New Zealand

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Harry and Meghan partake in NZ welly wanging competition

Prince Harry and Meghan are on a 16-day trip and they are now in New Zealand. The pair took part in a welly-wanging contest near Auckland.

30/10/2018

New Zealand

Meghan beats Harry in New Zealand 'welly-wanging' competition

Meghan beats Harry in New Zealand 'welly-wanging' competition

30/10/2018

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Harry and Meghan receive traditional Maori welcome in New Zealand

Britain's Duke and Duchess of Sussex on Sunday arrived in New Zealand, the final stop on their 16-day tour of the South Pacific.

28/10/2018

New Zealand

Watch: Harry and Meghan get traditional Maori greeting in New Zealand

At an official welcome ceremony at the Government House in Wellington, the couple observed a traditional ‘haka’ war dance, and rubbed noses with Maori elders in a greeting known as a ‘hongi’.

28/10/2018

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New Zealand seal slaps canoeist with octopus

An incredible moment was caught on camera thanks to a canoer's GoPro camera in Kaikoura, New Zealand when a seal slapped a canoer with an octopus on Saturday (September 22).

27/09/2018

New Zealand

Watch: Seal slaps kayaker's face with octopus in New Zealand

In the footage, the seal can be seen launching itself out of the water wielding an octopus in its mouth and striking the unsuspecting kayaker across the face.

27/09/2018

New Zealand

New Zealand PM brings her baby to UN general assembly

Jacinda Ardern brought her 3-month-old baby, Neve, to the UN general assembly, a showcase of her balancing act.

25/09/2018

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Watch: Aurora lights up skies above New Zealand

Shades of blue and green were captured on camera shimmering across the sky on Sunday.

27/08/2018

New Zealand

NZ company says four-day work week trial a success

A New Zealand company which trialled a four-day work week said the experiment was a success with staff registering a big bump in work-life balance while productivity remained level.

19/07/2018

New Zealand

New Zealand PM gives birth to baby girl

Jacinda Ardern in only the second elected leader in recent times to give birth while in office

21/06/2018

New Zealand

Fighting the spread of microplastics

Sailors competing in the Volvo round-the-world yacht race have been collecting water samples as part of a program to measure the spread of microplastics.

21/05/2018

New Zealand

New Zealand PM kicks off cheeky campaign to get country on the map

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern features in a viral video campaigning against New Zealand being left off world maps by thoughtless coffee chains, retailers and even sports teams.

04/05/2018

New Zealand

Giant sinkhole opens up in New Zealand

Sinkholes are caused by water dissolving limestone below the surface of the earth

04/05/2018

New Zealand

Robots and racism: We discriminate against 'darker-coloured' humanoids

Humans have similar automatic biases towards 'darker-coloured' robots as they do toward 'people with a darker skin colour', according to new research from the University of Canterbury.

11/03/2018

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Former Cyclone Gita hits New Zealand, bringing floods and high winds

A state of emergency has been declared in seven districts as winds gust at up to 150 kilometres per hour.

20/02/2018

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Storm Damage in New Zealand

Huge waves crashed into the shores of Nelson in New Zealand, as a downgraded cyclone left behind debris and destruction

02/02/2018

New Zealand

New Zealand Primie Minister Jacinda Ardern announces she's pregnant

The last time a leader gave birth in office was Pakistan's prime minister Benazir Bhutto in 1990 and now it's Jacinda Ardern's turn.

19/01/2018

New Zealand

New Zealand PM announces pregnancy

The popular Jacinda Ardern found out she was pregnant just days before taking office. She plans to take just six weeks of maternity leave when the baby arrives in June, saying that she had to acknowledge that her job was different from other roles.

19/01/2018

New Zealand

Feline sad: internauts mourn death of prime minister’s cat

Jacinda Ardern's ginger moggy was hit by a car.

08/11/2017

New Zealand

Jacinda Ardern sworn in as new PM of New Zealand

New Zealand swears in Jacinda Ardern.

26/10/2017

World

Try and you shall succeed: New Zealand rugby players on winning the Princess of Asturias Award for Sport

Former members of the world's most-feared international rugby squad speak with Euronews about cups, competitions and concussions after receiving the Princess of Asturias Award for Sports 2017.

24/10/2017

New Zealand

Jacinda Ardern is to be the New Zealand prime minister

After an inconclusive result in the New Zealand elections, New Zealand First leader Winston Peters held the power

19/10/2017

New Zealand

'Chipocalypse' now as New Zealanders face up to a crisp crisis

A winter of unprecedented rainfall has devastated the country's potato crop

17/10/2017

New Zealand

Watch: Endangered young albatross takes to the skies for the first time

28/09/2017

New Zealand

Flagging Labour in New Zealand chooses youngest-ever leader weeks ahead of election

Badly trailing in the polls two months ahead of a general election, New Zealand's Labour party hopes its new, youngest-ever leader will revive its fortunes

01/08/2017

Sport

Lions to face All Blacks in Auckland

The British and Irish Lions warm up for Saturday's showdown with the All Black's at Eden Park

23/06/2017