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The Loop: First Nauru refugees resettled in New Zealand, earthquake hits Solomon Islands as search for survivors continues in Indonesia

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ABC News

Afternoon Update: Nauru refugees land in New Zealand; EVs to become cheaper; and a giant goldfish

First six refugees resettled in New Zealand from Australia’s offshore processing facility, nine years after the initial offer

The Guardian - AU

Six refugees become the first from Nauru to be resettled in New Zealand

The federal government confirms the first group of refugees to be resettled in New Zealand, from Australia's offshore processing centres, has landed in Auckland.

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Refugees fly from Nauru to New Zealand

Six refugees have been flown from Nauru to New Zealand as part of a resettlement deal with Australia, Home Affairs Minister Clare O'Neil has confirmed.

AAP

First refugees from Nauru to be resettled in New Zealand arrive nine years after deal offered

Six men who had been held in Australia’s offshore processing facilities for more than eight years arrive in Auckland

The Guardian - AU

New Zealand’s supreme court has forced voting age on to agenda, exposing absurd arguments for status quo

The newly empowered supreme court has blown up the long-running debate on youth voting, but parliament has shrugged off its intervention

The Guardian - AU

Zelenskiy to address NZ parliament

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says New Zealand will happily accommodate a request from Ukraine's president to address parliament.

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Parliament now has to justify keeping the voting age at 18 – it’s a hard argument to make

This week’s Supreme Court judgment on lowering New Zealand’s legal voting age has, at times, been interpreted as some kind of mandate for change. That’s not quite the case, but the court’s ruling does at least make change a possibility.

The Conversation

Housing intensification is up-ending our lives in ways we never imagined

Central and local government are struggling for social licence to build bigger, denser residential developments, because it also means changing the very way we live as Kiwis

Newsroom.co.nz

Circular economy: Breaking our ‘take-make-waste’ model

If every country used as many resources every year as NZ does, we’d need three planets; our throwaway economy is a big cause of our emissions. We have to do things differently.

Newsroom.co.nz

Clive Woodward insists England have to change with New Zealand draw “missed opportunity”

England staged a dramatic fightback with three late tries earning them a draw against New Zealand, but Clive Woodward believes it could have been better had they not kicked to end the match

Daily Mirror

Bret McKenzie review – Flight of the Conchords comic goes beyond funny

Though touring his straight-up rock album Songs Without Jokes, the New Zealand comic can’t help but stray into his customary funny-haha habitat

The Guardian - UK

New Zealand to consider allowing 16-year-olds to vote after current age of 18 dubbed discriminatory

While PM Jacinda Ardern supports reducing the age, political parties remain divided

The Independent UK

New Zealand lawmakers will vote on whether to lower the national voting age to 16

New Zealand lawmakers will vote on whether to lower the national voting age to 16 after the country's Supreme Court ruled that not allowing 16- and 17-year-olds to vote amounted to age discrimination.

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Wales Online

World Rugby's official best XV named and people think it's 'a joke'

The side was picked by a panel of ex-players, but a couple of omissions have left many scratching their heads

Evening Standard

New Zealand to vote on lowering voting age from 18 to 16

The announcement came hours after the country’s Supreme Court ruled that not allowing 16 and 17-year-olds to vote amounted to age discrimination

Golf Monthly

Lydia Ko What's In The Bag? 2025 Update

We take a closer look inside the New Zealand star's bag

Wales Online

Today's rugby news as Marcus Smith act leaves ex-England international stunned and Australia decimated for Wales game

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Irish Mirror

Josh van der Flier named World Rugby player of the Year

The 29-year-old has enjoyed an outstanding year in which he helped Ireland claim a historic first Test series win in New Zealand and take top spot in the world rankings

Asharq Al-Awsat

‘Like a Shotgun’: Tongan Eruption Is Largest Ever Recorded

A deadly volcanic eruption near Tonga in January was the largest ever recorded with modern equipment, a New Zealand-led team of scientists revealed Monday. The Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcano erupted underwater with a force equivalent to hundreds of atomic bombs, unleashing a 15-meter (50-foot) tsunami which demolished homes and killed…

Bangkok Post

NZ's top court rules voting age of 18 breaches youth rights

WELLINGTON: New Zealand's Supreme Court on Monday ruled that the current voting age of 18 breaches young people's rights, prompting the government to launch plans to lower the age to 16.

Manchester Evening News

New Zealand to decide on lowering voting age from 18 to 16

Politicians will make decision after Supreme Court ruled that not allowing 16 and 17-year-olds to vote amounted to age discrimination

Bangkok Post

Tongan volcanic eruption was largest ever recorded

WELLINGTON: A deadly volcanic eruption near Tonga in January was the largest ever recorded with modern equipment, a New Zealand-led team of scientists said on Monday.

The Independent UK

New Zealand group wanting voting age set at 16 wins in court

A lobby group seeking to lower New Zealand’s voting age from 18 to 16 has won its appeal to the Supreme Court, which says the current law amounts to age discrimination

Reuters

New Zealand court rules voting age of 18 is discriminatory

New Zealand's highest court ruled on Monday that the country's current voting age of 18 was discriminatory, forcing parliament to discuss whether it should be lowered.

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