• ‘A new chapter’: Franki Russell to represent New Zealand in Miss Universe 2024

    The 'Pinoy Big Brother' alum will be the first delegate of New Zealand to the Miss Universe pageant since 2019

  • New Zealand accuses China of hacking parliament

    The New Zealand government said it had raised concerns on Tuesday with the Chinese government about its involvement in a state-sponsored cyber hack on New Zealand's parliament in 2021, which was uncovered by the country’s intelligence services. The revelations that information was accessed through malicious cyber activity targeting New Zealand’s

  • New Zealand expresses concern to China over cyberattacks

    New Zealand Foreign Minister Winston Peters said on Tuesday that his government expressed concerns to China about "malicious cyber activity, attributed to groups sponsored by the Chinese governme

  • Why didn’t New Zealand impose sanctions on China?

    New Zealand did not follow the US and UK in imposing financial restrictions after accusing Beijing of links to cyber-attacksPoliticians, journalists and critics of Beijing were among those targeted by cyber-attacks run by groups backed by China, western intelligence services said this week.The separate cyber-attacks hit the US, UK and New Zealand – all members of the Five Eyes alliance. The network of five countries, which also includes Canada and Australia, share security related intelligence....

  • New Zealand troops to help Solomon Islands in election

    New Zealand plans to dispatch defence personnel, helicopters and a naval ship to the Solomon Islands to assist in a national election due in April. The deployment is part of a NZ$10.8 million ($A9.9 million) support program for the Solomon Islands Electoral Commission announced in January that will help transport election officers and materials around Pacific Island nations. New Zealand's foreign ministry said the vessel HMNZS Canterbury will leave Auckland on Tuesday to transport two...

  • New Zealand troops to help Solomon Islands in election

    The Solomon Islands is a key ally of China, and closer ties with Beijing following the election of Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare in 2019 alarm the United States and Australia, setting off a race for influence in the strategically-located Pacific Islands

  • Hathurusinghe: Sri Lanka a 'bigger challenge' than New Zealand were

    Chandika Hathurusinghe expects his young Bangladesh players to pounce on the experienced Sri Lankans in the first Test, starting in Sylhet on Friday."We understand that Sri Lanka has an experienced batting line-up," Hathurusinghe said, referring to the fact that Angelo Mathews (107), Dimuth Karunaratne (89) and Dinesh Chandimal (77) have played more Tests - 273 - than the entire Bangladesh side - 270."They are a formidable side. Couple of the guys [only Mathews] maybe have over 100 Tests, but we...

  • New Zealand government to ban disposable e-cigarettes

    The New Zealand government said on Wednesday it will ban the sale of disposable e-cigarettes, increase fines on retailers that sell to those younger than 18 years old and better regulate retailers. The New Zealand government has received significant criticism for rolling back a world-first law banning tobacco sales for

  • Morning Digest: We've got new data for New York's new House map

    The Morning Digest is compiled by David Nir, Jeff Singer, and Stephen Wolf, with additional contributions from the Daily Kos Elections team. Subscribe to The Downballot, our weekly podcast Embedded Content Leading Off ● New York: With New York's new congressional map now in effect, Daily Kos Elections is rolling out a batch of updates to some of our most frequently used data sets. Up first is our chart of the results of the 2020 presidential election broken down by congressional...

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    New Zealand's Maori King calls for whales to be given personhood

    The King of New Zealand's Indigenous Maori people made an impassioned call Thursday for whales to be granted the same legal rights as people in a bid to protect the

  • New Zealand's Maori King calls for whales to be given personhood

    The King of New Zealand's Indigenous Maori people made an impassioned call Thursday for whales to be granted the same legal rights as people in a bid to protect the

  • New Zealand Rugby plans sweeping 'once-in-a-generation' reform

    New Zealand Rugby proposed a "once-in-a-generation" overhaul of its leadership structure Wednesday, setting the stage for a power struggle at the top of the country's most popular sport. It comes after a scathing independent review concluded that NZ Rugby's current leadership structure was "not fit for purpose." The rugby board's