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Protesters say Taranaki's Mt Messenger bypass will damage wetlands and biodiversity
Three diggers were airlifted to the remote area to allow work to start on the northern anchor point of a cableway. Waka Kotahi Transport Agency said the bypass will provide a safer, more resilient route between Taranaki and Waikato while enhancing biodiversity.
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New Zealand’s once all-powerful farmers split amid anger over Ardern climate policy
Emerging schism threatens to undermine traditional influence and, in a worse-case scenario, see ‘massive radicalisation’ of rural areas
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New Zealand to help pay for cleaner cars to reduce emissions
New Zealand’s government said Monday it will help pay for lower-income families to scrap their old gas guzzlers and replace them with cleaner hybrid or electric cars as part of a sweeping plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
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Sea levels rising twice as fast as thought in New Zealand
Explosive new data shows the sea level is rising twice as fast as previously thought in some parts of Aotearoa, massively reducing the amount of time authorities have to respond.
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The e-bike revolution that's transforming New Zealand's small communities
There's a lot of talk about Grey Power - but when you harness that with electric power, you have the ability to transform communities off the beaten track. Trish Dunn is retired and hadn't been out on two wheels since she was 18. She didn't dream of biking until the e-bike revolution.
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‘Lots of happy tears’: joy as New Zealand opens border after two years of isolation
Tears, hugs, laughter and the shouts of children echoed through the arrivals halls of New Zealand, as the country opened its borders and lifted isolation requirements. “I’ve been waiting six months for this moment,” says Steve, 72, who was waiting for his fiancee, Karin, to arrive from Australia. “I’m over the moon,” he said. “I feel a bit shaky.”
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NZ protesters stand strong in face of Baby Shark
Authorities in New Zealand upped the ante on Sunday as they tried to disperse protesters from outside the country's parliament.
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‘Bionic’ pacemaker reverses heart failure - The University of Auckland
A revolutionary pacemaker that re-establishes the heart’s naturally irregular beat is set to be trialled in New Zealand heart patients this year.
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Ukraine might be far away, but a security crisis in Europe can still threaten Aotearoa New Zealand
New Zealand’s geographical distance will be no defence against the consequences of a protracted crisis. So why has there been so little discussion about the threats?
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New Zealand to ban cigarettes for future generations
New Zealand will ban the sale of tobacco to its next generation, in a bid to eventually phase out smoking. Anyone born after 2008 will not be able to buy cigarettes or tobacco products in their lifetime, under a law expected to be enacted next year. "We want to make sure young people never start smoking," Health Minister Dr Ayesha Verall said.
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NZ Government to ban tobacco sales to young people for their lifetime in first-ever 'smokefree generation'
People aged 14 and under will never be able to legally purchase tobacco in their lives when a new law takes effect.
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Government to push for international ban of autonomous weapons, or killer robots
Mass-produced killer robots in the battlefield will lower the threshold for war, disarmament minister says.
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Hastings party company makes impression on social media with giant phallus bouncy castle
Leave the kids at home - this bouncy castle is for the adults.
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Rare Antarctic penguin accidentally travels 3,000km to New Zealand
Pingu the penguin was spotted by a local resident who thought he was a "soft toy" at first.
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Doug the ugly New Zealand potato could be world's biggest
Colin and Donna Craig-Brown were weeding their garden in New Zealand when Colin’s hoe struck something huge just beneath the soil’s surface. As the couple knelt down and began digging around the object, Colin wondered if it was some kind of strange fungal growth, a giant puffball. After Colin pried it out with his garden fork, he scratched away a bit of the skin and tasted it.
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New Zealand council ends contract with wizard after two decades of service
The official Wizard of New Zealand, perhaps the only state-appointed wizard in the world, has been cast from the public payroll, spelling the end to a 23-year legacy. The Wizard, whose real name is Ian Brackenbury Channell, 88, had been contracted to Christchurch city council for the past two decades to promote the city through “acts of wizardry and other wizard-like services”, at a cost of $16,000 a year. He has been paid a total of $368,000.
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New Zealand drops ‘Covid zero’ goal after outbreak
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern admitted Monday that New Zealand’s widely praised “Covid zero” strategy had failed to halt a stubborn outbreak in Auckland and said a new approach wa…
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New Zealand Scientists Want To Regulate Cats After One Regurgitated 28 Lizards - Reptiles Magazine
It is estimated that there are 2.5 million feral cats in New Zealand.
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New Giant Penguin Species Unearthed in New Zealand
Kairuku waewaeroa roamed Earth during the Oligocene epoch, between 27 and 35 million years ago. “The penguin is similar to the Kairuku giant penguins first described from Otago but has much longer legs,” said Dr. Daniel Thomas, a senior lecturer in zoology in the School of Natural and Computational Sciences at Massey University.
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New Zealand introduces bill to outlaw LGBT conversion therapy
New Zealand introduced on Friday legislation that proposes up to five years in prison for practices intended to change a person's sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression, known as LGBT conversion therapy.
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