TEL AVIV – More than 100 artists penned an open letter published in the UK’s Guardian newspaper Friday in support of New Zealand pop singer Lorde, who succumbed to pressure from anti-Israel activists and cancelled her scheduled performance in the Jewish state.
It’s so sad to see a pop star like Lorde going over to the dark side of bigotry and antisemitism at such a young age.
Australia will no longer fly combat sorties in airspace over Iraq and Syria, although air-to-air refuelling and surveillance aircraft will remain to assist in operations.
A New Zealand weightlifter, who is a biological male who identifies as a female, claims that he does not have a “physical advantage” over his female competitors.
Gavin Hubbard, who won records as a male weightlifter, claims to have transitioned to being a woman. Now, competing as Laurel Hubbard in his native New Zealand, he’s causing controversy by beating natural born female competitors.
Kim Dotcom, the founder of the now defunct file-sharing site Megaupload, has won an undisclosed settlement from the New Zealand police over their dawn raid on his house in 2012 which saw him arrested as part of an FBI investigation into his websites.
A group of scholars affiliated with UNESCO criticized the agency for recent one-sided resolutions on Jerusalem, calling for a new approach to sensitive holy sites that takes into consideration everyone’s religious sensitivities.
The government of New Zealand has proposed an intelligence-sharing initiative, approved on Friday, with small Pacific island states meant to catch North Korean cargo ships disguised with flags from Vanuatu, Tuvalu, and other regional powers.
In a stunning blow to diversity and free speech, Auckland University students have voted to abolish the campus pro-life club, with opposition calling it an “embarrassment” for the university.
The U.S. National Security Agency illegally spied on and surveilled technology entrepreneur Kim Dotcom in his homeland of New Zealand, according to a report.
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson joked on his visit to New Zealand on Monday that a traditional Maori greeting could be misinterpreted as a head butt elsewhere.
A memorial hailing the sacrifices made by Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) troops at Gallipoli in Turkey during the First World War has been erased by the Turkish government.
New Zealand production of “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” sponsored by a local council has been forced to issue an apology to famed lyricist Tim Rice after removing “Israel” from the lyrics to one of the songs.
A New Zealand man has discovered the secret to dominating women’s weightlifting: identify as a woman while remaining a biological man, and then outlift all the biological women in the competition.
New Zealand will seek to agree a free trade deal with Britain as soon as possible after Brexit, Prime Minister Bill English said on Friday after talks with British leader Theresa May in London.
An Australian senator has demanded tighter immigration controls coupled with trade sanctions against New Zealand after it co-sponsored a United Nations resolution condemning Israel’s West Bank settlements.
TEL AVIV – “Obama is history. We have Trump,” Israel’s Culture and Sports Minister Miri Regev said on Tuesday, adding that President Barack Obama never supported Israel.
The southern California congressman who was on the short list to become President-elect Donald J. Trump’s secretary of state told Breitbart News, when President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi pulled his country’s United Nations resolution condemning Israel at Trump’s request, he proved he was a friend of the United States.
TEL AVIV – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned on Sunday that President Barack Obama may have more surprises in store for Israel following the U.S.’s “shameful” abstention at the United Nations.
TEL AVIV – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Saturday that Israel will re-assess its ties with the United Nations after the approval of a Security Council resolution demanding an end to Israeli construction in the West Bank and eastern Jerusalem.
New Zealand’s socially conservative finance chief Bill English was sworn in as the country’s new prime minister on Monday following last week’s shock resignation of his popular predecessor John Key.
WELLINGTON (AFP) – New Zealand is to erase the racially offensive word “nigger” from its landscape, the government said on Thursday.
Popular New Zealand Prime Minister John Key announced his shock resignation on Monday, saying he was never a career politician and it was the right time to go after eight years in the job.
A powerful 7.8-magnitude earthquake killed two people and caused “utter devastation” in New Zealand on Monday, with wild weather hampering rescue efforts as darkness fell.
CHRISTCHURCH – Residents in coastal areas of New Zealand fled through the night Monday after a powerful 7.8 earthquake struck just after midnight, triggering a potentially “destructive” tsunami. The earthquake, centered north of Christchurch on the South Island, was felt
Member states across the Commonwealth of Nations including the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand are marking Armistice day today. New Zealand and Australia were the first to remember the millions of men and women who fell in the service
(REUTERS) – Britain and New Zealand agreed on Monday to set up regular trade policy talks to help push for greater global trade liberalisation and reform as Britain leaves the European Union, trade minister Liam Fox said.
The haka is a traditional New Zealand Māori challenge, made famous by the All Blacks national rugby side. That doesn’t mean junior players can’t do it just as well.
New Zealand’s Prime Minister John Key has defended bringing in record numbers of migrants, arguing that unemployed Kiwis have a poor work ethic and that some “won’t pass a drugs test”.
From the Daily Mail: Countries are lining up to enter trade talks with Britain in the wake of the decision to leave the European Union, it was claimed last night. American politicians are clamouring for an agreement, while talks could soon begin
LONDON, United Kingdom — The Remain campaign is “contaminating” Britain’s democratic process by relying on “outside money” and foreign interests to tell Brits how to vote, the former Deputy Prime Minister of New Zealand has said. Speaking at Westminster, Winston
Some 3,000 Australians marked Anzac Day on Monday with a sombre dawn service in northern France to honour their forebears who fought in the Battle of the Somme a century ago. “Today we come together… to commemorate all who served
Britain is forgetting its history and ties to the Commonwealth, according to New Zealand Prime Minister John Key. Speaking to the New Zealand Herald yesterday, Mr. Key gave an insight into the discussions he had with British Prime Minister David
Australians, Brits, New Zealanders and Canadians would support the right to live and work in each others’ countries visa-free, a poll suggests. The survey by the Royal Commonwealth Society (RCS) shows large support for a free-movement zone between the four
Authorities are reporting a series of vampire-like attacks perpetrated by women on New Zealand’s North Island.
TEL AVIV – A leading Muslim cleric and scholar who made headlines by claiming that gender equality is against Islam and women are only fit to deliver children is now hoping to spread his influence in the West with the construction of a new mosque in New Zealand.
A New Zealand judge has ruled that the MegaUpload owner Kim Dotcom, along with three of his colleagues, will be eligible for extradition to the United States
Australians fear new “discriminatory” UK working visa and migration policies will see thousands of workers forced home with little hope of return. At the same time Britain is welcoming record numbers of European Union (EU) arrivals who face no restrictions on starting a new
New Zealanders have chosen a silver fern on a black-and-blue background as a preferred option if the South Pacific nation decides to dump Britain’s Union Jack from its national banner, officials said Friday. The design beat four other contenders in a
A production company hired to shoot a music video by Taylor Swift has been accused of endangering a species of rare birds in New Zealand.
