in the coming days, authorities in New Zealand have said, as insurers counted the costs of what looks likely to be the country's most expensive weather event ever.

World • 30 Jan 23

Parts of Auckland were hit by landslides during the adverse weather

New Zealand hit by flash floods, landslides

New Zealand's death toll from heavy rain rose to four as flash floods and landslides on the north island continued for a third day.

World • 29 Jan 23

A digger is submerged in a flooded construction site at the Wynyard Quarter in Auckland

Three dead after record rain in New Zealand

Record levels of torrential rain in Auckland have left three dead with a fourth person missing, New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins said after flooding devastated the country's largest city.

World • 28 Jan 23

Chris Hipkins held his first cabinet meeting as New Zealand Prime Minister

Chris Hipkins replaces Ardern as New Zealand PM

The leader of New Zealand's Labour party, Chris Hipkins was sworn in as his country's new Prime Minister in a formal ceremony, following the resignation of outgoing Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern last week.

World • 25 Jan 23

Jacinda Ardern speaking during Rātana Celebrations in Whanganui

Ardern makes last public bow as New Zealand PM

New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern said she was grateful for her time in office, insisting that a sustained barrage of online abuse was not the reason for her shock resignation.

World • 24 Jan 23

Chris Hipkins told reporters he was feeling 'energised and enthusiastic'

Hipkins vows to win election as next New Zealand PM

New Zealand's incoming prime minister Chris Hipkins vowed to "get things done" and win a looming October general election after being chosen as his party's only candidate to replace Jacinda Ardern.

Chris Hipkins • 21 Jan 23

Jacinda Ardern's leadership was marked by unprecedented events for the island nation

NZ's Ardern leaves legacy of kindness, disappointments

In her five years as prime minister of New Zealand, Jacinda Arden has become a global icon for left-leaning politics and women in leadership, even as she struggled at home with the economy and Covid-19 restrictions.

World • 19 Jan 23

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announces her resignation at the War Memorial Centre in Napier

'No more in the tank': New Zealand PM to stand down

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is to resign next month, telling members of her Labour Party that she does not "have enough in the tank for another four years".

World • 19 Jan 23

, New Zealand is further tightening anti-smoking laws as part of a government push to make the country 'smokefree' by 2025

New Zealand bans future generations from buying tobacco

Future generations of New Zealanders will be banned from purchasing tobacco as part of a package of new anti-smoking laws that has passed parliament and are among the strictest in the world.

World • 13 Dec 22

Jacinda Ardern apologised to David Seymour for her remarks in parliament

Ardern apologises for swearing at New Zealand rival

New Zealand's Jacinda Ardern apologised for calling a political rival an "arrogant p****" in parliament, as the prime minister faces a drop in public support.

World • 13 Dec 22