New Zealand's parliament agreed to lengthy suspensions for three Indigenous lawmakers who last year performed a haka, a traditional Maori dance, disrupting the reading of a controversial bill.
Unprecedented heat waves in the Southwest Pacific hit over 10% of the global ocean surface in 2024, harming coral reefs and endangering the region’s last tropical glacier, the UN's weather body said.
The New Zealand government said on Friday it would spend NZ$774 million in its 2025 budget for redress and compensation for children, young people, and vulnerable adults who were abused in state care.
The New Zealand government said on Thursday it would set up a new NZ$190 million social investment fund in its 2025 budget to help improve the lives of its vulnerable people.
New Zealand government to pass legislation in 2025 barring entities that "don't share the country’s values" from using it as a base to monitor satellites.
New Zealand signs trade deal with Switzerland, Costa Rica, and Iceland, to remove tariffs on hundreds of sustainable goods and services, a move that will boost the country's export sector.