New Zealand

New Zealand election early count shows two main parties near deadlocked

With just over a quarter of votes counted, both major parties were polling just under 30%, separated by a few thousand votes, in an election dominated by a struggling economy.

Ballot boxes stand inside a voting place at St Anne’s Anglican Church on the day of the general election in Wellington, New Zealand, November 7, 2026.
Two helicopters in Nepal moments before crashing, November 3, 2026.

Indian national killed, New Zealander injured, after helicopters collide in Mount Everest region

 A man casts his vote in the Israeli general elections, at a polling station in Jerusalem, on November 1, 2022.

First Israeli ballots cast as diplomats vote abroad from New Zealand to New York

Hamam al-Hammami

Flydubai hijacker studied in UK, New Zealand, Australia, countries investigating - report


Rich in iron and vitamin C: What you should know about kiwis

Sweet-tart, stunning in its beauty, and easy to slice - the kiwi. This beloved fruit has numerous health benefits.

 Kiwi

Debates over kiwi dog toy raises animal conservation issues

Conservation groups complained a kiwi dog toy was inappropriate since dogs are the kiwi bird's most dangerous predator.

 A three-week old North Island Brown Kiwi called 'Tuatahi', meaning 'first' in the Maori language, is held by Taronga Zoo's birdkeeper Chris Hibbard September 26.

New Zealand museum that lit up blue and white forced to apologize

Pro-Palestinian activists were ‘very outraged’ about sign of solidarity with terror victims.

  The Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira is one of New Zealand's most important museums and war memorials.

Medical implement was left inside a woman for two years before discovery

The commissioners report found that the hospital had failed in its duty of care and the hospital issued a verbal apology, to be given in writing within three weeks.

 Pregnant woman (illustrative)

Zionism is a model for indigenous people - opinion

Many New Zealanders view Israel through the lens of our own settler colonialist history: the Jews, like the British, are seen as white European colonizers; the Palestinians as the indigenous Māori.

 THE WRITER participates in the ISGAP scholars-in-residence program at Pembroke College, Oxford, last month.

Leading Israeli epidemiologist not worried about new COVID-19 variant

The world's response to the latest pandemic and the social rifts created concern him more.

 Scanning electron microscope image shows SARS-CoV-2, also known as novel coronavirus

South African mother faces life sentence for murder of three daughters in New Zealand

Lauren Anne Dickason killed her two-year-old twins and their six-year-old sister in September 2021, about a month after the family had migrated from South Africa to New Zealand.

 Leah Spies, 7, stands with her mother Chantelle outside where Lauren Anne Dickason, a woman charged with murdering her three young daughters just weeks after arriving in New Zealand from South Africa, used to live, in Pretoria, South Africa, September 24, 2021.

Not very reasonable: Leaving Israel for New Zealand over the reasonableness clause - opinion

Every element of Israel’s proposed reform that the Israel Medical Association finds so odious and dictatorial is present in even greater measure in New Zealand.

 DEMONSTRATORS GATHER on the grounds of New Zealand Parliament in Wellington last year to protest what they consider government encroachment on freedoms.

Two people, shooter dead in shooting in Auckland, New Zealand

Two people were killed and several more were injured in a shooting in Auckland, New Zealand ahead of the Women's World Cup.

 Armed police stand guard outside a building construction site following a shooting in the central business district, in Auckland, New Zealand July 20, 2023.

These countries are most likely to survive nuclear war, asteroid impact

Discover the countries with the highest chances of survival in the face of nuclear war, asteroid impacts, or other catastrophes. Get ready to book your tickets.