New Zealand

3 climbers from the U.S. and Canada are believed to have died in New Zealand

3:26am December 06, 2024

Three mountain climbers — two from the U.S. and one from Canada — missing for five days on Aoraki, New Zealand's tallest peak, are believed to have died in a fall, the authorities said Friday.

New Zealanders help save about 30 whales after a pod strands on a beach

1:27am November 25, 2024

New Zealand is a whale stranding hotspot. It's often not clear why they happen but the island nation's geography is believed to be a factor.

42,000 crowd New Zealand's Parliament grounds in support of Māori rights

1:08am November 19, 2024

Protesters oppose a measure that would reshape the county's founding treaty between Indigenous Māori and the British Crown.

New Zealand's leader apologizes to survivors of abuse in state and church care

1:03am November 12, 2024

An estimated 200,000 people, many of them Indigenous Māori, suffered abuse in New Zealand's foster and faith-based care over a period of seven decades

New Zealand Mourns Passing Of The Māori King

A 27-year-old just became queen of New Zealand's Maori

2:44pm September 05, 2024

Tribal leaders selected Nga Wai Hono i te Po as the new monarch after the death of her father last week. The second-ever Maori queen takes on the largely ceremonial role at a complicated moment.

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New Zealand food bank unknowingly distributed meth in candy

4:37am August 14, 2024

by The Associated Press

The amount of methamphetamine in each candy was up to 300 times the level someone would usually take and could be lethal, according to a drug checking and policy organization.

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Australia and New Zealand begin evacuating nationals from unrest in New Caledonia

5:49am May 21, 2024

by The Associated Press

At least six people have died and hundreds more have been injured since violence erupted last week in New Caledonia following controversial electoral reforms passed in Paris.

New Zealand Department of Conservation staff assess the remains of a deceased sperm whale.

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The jawbone of washed-up whale in New Zealand was removed with chainsaw and stolen

6:00am May 19, 2024

by Clare Marie Schneider

The jawbone of a nearly 50-foot sperm whale that washed ashore in New Zealand's southernmost region has been removed. While the act is illegal, it's also considered disrespectful to the Māori people.

Images from some of our most popular global stories of 2023 (left to right): A woman from Brazil's Awa people holds her bow and arrow after a hunt; an artificial intelligence program made this fake photo to fulfill a request for "doctors help children in Africa" â AI added the giraffe; researchers are learning that a stranger's hello can do more than just brighten your day.

Our top global posts might change how you think about hunters, AI and hellos

2:17pm December 17, 2023

by Marc Silver

Our most popular global stories of 2023 offer insights into the stereotypes of male hunters/female gatherers, the biases of AI, the best way to end poverty and the impact of a stranger's greeting.

Māori Party co-leader Rawiri Waititi speaks to Prime Minister Christopher Luxon during the State Opening of Parliament on December 6 in Wellington, New Zealand. Luxon has called for the abolishment of tough anti-smoking measures — and the Māori Health Authority.

New Zealand's Indigenous people are furious over plans to snuff out anti-smoking laws

4:30pm December 06, 2023

by Simar Bajaj

A year ago, New Zealand enacted what are perhaps the world's toughest anti-smoking laws. The new conservative government plans a repeal — and an end the Maori Health Authority. Protests have ensued.