New Zealand

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

New Zealand

Protests greet Tillerson in New Zealand over US climate deal exit

The US Secretary of State was put on the defensive in Wellington over President Trump's decision to pull the US out of the Paris accord.

06/06/2017

Sport

Lions ready to roar

01/06/2017

Sport

101-year-old Indian woman wins 100 metre 'sprint'

At the World Masters Games in Auckland, New Zealand, 101-year-old Man Kaur won the 100 metre race in the 100-years-plus category.

25/04/2017

New Zealand

101-year-old athlete wins 100m gold

101-year-old Indian athlete Man Kaur sprinted to take gold in the 100m at the World Masters Games in Auckland, New Zealand, on Monday April 24.

25/04/2017

New Zealand

New Zealand Cyclone Cook moves off South island

“The worst is over”, meteorologist John Crouch announced as Cyclone Cook moved off New Zealand’s south Island.

14/04/2017

New Zealand

Cyclone Cook hits New Zealand

New Zealand's north island is being hit by Cyclone Cook, which many fear will be the severest storm in generations.

13/04/2017

New Zealand

Tailwind of Cyclone Debbie wreaks havoc in New Zealand

The remnants of Cyclone Debbie moved to New Zealand after pounding the Australian coast

06/04/2017

New Zealand

Oil protester performs Haka outside conference

Greenpeace held a protest outside the New Zealand Petroleum Conference 2017, in New Plymouth.

30/03/2017

Business Series

Apple avoided tax in New Zealand for more than a decade

More light is shed on Apple's labyrinthine tax affairs.

23/03/2017

New Zealand

Uproar in New Zealand after sniffer dog shot

Flights into and out of Auckland Airport are returning to schedule after the runaway animal was shot dead by police on the tarmac.

17/03/2017