New Zealand think tank backs four-year parliamentary term and suggests adding 50 MPs

“When a Government comes in, it spends a fair bit of time getting its feet under the desk and advancing its initial programme,” he said. “Then it has a bit of time in the middle when it goes about the business of Government. Towards the end, it’s...

New Zealand PM Luxon Departs After ASEAN Summit In KL

By Muhammad Adil Muzaffar Mohd Fisol SEPANG, Oct 28 (Bernama) -- New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon and his wife Amanda Luxon departed for home after attending the 47th ASEAN Summit and Related Summits in Kuala Lumpur. The special...

Việt Nam, New Zealand navies hold maritime drill off HCM City

HCM CITY — The Vietnamese Navy’s Vessel 379 from Brigade 167 of Naval Region 2 conducted a joint drill with the Royal New Zealand Navy’s largest support vessel HMNZS Aotearoa in waters southeast of HCM City on Monday. The Vietnamese vessel was led...

Lost surfboard washes up nearly 1,500 miles away in New Zealand

Oct. 28 (UPI) -- A kite surfer in New Zealand ended up losing his kite during a recent outing -- and consequently found a surfboard that had drifted nearly 1,500 miles from Australia. French surfer Alvaro Bon said he was kite surfing Oct. 15 in...

General : New Zealand PM Luxon Departs After ASEAN Summit In KL

By Muhammad Adil Muzaffar Mohd Fisol SEPANG, Oct 28 (Bernama) -- New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon and his wife Amanda Luxon departed for home after attending the 47th ASEAN Summit and Related Summits in Kuala Lumpur. The special...

Measles likely spreading in communities, Health New Zealand Te Whatu Ora urges vaccination boost – The Conversation

While New Zealand has used the measles vaccine since 1969, a national immunisation register was only introduced in 2005. Without a national register to provide the historical immunisation record, estimates are that only around 80% of people born...

PM attends ASEAN- New Zealand Commemorative Summit in Kuala Lumpur

Kuala Lumpur (VNA) – Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh joined other ASEAN leaders and New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon at the ASEAN–New Zealand Commemorative Summit on October 28, marking the 50th anniversary of their partnership. At the...

Yinson Renewables, YTL expand into New Zealand's renewable energy, tourism sectors

KUALA LUMPUR: Yinson Renewables and YTL Corp Bhd are expanding into New Zealand with major investments in the country’s renewable energy and tourism sectors. Yinson Renewables plans to develop about 1GW of renewable energy projects in New Zealand,...

New Zealand household living costs rise 2.4 pct

WELLINGTON, Oct. 28 (Xinhua) -- The cost of living for the average New Zealand household increased 2.4 percent in the 12 months to the September 2025 quarter, Stats NZ reported Tuesday. The 2.4-percent increase, measured by the household...

Wallabies life begins at 30 for ex-New Zealand prop Ross

MELBOURNE - After making his New Zealand debut in 2022, prop Aidan Ross had to wait more than three years and swap nations to earn a second test cap but finally broke the drought when he ran out for Australia against Japan last Saturday. There was...

Man finds surfboard that drifted 2,400km from Australia to New Zealand

A man found an intact surfboard that was washed up on a beach in New Zealand, 2,400km from where it was lost more than a year ago off the coast of Australia. New Zealand-based French surfer Alvaro Bon was kite surfing in the coastal town of Raglan...

New Zealand warned of immunisation gap in Māori and Pacific community

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned Aotearoa New Zealand to urgently close the "alarming" gaps in measles immunisation, particularly among Māori and Pacific communities. A WHO review last year found measles vaccination rates were at...

FRV Australia to develop 210 MWdc solar project in New Zealand

Fotowatio Renewable Ventures (FRV) Australia, a leading developer of sustainable energy solutions and part of Jameel Energy and the Canadian infrastructure fund, OMERS, has announced the active development of the Rangitikei solar project, located...

Reuters: Iran, Russia and the New Zealand Insurer That Kept Sanctioned Oil Flowing

Last Christmas, the tanker Yug cruised out of the Chinese port of Qingdao after offloading 2 million barrels of sanctioned Iranian oil. Near the Arctic, a vessel carrying Russian crude churned through icy seas, bound for India. Six thousand miles...

Health New Zealand adopts dRofus to standardise facility planning countrywide

Health New Zealand (Te Whatu Ora) has entered a long-term national agreement that will see the implementation of Nemetschek’s planning and data management solution dRofus across its healthcare infrastructure projects. This initiative aims to...

New Zealand Police Commissioner says Kiwi cops coming home after ‘lack of support’ from NT bosses

Việt Nam and New Zealand explore new trade horizons at Autumn Fair

HÀ NỘI — Việt Nam is aiming to become an innovative and reliable partner to New Zealand in the region's supply chain by encouraging the island nation's importers, distributors and retailers to explore collaboration opportunities, according to...

Brand Phoenix launches New Zealand portfolio  

Wine agency and distributor Brand Phoenix has announced the launch of its New Zealand portfolio of wines. In collaboration with New Zealand winemakers Cleighten Cornelius and Andy Hill, the selection of wines will come from both the North and...

‘Things are bigger than cricket’: Blair Tickner ready to enjoy New Zealand return

More than two years have passed since Blair Tickner last played for New Zealand, two years in which his life was thrown into chaos, his career into doubt, his family into crisis. “Obviously people haven’t seen me as much, but I feel like I’ve been...

Europe’s Sanctions Charade: How a New Zealand Insurer Exposed Brussels’ Failure to Enforce Its Own Rules

101For all the moral grandstanding that accompanied Europe’s sanctions against Russia and Iran, it appears the system is riddled with loopholes — and not just the technical kind. A Reuters investigation has uncovered that a small New Zealand...