Geoff Murphy, the film-maker who was a key pioneer in the development of the modern New Zealand film industry, has died aged 80, the New Zealand film commission has confirmed. With hits such as Goodbye Pork Pie and The Quiet Earth, Murphy stood alon...
New Zealand's acting prime minister, Winston Peters, has chided Air New Zealand for supplying 'fake meat' in its in-flight meals. Business class customers flying from LA to Auckland will have the option to order an animal-free burger patty made in a...
“Welcome to our village, wee one,” is how Jacinda Ardern announced the birth of her daughter to New Zealand, and the world. The prime minister posted a photograph of her and partner Clarke Gayford cuddling their first child on her Facebook page late...
Prime minister Jacinda Ardern has gone into hospital to give birth to her first child amid a flurry of excitement in New Zealand. A statement from the prime minister’s office said Ardern and her partner, Clarke Gayford, arrived at Auckland hospital...
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New Zealand police have taken the highly unusual step of issuing a public statement clearing the prime minister Jacinda Ardern’s partner of any wrongdoing after months of malicious rumours about his personal life. Since Ardern took office in October...
New Zealand’s prime minister tells the Guardian how her life has changed and her ambition for a can-do country. She says she appreciates still being able to do ‘normal things’ and says her pregnancy has given her a wider perspective: ‘There’s been a...
The New Zealand Labour government’s refusal to join international collective action against Russia over the nerve agent attack in the UK on former spy Sergei Skripal is perplexing. The 26-nation solidarity coalition expelling Russian diplomats and i...
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