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Jonah Lomu: New Zealand rugby union great dies aged 40
New Zealand rugby union great Jonah Lomu dies aged 40 - he was diagnosed with a serious kidney condition in 1997.
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New Zealand chooses new flag as preliminary winner
New Zealanders pick a blue and black design with the silver fern as the preliminary winner in a referendum on a possible new national flag.
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Air Safety Video
This is how you do it!
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Richard Dawkins stroke forces delay of Australia and New Zealand tour
Richard Dawkins has had a stroke on the eve of his tour of Australia and New Zealand. Management for the 74-year-old author of The God Delusion said he had suffered a “minor stroke” in the UK last Saturday but had already returned home from hospital. The health scare has caused him to postpone his tour, his management said in a message passed on to ticket holders on Friday.
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The $400,000 smalltown job that no one wants
A Tokoroa doctor is struggling to fill a job that offers a young GP the potential to earn an eye-watering $400,000-plus a year - and he will even chuck in half his practice for free - New Zealand Herald
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Till death do us pasta: Weddings legalised for NZ spaghetti church
New Zealanders can now tie the noodle knot in a legally recognised wedding ceremony featuring swords, noodles and pasta.
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New Zealand is debating a plan to give people free money, no strings attached
On Monday, New Zealand's Labor Party leader announced that the country will consider implementing a system known as "basic income."
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New Zealand will find out Thursday whether flag will change
New Zealanders will find out Thursday whether they will keep the British Union Jack on their flag or replace it with a silver fern after more than 2 million people voted in a nationwide ballot. Voters were asked to choose between their current flag, which has been the national symbol since 1902, and a new design that was winnowed from more than 10,000 entries submitted by the public.
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Strange magic: The story behind Auckland’s Temple of Higher Thought
As an icon of Kiwi occultism goes up for sale, Greg Roughan delves into the bizarre history behind Auckland’s Temple of Higher Thought – and its links with Havelock North’s strangest secret. By Greg Roughan.
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Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster conducts its first legal wedding
The Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster holds its first legally recognised marriage, hailing the NZ ceremony a world-first. The first couple to "tie the noodly knot".
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NZ backpackers regret sex on the beach after painful crab incident
A pair of European backpackers were involved in an unusual incident last Wednesday night at Uretiti Beach, close to Waipu in the Northland Region of New Zealand.
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Mortal Fire by Elizabeth Knox
Sixteen-year-old Canny Mochrie's parents go away on a vacation, so they send her off on a trip of her own with her step-brother Sholto and his opinionated girlfriend Susan, who are interviewing the survivors of a strange coal mine disaster and researching local folklore in 1959 Southland, New Zealand. Canny is left to herself to wander in a mysterious and enchanting nearby valley, occupied almost entirely by children who all have the last name Zarene and can perform a special type of magic that
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Scientists discover magma buildup under New Zealand town
Scientists say they've discovered a magma buildup near a New Zealand town that explains a spate of recent earthquakes and could signal the beginnings of a new volcano—although they're not expecting an eruption anytime soon.
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The New Zealand city where cats keep going missing
One owner who set up a Facebook group to search for pet Moses uncovers a peculiar and unsettling trend in suburbs of Timaru
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New Zealand beach bought by crowdfunding is given to public
A pristine beach in New Zealand bought through a crowdfunding campaign has been handed to its new owners - the public. Nearly 40,000 people donated almost NZ$2.3m (£1.3m, $1.7m) to buy the Awaroa beach in the Abel Tasman National Park, on the South Island. Campaigners snubbed a businessman who offered them money in exchange for private access to part of the beach. The seven-hectare site will now be run by a national park. The previous owner, businessman Michael Spackman, agreed to sell the beach after the online crowdfunding campaign reached its target in a little more than three weeks.
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The extradition may be televised: Dotcom wants to livestream trial
Kim Dotcom’s extradition appeal with the New Zealand High Court isn’t far off now, with a planned six weeks set aside for the hearing. Because of international interest in it, Dotcom has requested it be live streamed around the world, but the government wants to stop that and has counter-requested that the court not allow it.
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The Raid
In Bungled Spying Operation, NSA Targeted Pro-Democracy Campaigner. How a middle-aged pro-democracy activist was falsely accused of terrorism and placed on a top-secret NSA surveillance list. By Ryan Gallagher and Nicky Hager.
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Insurance company comes up with greatest theory in history to avoid paying out on burned down house
Stories of insurance companies refusing to pay out have existed for about as long as insurance companies themselves. Yet few can be as surprising, elaborate, or involve as many bizarre details as the case of British expat Christopher Robinson and the fire that destroyed his $1.6 million mansion in New Zealand. Mr Robinson, in his late sixties, moved to a remote part of North Island near Kerikeri with his wife and two children in 2005.
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Glowworms in a cave
Travel bloggers captured incredible video of glowworms—and avoided eels—in New Zealand’s Waitomo Caves.
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The Mega Rich Have Found an Unlikely New Refuge
When being remote becomes an advantage. By Emma O’Brien. (Nov. 2, 2016)
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