Feb 18
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Here’s a bit of harrowing news from New Zealand, a place I incorrectly and ignorantly assumed was a covid-free utopia
Jul 20
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When I call New Zealand power-pop band The Beths’ lead singer Elizabeth Stokes over Zoom, my day is ending and hers…
May 20
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I suppose it is a reflection of the low bar in my own country that I am this surprised that Prime Minister Jacinda…
May 17
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Here in the United States, we can’t even convince our nation’s “leaders” to wear masks while visiting covid-19…
Nov 24 2019
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A new report says that the unnamed New Zealand man convicted last week of killing backpacker Grace Millane was…
Nov 22 2019
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The unidentified man on trial for killing British backpacker Grace Millane, who went missing last December, has been…
Nov 21 2019
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In New Zealand, a man is currently on trial for the murder of 21-year-old backpacker Grace Millane. But from the…
Nov 10 2019
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Congratulations to This Antisocial Screaming Penguin for Winning New Zealand's Bird of the Year Poll
An endangered breed of penguin known primarily for its hatred of social activities has finally Made It, winning both…
Mar 21 2019
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New Zealand is actually doing something about access to military-style weapons after 50 people were killed in a mass…
Mar 15 2019
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People around the world are donating funds to support the families of the people killed when a self-avowed white…
Mar 15 2019
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At least 49 people who were attending Friday prayers at two separate mosques in New Zealand have been killed in mass…
Nov 26 2018
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On Saturday, a hiker on a remote island in New Zealand discovered two pods worth of pilot whales had washed up on…
Nov 6 2018
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New Zealand’s film classification board successfully lobbied to get a content warning added to the beginning of A…
Aug 30 2018
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New Zealand keeps wanting to ban cats simply for being cats (who love to kill.)
Jul 26 2018
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Jul 24 2018
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Matt Lauer, who currently owns a giant, 16,000 acre ranch in New Zealand, would like you to get the hell off of his…
Jun 21 2018
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New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern Has Arrived at a Hospital to Give Birth to Her First Child
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On Wednesday, The Guardian reported that New Zealand’s prime minister Jacinda Ardern, the first pregnant world…
Jun 5 2018
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Catherine Healy, a longtime sex work activist, has been made a dame by the goddamn Queen of New Zealand. On Monday,…
Feb 26 2018
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On Sunday, New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Arden was interviewed by Charles Wooley for 60 minutes Australia,…
Jan 31 2018
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Three teenage Lorde fans from Israel are suing two New Zealand women—in New Zealand—for “emotional injury” caused by…