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A burning meteor flashed across the sky over the New Zealand capital of Wellington on Thursday, with dozens of witnesses saying they saw a bright light and heard a boom as the fireball passed. Weather forecaster MetService said on Twitter its radar has picked up a possible smoke trail of…

In the late 90s, the kākā parrot was effectively extinct in Wellington, New Zealand. That is, until someone came up with a wild plan to bring them back.

Ehsan Hazaveh, who is based in New Zealand, aims to capture a refugee’s future rather than looking at the past

With some clever hacks involving sliced bread and oxtail soup, this recipe delivers a British staple for just £2.50 a head

There’s just a fortnight left for the three remaining MIQ facilities - a prescient symbol that New Zealand’s Covid response has moved on from the protection and isolation of the last two years

But Ronan Kelleher, Andrew Conway, Robert Baloucoune and Chris Farrell miss out through injury

A hostile takeover, a 'deceptive' greengrocer, the advent of Charleez Chicken and the mystery of 3.8 tonnes of poppy seeds – Aro Valley sets the stage for the Govt review of alcohol sales.

A memoir of drinkies with 1960s literary men

Steve Braunias names the best novel of the year so far