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Researchers put radio backpacks on bumblebees in Tasmania in insect-tracking trial

Invasive bumblebees are all over Tasmania. They're great pollinators but researchers want to know about the threat they pose to native bees and birds.

ABC News

Brutal lockout in New Zealand mill town a stark portrait of capitalism’s failed hopes and broken promises

Once a beacon of possibility for Māori workers, the Essity paper mill at Kawerau is becoming a symbol of what has been lost

The Guardian - AU

From pest to quest: how the Tasmanian tiger captured the imagination

Today the possible re-creation of the thylacine generates worldwide headlines. By contrast the last thylacine’s death did not generate any headlines at all

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Rural Tasmanian ratepayers hit with levy to help councils keep GP clinic doors open

Ratepayers in rural areas around Tasmania are being slugged with a levy to prop up medical clinics, prompting fresh calls for the commonwealth to step in and help.

ABC News

Government investigates giving game makers a break to beat brain drain

In the face of tax breaks in Australia incentivising expansion over the Tasman for video game developers, Minister David Clark is looking into ways to keep them growing at home

Newsroom.co.nz

Paving the way to Australian citizenship

The new Australian prime minister is keen, so will Kiwis' rights across the Tasman finally be brought in line with Aussies' rights here?

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Derwent Valley mother Polly Cousens has two-hour drive to see GP amid state-wide shortage

When mother-of-seven Polly Cousens moved to Tasmania's Derwent Valley 12 months ago, she tried to make an appointment with the local doctor's surgery just minutes from their home — but with their books closed, she's forced to make a two-hour round trip instead.

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Albanese vows to reconsider Australia’s deportations rules in olive branch to New Zealand

Jacinda Ardern welcomes ‘reset’ in trans-Tasman relationship after years of tension over visa cancellations on character grounds

The Guardian - AU

Albanese, Ardern hold trans-Tasman talks

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is meeting with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in Sydney.

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Tasman Peninsula land sale sparks concern over potential development

A plot of land next to a national park on the Tasman Peninsula is up for sale, sparking concern from locals, conservationists and the Indigenous community that it could be bought by private developers and turned into luxury accommodation.

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Ugarkovic crosses Tasman to join Phoenix

Steven Ugarkovic is so committed to making his move to A-League Men outfit Wellington Phoenix a success, he's cutting short his honeymoon.

AAP

Australia's Super Rugby teams sitting pretty at top of ladder, but NZ challenge looms large

Border closures forced Super Rugby Pacific into local derbies on either side of the Tasman for the first section of the season. Now, the Australian sides must prepare themselves for the New Zealand challenge.

ABC News

A new life thrown to Woulf by the Steel

After feeling stuck in her netball career, Sarahpheinna Woulf crossed the Tasman to join the Steel - where she's starting to make a name for herself as a fierce, uncompromising defender.

Newsroom.co.nz

‘Really worth a crack’: bringing Tasmania’s giant kelp forests back from the brink

Reseeding a half-hectare of seabed with microscopic giant kelp is a modest start to an ambitious aim: rebuilding an entire ecosystem

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The trans-Tasman business trip to make a faltering return

Kiwis are finally able to head to Australia and back without isolating, but are forecast to resume business travel at barely half the rate.

AAP

NZ border fix puts Tasman comps in air

New Zealand sporting teams have welcomed the government's relaxation of border rules, which could allow them to host matches at home this season.

ABC News

NRL All Stars game to be taken to New Zealand next year, according to Māori coach David Kidwell

Māori All Stars coach David Kidwell says Andrew Abdo has promised to take the exhibition match across the Tasman next season.

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Waitangi Day short story: Ringawera, part 2

Part two of an epic short story by J Wiremu Kane.

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