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April date, $5m funding locked in for NZ Supercars return

The Australian series will reinstate its annual trip across the Tasman next season, New Zealand having missed out on a round this year.

Motorsport

Australia’s $528m Antarctic icebreaker too big to fit under Tasman bridge to refuel

Exclusive: the RSV Nuyina cannot sail safely under the Hobart bridge, meaning a round trip of hundreds more kilometres to refuel

The Guardian - AU

Canberra-NZ flights on agenda for Barr's Tasman trip

The Chief Minister will visit Wellington as part of a two-day trip.

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As new Aussie citizenship rules kick in, the ‘fair go’ finally returns to trans-Tasman relations

In 1865, my Irish-born great great grandparents travelled from Dunedin to Sydney to marry in St Mary’s Cathedral. Some 63 years later, my grandmother Mary also travelled to Australia to marry my grandfather Ted. He was a clerk with the Bank of New Zealand and had been posted to Melbourne…

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Kia Tasman Trademark Could Be For New Truck For Emerging Markets

The company filed trademark applications for the name in Australia, New Zealand, Uruguay, Costa Rica, and France.

Motor1

Brisbane Broncos on top of NRL ladder after impressive win over Cronulla Sutherland

Brisbane are back on top of the NRL ladder after an impressive 20-12 victory over Cronulla-Sutherland at Shark Park. Earlier the Rabbitohs's 46-28 win over the Titans is soured by injuries to Jai Arrow and Cameron Murray.

ABC News

NZ PM Chris Hipkins slams critics of Australia’s trans-Tasman immigration reforms

New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins says the Australian government is the most Kiwi-friendly he can remember,

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Australia's military ambition raises challenges for NZ

A proposed overhaul of Australia's defence force could have implications for our military approach and trans-Tasman ties as the Government works on its own defence review.

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The nurses ditching NZ for a better life in Oz

More than 5000 New Zealand nurses are registered to work in Australia. What's so good about life on the other side of the Tasman?

Newsroom.co.nz

Albanese, Hipkins toast trans-Tasman renewal over snags

Anthony Albanese met with New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins on Sunday after momentous changes to Australian citizenship for Kiwis.

AAP

New Zealand PM welcomes drop in Australian deportations

As New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins heads across the Tasman to meet Anthony Albanese, he is heartened fewer Kiwis are being deported from Australia.

AAP

Piha Piranhas devour surf boat prey

Together since they were nippers, the women of the Piha Piranhas are eating up their surf boat rivals on both sides of the Tasman, after almost giving up. They proudly represent their cyclone-devastated village at this weekend's NZ champs, Suzanne McFadden writes.

Newsroom.co.nz

Tasmanian summer on hold as Hobart records coldest December day in 50 years

The "summer holiday in Tasmania photos" will need some explaining, with that big yellow ball in the sky replaced by snow, clouds and rain — but hope is on the way.

ABC News

Adelaide S5000: Crash decides Tasman title

Nathan Herne won the S5000 Tasman Series in controversial fashion after clashing with rival Joey Mawson in Adelaide.

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Not a classic start to summer, but the mercury is rising in the Hunter

A balmy and possibly wet weekend was expected for parts of the Hunter this week, as a high pressure system moving in the Tasman offset against a lower pressure system across inland parts of the state brought warmer and unsettled conditions to the region.

ABC News

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.

The Guardian - AU

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.

Newsroom.co.nz

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?

ABC News

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.

The Guardian - AU

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

ABC News

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.

AAP

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.

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