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New Zealand parliamentary committee recommends suspension of three indigenous politicians
A New Zealand government committee on Wednesday recommended three Indigenous lawmakers be temporarily suspended from ...
Māori lawmakers who performed a protest haka receive temporary bans from New Zealand’s Parliament
Three New Zealand lawmakers from Te Pāti Māori, the Māori Party, will receive temporary bans from Parliament and severe ...
New Zealand's unofficial fruit is the feijoa, not the kiwi. And part of the fun is in giving it away
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — The unofficial national fruit of New Zealand isn’t native to the country – it’s South American ...
A giant sculpture of Gandalf riding an eagle departs Wellington airport for good
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — For more than a decade, passengers at New Zealand ’s Wellington Airport have boarded flights ...
Wild weather in New Zealand disrupts flights, shutters schools
Schools were closed and flights cancelled as New Zealand's capital Wellington was hit by its strongest winds in over a decade ...
Why Wrexham will head to Australia and New Zealand rather than the U.S. in pre-season
Wrexham will head Down Under for the first time as the club owned by Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney prepares for life in ...
Revealed: The new location of Homegrown music festival
Wellington’s favourite waterfront festival will be welcomed to Waikato in 2026, with Jim Beam Homegrown organisers announcing ...
New Zealand hit by destructive winds, heavy rain and snow and high waves
Swathes of New Zealand were under severe weather warnings Thursday with heavy downpours prompting a state of emergency for ...
Yes, New Zealand still has more sheep than people. But humans are catching up
New Zealand is still one of a few countries in the world where sheep outnumber people. WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — The ...
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Yes, New Zealand still has more sheep than people. But humans are catching up
WELLINGTON, New Zealand — The vast number of sheep in New Zealand relative to the country’s scant human population has long been the subject of jokes aimed at New Zealanders abroad.