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NZ emerges as guinea pig for tech firms

2013-06-19 09:35

New Zealand offers a tech-savvy, English-speaking population where firms can test new products without risking major fallout if anything goes wrong.

Briton survives 15-floor plunge

2013-06-17 10:55

A British man who survived a fall from a 15th-storey apartment balcony in New Zealand is "extraordinarily" lucky to be alive.

Google launches internet-beaming balloons

2013-06-15 09:30

Google has launched the first of thousands of internet-beaming balloons which it hopes will bridge the gaping digital divide between the world's 4.8 billion unwired people and their 2.2 billion plugged-in counterparts.

Seatbelts could have prevented deaths

2013-06-12 10:01

Three Boston University students who were killed last year in New Zealand when their minivan rolled might have survived if they were wearing seatbelts, police say.

Hobbits draw tourists to New Zealand

2013-06-10 16:19

Hobbits, elves and dragons appear to be luring tourists to New Zealand as fans await their first glimpse of the second movie in The Hobbit trilogy.

New Zealand minister resigns after leak

2013-06-07 14:01

A New Zealand politician suspected of leaking a report on the country's spy agency has stepped down from his ministerial duties.

Bag-stealing lady caught with pants down

2013-05-23 13:01

An alleged shoplifter provoked laughter when her trousers fell down while she was being chased by a shop assistant, says a report.

Kiwi rush as gay Australians flock to wed

2013-05-08 12:02

About 1 000 same-sex Australian couples have indicated that they plan to travel to New Zealand to marry in a recent survey conducted by a lobby group.

'Big gay rainbow' speech goes viral

2013-04-19 13:04

A New Zealand politician whose humorous speech to parliament backing gay marriage has become an internet hit says he has been staggered at the response to his words.

No change on gay marriage stance: Gillard

2013-04-18 10:35

Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard has vowed not to alter her stance on same-sex marriage despite New Zealand giving it the go-ahead.

New Zealand legalises gay marriage

2013-04-17 15:01

New Zealand has become the first Asia-Pacific country to legalise same-sex marriage after a decades-long campaign, a historic decision celebrated with parties across the gay community.

New Zealand set to legalise gay marriage

2013-04-16 11:06

New Zealand is poised to legalise same-sex marriage in a parliamentary vote that gay rights advocates say will represent a milestone in the struggle for equality.

Bodies of American exec, wife recovered

2013-04-08 09:05

New Zealand navy divers have recovered the bodies of an American wireless executive and his wife after the plane he was piloting crashed in the South Pacific.

Hunter shoots himself during bunny hunt

2013-03-30 11:30

New Zealand's Great Easter Bunny Hunt, an annual cull of rabbits on the South Island, has nearly claimed a human life when one hunter accidentally shot himself.

New Zealand upset by 'misleading' Argo

2013-03-25 15:38

New Zealand has joined other countries, including Iran and Canada, left offended by Ben Affleck's Argo, a fictionalised account of how six Americans were smuggled out of Iran.

German rescued from New Zealand glacier

2013-03-08 12:01

A German woman who fell down a crevasse and broke two limbs while climbing a remote New Zealand glacier has been rescued, police say.

New Zealand man killed in shark attack

2013-02-27 07:46

A New Zealand man has been killed in a shark attack at a beach near Auckland, ambulance officers say.

N Zealand plans logo-free cigarette packs

2013-02-19 11:04

New Zealand has planned to make tobacco companies remove their logos from cigarette packs but will wait until a challenge to a similar Australian law is resolved.

Lawmaker apologises over Muslim rant

2013-02-13 15:02

A New Zealand politician has offered a qualified apology for saying young Muslim men were a terrorist threat who should be banned from flying on Western airlines.

Coroner sounds Coca-Cola health alarm

2013-02-12 13:07

Coca-Cola has been urged to put health warnings on its caffeinated products following the death of a woman in 2010 who consumed huge amounts of the soft drink.

No survivors in plane crash in Antarctica

2013-01-26 12:00

Search helicopters have found the wreckage of a small plane that crashed in Antarctica carrying three Canadians.

Internet tycoon launches new site

2013-01-20 13:46

Indicted Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom has launched a new file-sharing website, promising users amped-up privacy levels in a defiant move against the US prosecutors who accuse him of facilitating massive online piracy.

Anti-whaling nations warn against violence

2012-12-21 11:10

Anti-whaling nations have urged environmental activists not to take any action endangering human life as Japan’s fleet prepared to set sail for its controversial annual hunt.

Freak tornado hits New Zealand city

2012-12-06 12:00

A freak storm described by police as a tornado has hit New Zealand's largest city Auckland causing "utter devastation", with reports of three people having been killed in ferocious winds.

NZ must probe Hobbit abuse - PETA

2012-11-27 10:13

The animal rights group PETA has called on New Zealand's government to probe what it said was the death of horses, chickens and other animal extras on the set of The Hobbit movies.

 

I'm an idiot, Briton admits after NZ plunge

2013-06-18 09:10

A British man who miraculously survived a fall from a 15th-story balcony in New Zealand while drunkenly trying to break into his apartment has labelled himself an "idiot".

