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Unusually vivid Southern Lights glow over New Zealand
The Southern Lights, or Aurora Australis, have been particularly vivid this season across New Zealand. Night skies erupting…
Papua New Guinea: Local researchers and Australian professor taken hostage
Several researchers including local academics and an Australian professor have been taken hostage at gunpoint in Papua New…
Cyclone Gabrielle: Three dead after New Zealand declares state of emergency
New Zealand’s prime minister says Cyclone Gabrielle, which for days battered the North Island, is a weather event…
New Zealand pilot taken hostage by separatists in Indonesia
A New Zealand pilot has been taken hostage by separatist fighters in Indonesia’s Papua region who have threatened…
New Zealand flooding: Fears of further damage as new alerts issued
A precautionary state of emergency has been declared in New Zealand’s most northern region as parts of the…
Jacinda Ardern: New Zealand PM quits citing burnout
Jacinda Ardern is quitting as New Zealand prime minister ahead of this year’s election saying she no longer…
Refugees taken in by New Zealand after nine years
A group of refugees from Australia’s offshore processing centre in Nauru has arrived in New Zealand – nine…
New Zealand Instagram couple ‘relieved’ after leaving Iran
A New Zealand couple who went silent after entering Iran almost four months ago say they are “extremely…
New Zealand receives Indigenous remains from Austria
An Austrian museum has returned home the remains of dozens of Indigenous New Zealanders stolen in the 19th…
New Zealand bodies in suitcase: Woman arrested in S Korea over children’s deaths
New Zealand police say a woman in South Korea has been arrested in connection to the murder of…