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New Zealand to ban most single-use plastics by 2025
New Zealanders will be farewelling their plastics – bags, ear buds, spoons and straws – as the government attempts to match the country’s reality to its “clean green” reputation. Currently one of the top 10 per-capita producers of landfill waste in the world, New Zealand has announced it will ban a swathe of single-use plastics, including cotton buds, bags, cutlery, plates and bowls, straws and fruit labels.
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New Zealand awards Amazon extra $116 mln subsidy for 'Lord of the Rings' TV series
New Zealand said on Friday it has agreed to give Amazon (AMZN.O) extra rebates on its expenses for the filming of "The Lord of the Rings" TV series in the country, hoping to reap multi-year economic and tourism benefits.
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This News Publisher Quit Facebook. Readership Went Up
Many media outlets feel they need to be on Facebook to reach people. So why did New Zealand's biggest news publisher decide to go it alone?
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New Zealand raises minimum wage and increases taxes on the rich
New Zealand is raising its minimum wage to $20 an hour and increasing the top tax rate for the country’s highest earners to 39%. The changes will be rolled out on Thursday, alongside small increases to unemployment and sickness benefits. The government estimates the minimum wage increase – a rise of $1.14 per hour – will affect up to 175,500 workers, and increase wages across the economy by $216m.
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New Zealand approves paid leave after miscarriages
New Zealand's parliament voted unanimously on Wednesday to allow mothers and their partners three days of paid bereavement leave after a miscarriage or stillbirth. While employers in the country were already required to provide paid leave in the event of stillbirth, there was some confusion surrounding the qualifications. The groundbreaking new bill removes any ambiguity, extending benefits to anyone who loses a pregnancy at any point.
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Behind New Zealand's '100% pure' image lies a toxic truth
New Zealand's dramatic and pristine landscape has been a magnet for tourists and Hollywood directors. But the country is facing a growing pollution crisis.
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Albatross faceplants to fame on New Zealand livestream
Miscalculated landing ends in undignified scrambling to get back on its feet in front of chick – and cameras
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New Zealand earthquakes: Tsunami warnings raised after series of quakes
Hundreds of people are evacuating coastal areas after a series of quakes shook the region.
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'Seen all this before': Tourism NZ says ditch influencer shots for something new
No more lavender fields or mountain tops please, urges agency in effort to stop people ‘travelling under the social influence’
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The viral ‘Wellerman’ sea shanty is also a window into the remarkable cross-cultural whaling history of Aotearoa New Zealand
The whaling story behind 'Soon May the Wellerman Come' reminds us of the crucial connections between Māori and Europeans that shaped early 19th century settlement.
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Scores of pilot whales dead in New Zealand stranding
Almost 100 pilot whales have died in a mass stranding on New Zealand's remote Chatham Islands, conservation officials said Wednesday. Most of the marine mammals beached themselves over the weekend but rescue efforts were hampered by the area's isolated location, about 800 kilometres (500 miles) east of the South Island, the Department of Conservation (DOC) said.
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Beyond the All Blacks — the power and meaning of haka in New Zealand today
Growing up, I thought haka was just for the boys. I thought it was just Ka Mate, the warrior dance used by the All Blacks. But after the Christchurch attacks, I saw it in a new light, and went searching for its meaning in New Zealand today.
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'No predators, plenty to eat': New Zealand struggles with plague of peacocks
A bird renowned around the world for its beauty has showed its ugly side by causing havoc on farms in New Zealand; eating crops, evading control efforts and driving landowners to distraction. The jade and green peafowl, commonly known as the peacock, has become naturalised in New Zealand after what New Zealand Birds Online calls “benign neglect of birds kept for display”.
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New Zealanders rank climate change above Covid this election
Guardian readers place concern about the environment far above the coronavirus pandemic, which has dominated headlines in 2020. One month out from New Zealand’s general election and the major parties are on the campaign trail, donning high-vis jackets and face masks to visit factories, small businesses and schools around the country.
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Kim Dotcom Predicts NZ Supreme Court Will Rule in Favor of Extradition * TorrentFreak
Kim Dotcom is predicting that the New Zealand Supreme Court will decide in favor of extraditing him to the United States. The Megaupload founder says that he has faith in at least one judge on the panel, claiming that she knows the "U.S. govt is a rogue operator" and "knows what her fellow Judges are doing and why."
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New Zealand delays election over coronavirus fears
Jacinda Ardern has postponed September's election until October following new coronavirus cases.
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This New Zealand city has an official wizard. He even gets paid
In Christchurch, New Zealand, seeing a wizard isn't completely out of the ordinary. For decades, the city has had an official wizard.
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How climate change made the melting of New Zealand's glaciers 10 times more likely
Glaciers around the world are melting — and for the first time, we can now directly attribute annual ice loss to climate change. We analysed two years in which glaciers in New Zealand melted the most in at least four decades: 2011 and 2018. Both years were characterised by warmer than average temperatures of the air and the surface of the ocean, especially during summer.
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The parrots that understand probabilities
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Parents of newborns get four more weeks of paid parental leave in NZ, starting today
The paid parental leave scheme in New Zealand is extending from 22 weeks to 26 weeks, taking New Zealand up to a full six months of leave for new parents. The maximum weekly payment is also increasing by $20 per week.
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