Boy, 11, fathers child with woman, 36

2013-06-15 16:04
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An 11-year-old New Zealand boy has been reported to have fathered a child with the 36-year-old mother of a school friend, raising questions on why women cannot be charged with rape in the country.

NZ to allow mass detention of 'boat people'

2013-06-14 14:07

New Zealand's parliament has passed legislation allowing it to detain groups of more than 30 asylum seekers for up to six months.

Workers win jobs back after 'Harlem Shake'

2013-06-11 11:02

Two workers at a New Zealand dairy company who were fired for doing the "Harlem Shake" dance at work will get their jobs back, the Employment Relations Authority has ruled.

Pressure on New Zealand to save dolphin

2013-06-10 08:30

New Zealand is facing pressure to save the world's rarest dolphin at an international scientific meeting.

New Zealander, 105, still driving

2013-06-05 11:00

Bob Edwards was born before the first Model T rolled out of Henry Ford's factory in Detroit. He learned to drive in a French car that had a lever instead of a steering wheel. And he's still on the road.

New Zealand MP resigns over drunken row

2013-05-13 12:01

New Zealand Prime Minister John Key has welcomed the resignation of a government politician who came under fire for drunkenly abusing a waiter during a night out.

New Zealand: Hikers found after 10 days

2013-04-22 14:01

New Zealand police have found a group of hikers from the United States and Finland who had been lost for 10 days in a rugged South Island nature reserve.

New Zealand mine company found guilty

2013-04-18 12:18

A New Zealand mining company that owned a colliery where 29 men died in a 2010 gas explosion has been found guilty of safety breaches that led to the fatal blast.

New Zealand approves gay-marriage bill

2013-04-17 17:51

Hundreds of jubilant gay-rights advocates have celebrated at New Zealand's Parliament as the country became the 13th in the world to legalise same-sex marriage.

Gay marriage: New Zealand ready to party

2013-04-17 10:05

New Zealand's gay community is gearing up to celebrate the country becoming the first in the Asia-Pacific to legalise same-sex marriage after a decades-long campaign for equality.

New Zealand agency accused of spying

2013-04-09 15:01

New Zealand's Government Communications Security Bureau may have illegally spied on scores of people, according to a leaked review of the agency.

Cellphone boss dies in plane crash

2013-03-31 07:55

The chief executive of New Zealand cellphone company 2degrees, Eric Hertz, and his wife, Kathy, are believed to have died in a light plane crash off the North Island's west coast.

Hands off, Hollywood!

2013-03-26 14:34

South Africans are, much to their annoyance I'm sure, discovering that they're very much like their frenemies over in New Zealand.

N Zealand bans students from prostitution

2013-03-25 09:03

International students studying in New Zealand, where prostitution is legal, have been told they are to be barred from working in the sex trade.

Lifeguards look for N Zealand killer shark

2013-02-28 12:11

Lifeguards have been on the lookout for a shark that killed a man off a crowded beach near New Zealand's largest city.

Happy Feet jnr remains in intensive care

2013-02-21 15:47

The penguin dubbed Happy Feet jnr, which was found in New Zealand, remains in a critical condition and suffers from kidney failure, staff at the Wellington Zoo say.

Earthquake strikes New Zealand

2013-02-16 09:32

A 6.0 magnitude earthquake struck off the North Island of New Zealand, the US Geological Survey has reported, but there were no reports of any damage.

DNA of NZ girl not Madeleine McCann

2013-02-13 10:04

DNA from a New Zealand girl bearing a striking resemblance to missing British youngster Madeleine McCann has confirmed she is not the child who disappeared in 2007, police say.

Coca-Cola habit killed woman: Coroner

2013-02-12 09:02

A New Zealand woman's 10-litre a day Coca-Cola habit was a major factor in her death, a coroner has found, urging the soft drink giant to put health warnings on its caffeinated products.

New Zealand anti-cat campaign gets flack

2013-01-23 11:01

A campaign to eradicate New Zealand's cats as a way of protecting native wildlife has raised the hackles of pet lovers, with critics leaping to the defence of their feline friends.

4 N Zealanders die in Kenyan accident

2013-01-18 07:41

Five people including four New Zealand nationals have been killed in western Kenya after the van they were travelling in skidded out of control and rolled downhill, police say.

NZ fatal quake building design deficient

2012-12-10 09:00

A six-storey building that collapsed, killing 115 people, when an earthquake struck Christchurch, New Zealand, in 2011 should never have been built, says an official inquiry report.

New Zealand says Kyoto not enough

2012-12-02 22:31

New Zealand's climate minister says UN climate talks are too focused on the Kyoto Protocol and that his country is "ahead of the curve" for opting out of the emissions pact's second phase.

Hobbit fever grips New Zealand

2012-11-26 15:22

Up to 100 000 people are expected to line the streets of Wellington for the world premiere of director Peter Jackson's long-awaited Middle Earth epic The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey.

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