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Farmer saves cows trapped on tiny patch of turf after earthquake
Three New Zealand cows were saved Tuesday from an eerie island of grass where they had been stranded after an earthquake obliterated their pasture. The plight of the cattle — two adults and a calf — captured international attention Monday night after footage shot from a helicopter showed them looking bewildered on an outcrop surrounded by mini-cliffs of mud. A geologist told Newshub, which filmed the video, that the cows had likely “surfed” the land as it shifted beneath them.
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30,000 bees rescued from earthquake-ravaged Kaikoura
Military personnel assisting in the wake of last week's monster earthquake have completed their buzziest mission yet, rescuing a Kaikoura man's 30,000 bees. The New Zealand Defence Force have been helping to evacuate people and protect their possessions in the aftermath of last week's magnitude 7.8 quake. About 900 Kaikoura residents have been rescued, and now 30,000 insects can be added to that list.
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Why are there so many Maori in New Zealand's prisons?
We go inside a prison to tell the stories of the Maori men living their lives "behind the wire".
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New Zealand Prime Minister John Key announces surprise resignation, backs Finance Minister
Key said he had no immediate future plans, but told reporters he would stay in parliament long enough to avoid a by-election for his seat
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People Are Freaking Out Over This 'Monstrosity' That Washed Up in New Zealand
New Zealand locals reportedly flocked to Muriwai Beach yesterday, to catch a glimpse of the so-called Muriwai Monster - a sprawling mass that looks exactly like something you’d drag up from the depths of the ocean.
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Saving New Zealand's murder capital: 'We don't want to be defined by death'
Ringed by golden beaches and temperate Pacific seas, Kaitaia is unconscionably pretty, dotted with flaming red pohutukawa trees and blessed by year-round blue skies. The town of 5,000 people on the northern tip of New Zealand’s North Island should be known as a holiday resort, but instead it has been dubbed the murder capital of New Zealand after four homicides and six suicides in a single year.
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New Zealand father and daughter found in Australia after month at sea
A New Zealand man and his six-year old daughter missing at sea for more than a month have landed in Australia after sailing their small, damaged yacht across the treacherous 2,000 km (1,241.7 miles) Tasman Sea. Alan Langdon, 46, and his daughter Que had planned a short journey from Kawhia to the Bay of Islands on New Zealand's east coast, but after a storm damaged the yacht's rudder they found themselves drifting out to sea.
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New Zealand to ban plastic microbeads by July 2018
New Zealand plans to ban cosmetic products containing tiny plastic particles known as microbeads from July next year because of the risk they pose to aquatic and marine environments.
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New Zealand and Denmark deemed the 'least corrupt' countries in the world
New Zealand has regained its top spot in a global watchdog's rundown of the most corruption-free countries in the world. Transparency International, a Berlin-based anti-corruption organisation, uses World Bank data, the World Economic Forum and other institutions to rank 176 countries by perceived levels of corruption. New Zealand and Denmark were jointly ranked as the two least corrupt nations but the watchdog warned about the rise of populism risking greater corruption around the world.
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650 whales stranded on New Zealand coast
A new pod of 240 whales swam aground at a remote New Zealand beach on Saturday just hours after weary volunteers managed to refloat a different group of whales following an earlier mass stranding. In total, more than 650 pilot whales have beached themselves along a 5 kilometer (3 mile) stretch of coastline over two days on Farewell Spit at the tip of the South Island. About 335 of the whales are dead, 220 remain stranded, and 100 are back at sea.
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Hundreds of stranded New Zealand whales swim free
New Zealand conservation authorities said 240 pilot whales that were stranded overnight at a remote bay which only days earlier had a larger beaching refloated themselves on Sunday and were swimming offshore “We had 240 whales strand yesterday in the afternoon and we were fearful we were going to end up with 240 dead whales this morning,” Herb Christophers, a Department of Conservation spokesman said.
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New Zealanders race to rescue stranded whales-Pictures
A dead pilot whale lies on a sandbank after one of the country's largest recorded mass whale strandings, in Golden Bay, at the top of New Zealand's South Island. REUTERS/Anthony Phelps
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Earth Has a New Continent Called 'Zealandia', Study Reveals
Kids are frequently taught that seven continents exist: Africa, Asia, Antarctica, Australia, Europe, North America, and South America.
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Where's Gandalf? Photographer snaps wizard at New Zealand beauty spots
Indian amateur photographer Akhil Suhas gains thousands of Instagram followers with his quirky holiday project
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NZ court rules Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom can be extradited to U.S. for alleged fraud
A New Zealand court ruled on Monday that internet entrepreneur Kim Dotcom could be extradited to the United States to face charges relating to his Megaupload website, which was shutdown in 2012 following an FBI-ordered raid on his Auckland mansion. "I'm no longer getting extradited for copyright. We won on that. I'm now getting extradited for a law that doesn't even apply,"
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Kim Dotcom seeks damages as prosecutors acted in ‘illegal’ way after extradition ruling, lawyer says
Kim Dotcom's legal team said the rest of the charges against him should be dropped.
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Uproar as bomb-detection dog Grizz shot dead at Auckland airport
Grizz shot dead by police after escaping to airfield at 4am, delaying flights as pilots refused to take off while he was loose
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Runaway bomb-detecting dog shot, killed at New Zealand airport
The shooting of a trainee bomb-detecting puppy at the Auckland, New Zealand, airport provoked surprise and outage Friday. Animal rights activists and other dog lovers condemned the actions of police after Grizz, a 10-month-old border collie and German shorthair pointer cross, was shot and killed Thursday morning when he escaped his handler, Noel Thorburn, and roamed airport runways for three hours. Sixteen flights were delayed Friday as airport employees attempted to capture him.
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US diplomat ejected from New Zealand after police fail to get immunity waived
Attache in US embassy in Wellington is wanted for questioning over incident in which he suffered a broken nose
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Oil drilling in Maui dolphin habitat threatens species
There are fears a decision to allow oil drilling off the Taranaki coast could spell disaster for New Zealand's rare Māui dolphins. Thirty-five percent of the dolphins' habitat is to be opened up to exploration, and Green Party MP Gareth Hughes says it's a reckless move. "We're talking about more than 2000km squared. We know that the seismic surveys, the oil rigs, the risk of oil spills could be catastrophic for the species.
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