New Zealand grapples with how to protect its braided rivers - podcast

Reged Ahmad speaks to New Zealand correspondent Eva Corlett about a stunning and rare global phenomenon now under threat

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‘If she didn’t have us, she would be toast’: a New Zealand mother’s fight to free her daughter from ICE detention

Everlee Wihongi was detained at Los Angeles airport on 10 April after she had returned to US from a family trip

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‘My lovely distraction’: live stream of kākāpō – world’s fattest parrot – and her chicks captivates New Zealand

More than 100,000 people have tuned in to watch a kākāpō – a rare flightless bird – sleeping, tidying her nest and fighting off intruders

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‘I think I could run even faster’: the NZ teenager shattering athletics records

Sam Ruthe, 16, was the youngest person to break the four-minute mile in 2025 and this year the ‘remarkable’ running talent extended his record streak

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‘Miracle’ of Zealandia: chick is born to rare takahē pair thought to be infertile

Unexpected arrival is a boon for birdlife in New Zealand, where there are only 500 takahē left A pair of rare native New Zealand takahē birds who were believed infertile have stunned staff at the world’s largest urban eco-sanctuary, after hatching a “miracle” chick. The roughly seven-week old chick was discovered inside Zealandia, a fully fenced eco-sanctuary 10 minutes from Wellington’s city centre, in November, but its arrival has been a closely guarded secret to ensure its safety. Continue reading...

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The rural towns fighting for survival as New Zealand grapples with a growing exodus

Ruapehu is emblematic of question facing New Zealand: how to prevent rural regions – and the country at large - from hollowing out

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New Zealand government sued over ‘dangerously inadequate’ emissions reduction plan

Exclusive: In the first legal challenge to the plan, top climate lawyers claim the government relies too heavily on forestry and failed to consult the public

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Fast-track to where? The new law opening up New Zealand to a mining boom

Critics say the country’s unique biodiversity is at risk as the government plans to boost mineral exports to $3bn by 2035

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Fast-track to where? The new law opening up New Zealand to a mining boom

Critics say the country’s unique biodiversity is at risk as the government plans to boost mineral exports to $3bn by 2035

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New Zealand will not be ‘guilt-tripped’ over environment, resources minister says

Shane Jones is unapologetic about his plan to double mineral exports to $3bn over the next decade despite criticism over potential environmental impacts

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Myth or mystery: are moose roaming the isolated wilds of New Zealand?

Claims of a recent sighting of the animal in the vast Fiordland wilderness reignites public fascination in a story that has endured for decades

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‘Grubby’ treaty principles bill voted down in New Zealand parliament

Bill which sought to radically reinterpret New Zealand’s founding treaty between Māori tribes and the British Crown fails by 11 votes to 112

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Remains of carved canoe may be most significant discovery of its kind, NZ archaeologist says

More than 450 artefacts from a waka found in pieces in the Chatham Islands expected to reveal new insights about Polynesian voyaging

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‘It’s about togetherness’: Waitangi Day captures a new audience

A groundswell of resistance against the government’s Māori policies is driving many to make the trip to the Waitangi treaty grounds in New Zealand’s far north for the first time Twenty-year-old Keshaan Te Waaka stands – for the first time – on the narrow…

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‘That’s the one thing we did’: New Zealand irked by Trump’s false claim US split the atom

Mayor says he will invite incoming US ambassador to visit the memorial to Sir Ernest Rutherford, the New Zealander who split the atom in a British laboratory

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Revealed: the impact of New Zealand’s changes to policies affecting Māori

Guardian analysis of changes in six key policy areas explains the coalition’s rationale for the shifts and provides expert views on how they will impact Māori

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‘They spread magic’: New Zealand’s ‘trail angels’ offer weary hikers food, showers and hope

A network of locals ready to provide a bed, a lift, or a box of chocolates to tired walkers along the Te Araroa trail has become a lifeline

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