New Zealand

China made a rare diplomatic protest to New Zealand on Thursday after NZ Foreign Minister Winston Peters called a Chinese-born lawmaker a “loudmouth” who ​he urged to “go back to your own country.”

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Sam Neill, a smoothly elegant and versatile actor whose career moved from art film to blockbuster as he dodged velociraptors in “Jurassic Park” to playing Holly Hunter’s husband in “The Piano,” has died. He was 78.

Iranian turned on each other in the World Cup stands on Monday as supporters of the Mullah regime attacked those who oppose the tyranny.

A faithful dog has been rescued after a harrowing experience thanks to the never-give-up spirit of a helicopter pilot and volunteers in New Zealand.

Avatar director James Cameron despairs at the state of America and says he left to start life anew in New Zealand because he seeks “sanity,” citing how the USA handled the COVID pandemic as emblematic of its failings.

A New Zealand court sentenced the country’s former deputy police commissioner to nine months of home detention on Wednesday, after he admitted to possessing child sexual exploitation and bestiality material.

There’s no crime in getting hyped up for a fight, but one particular former champion may have taken it a bit too far.

New Zealand’s former deputy police commissioner was named after he was charged with possessing child exploitation and bestiality material.

Largest-ever war-fighting drills in Australia, Exercise Talisman Sabre, are underway and expected to attract the attention of Chinese spies.

U.S. condemns group of Western nations for imposing sanctions on two Israeli government ministers, urging them to be rolled back.

New Zealand’s PM proposed banning children from social media, stressing the need to protect them from the perils of big tech platforms.

Lest we forget. That was the solemn oath voiced right across Australia and New Zealand from dawn onwards Friday as both countries paused to remember the men and women lost in military service on what is universally known as ANZAC Day.

New Zealand First (NZF), a minority party in the current governing coalition, introduced a bill on Tuesday that would enshrine the biological definition of men and women into law.

Lack of training, qualifications and experience among crew of New Zealand navy ship that ran aground, caught fire and sank off the coast.

New Zealand´s most senior envoy to the United Kingdom has lost his job over remarks he made about U.S. President Donald Trump.

A Chinese naval cruiser fired live rounds Saturday during a task force drill in the sea between Australia and New Zealand, government officials said, prompting an alert to commercial air traffic.

The Etlaq spaceport in Oman announced on Thursday that it plans to conduct five rocket launches in 2025, beginning in April. The spaceport will provide a “fan zone” for spectators to watch the launches.

China warned Friday it intends to hold naval “live-fire” naval drills in the waters off Australia’s east coast as commercial flights were told to steer clear of the area.

A driver ran down two New Zealand police officers down as they patrolled on foot in the early hours of New Year’s Day, killing one and seriously injuring the other, the country’s police chief said.

Mistakes by members of the crew caused a New Zealand navy ship to plow into a reef off the coast of Samoa a military Court of Inquiry finds.

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Kim Dotcom, the internet entrepreneur fighting deportation from New Zealand to the United States on charges relating to his file-sharing website Megaupload, has suffered a “serious stroke”, a post on his X account said Monday.

Thousands marched on New Zealand’s capital city of Wellington on Friday to protest a bill that would reinterpret the Treaty of Waitangi, an 1840 agreement between the British Empire and Maori chiefs that governs policy matters related to indigenous people to this day.

So much for fond farewells and lingering goodbyes. Dunedin Airport in New Zealand has introduced a strict rule for their passenger departure drop-off zone — capping “hug time” at three minutes with those seeking more time told to move along so as not to obstruct traffic.

Google has issued a stern warning, threatening to remove links to New Zealand news content and terminate current agreements with local publishers if the proposed Fair Digital News Bargaining Bill becomes law.

Australia and New Zealand are looking for an explanation from China on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly (UNGA) for its unusual test-launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) into the Pacific Ocean on Wednesday.

The People’s Liberation Army (PLA) of China conducted an unusual ICBM test launch into the Pacific Ocean for the first time since 1980.

New Zealand pilot Phillip Mehrtens has been released from captivity by rebels in Indonesia’s restive Papua region and is in good health despite the 19-month ordeal, Indonesian and New Zealand authorities said Saturday.

Reports from the U.S. and New Zealand warn that China is waging complex campaigns to interfere with foreign politics online.

NZ spy service branded China a “complex intelligence concern” Tuesday and warned the Pacific nation was vulnerable to foreign interference.

Police say they recovered 29 meth tablets disguised as pineapple sweets that were mistakenly handed out to the public in charity packs.

Two members of the Canadian Olympic team were dismissed and “sent home immediately” on Wednesday after they were caught using a drone to “record the New Zealand women’s football [soccer] team during practice.”

Livestock farmers in Denmark have been warned the farts and burps from their cows, sheep, and pigs will be measured and taxed from 2030, the first country in the world to do so as it targets methane emissions.

New Zealand rugby superstar Connor Garden-Bachop died on Monday after suffering what is described as a “medical event.” He was only 25 years old.

New Zealand is scrapping a scheme to price gas emissions from livestock — squelching a so-called burp and fart tax initiated under the previous left-wing government led by now departed authoritarian Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern.

Grammy-winning rapper Macklemore has expressed solidarity with anti-Israel protesters and condemned Israel’s military campaign against Hamas terrorists, choosing a sellout crowd in New Zealand’s capital, Wellington, to deliver his pro-Palestinian views.

New Zealand’s conservative government announced Sunday it has tightened work visa rules as “unsustainable” migration levels soar to near-record highs.