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New Zealand scraps most Covid rules as coronavirus battle winds down

WELLINGTON: New Zealand will no longer require people to wear masks in indoor public spaces or to be vaccinated to work in certain roles, as the country winds down its pandemic battle and learns to live with Covid-19.

The Times of India

Mittens, move over: Aotearoa's most iconic animals

Mittens the cat may be cute, but Aotearoa has many animals far more worthy of immortalising in bronze.

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Book of the Week: Speed, LSD and other thrills

Philip Matthews on a reissued stoner classic

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New Zealand's Colin de Grandhomme retires from international cricket

WELLINGTON: New Zealand all-rounder Colin de Grandhomme on Wednesday announced his retirement from international cricket.

The Times of India

Disgraceful high tackle sparks outrage among fans as headshot only leads to yellow card

Wellington hooker Asafo Aumua can count himself a little lucky not to have received a sterner saction

Wales Online

Bret McKenzie: ‘It was different writing songs that weren’t d*** jokes’

After finding fame with comedy duo Flight of the Conchords, the New Zealander is leaving the laughs behind on his debut solo album ‘Songs Without Jokes’. He talks to Kevin E G Perry about winning an Oscar with The Muppets, pissing off Morrissey with The Simpsons, and Taika Waititi’s detachable…

The Independent UK

NZ to force supermarkets to give small stores access to wholesale units

WELLINGTON: The New Zealand government said on Wednesday it plans to introduce regulations that would force the wholesale arms of supermarkets to give small retailers fair access to their products.

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New Zealand’s latest ‘freedom’ protest is a sad farce staged by a doomed cause

What the incoherent events in Wellington show is that the conspiracists, while dangerous, are already losing

The Guardian - AU

Anti-government protesters gather outside New Zealand's parliament

About 2,000 anti-government demonstrators gathered outside New Zealand’s parliament on Tuesday to vent their frustration on a range of issues nearly six months after protesters were forcibly removed from the grounds of the legislature.

Reuters

NZ 'people's court' adjourns peacefully

About 1500 anti-government protesters have staged a mock trial outside New Zealand's parliament, in a move snubbed by Jacinda Ardern's Labour Party.

AAP

Radical protesters to return to Wellington

As protesters return to NZ's capital, authorities are keen to avoid a repeat of the three-week occupation that followed an anti-vax rally earlier this year.

AAP

NZ's best young bookseller, 60

Happy birthday to a Wellington bookseller

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Millie Lies Low review – ingenious satire of career-faking on social media

Michelle Savill’s poignant film follows a would-be architect pretending to take up a prestigious New York internship without leaving her home town of Wellington

The Guardian - UK

Greater Wellington first to set binding climate target

Greenhouse gas emissions in Wellington, Wairarapa and the Kāpiti Coast will halve by 2030 under the regional council's new target, which goes further and faster than central government.

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Steve Braunias on the visit of a genius 100 years ago today

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Meteors seem to be raining down on New Zealand, but why are some bright green?

New Zealand may seem to be under meteor bombardment at the moment. After a huge meteor exploded above the sea near Wellington on July 7, creating a sonic boom that could be heard across the bottom of the South Island, a smaller fireball was captured two weeks later above Canterbury.

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Ardern strikes a softer tone on China

Speech struck a friendlier tone towards China, perhaps reflecting realisation that in the first six months of the year NZ went too far with pro-Western foreign policy, says Geoffrey Miller

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Road warriors Phoenix relish ALM return

After two whole seasons away, Wellington Phoenix will start the next A-League Men's campaign with two home games.

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Passenger discovers horrifying 'dirty air' on planes after taking CO2 reader on board

The passenger, who tweeted with the handle Ripeka123, took the carbon dioxide reader aboard an Air New Zealand flight on Monday travelling between Christchurch to Wellington

The Guardian - AU

Gaga for goo goo: Wellington named the global capital of baby talk

Residents of the New Zealand city have the world’s most extreme vocal changes when speaking to babies, a study has found

Reuters

Storm pounds New Zealand's Wellington with strong winds, surging waves

A wild storm system moving across New Zealand on Thursday is bringing swirling winds, surging waves and heavy rains to the capital Wellington and causing flooding in Christchurch.

ABC News

Planes grounded as severe weather warnings issued by MetService in New Zealand

Severe weather warnings are in place for parts of New Zealand, with 9m waves recorded off Wellington and heavy snow forecast for parts of the country.

The Guardian - AU

A third of Wellington’s kākā parrot chicks found to have lead in their blood

Toxic metal present in both blood and eggshell samples, but the New Zealand birds appear to have formed a tolerance for it

AAP

Maskless Ardern photo draws COVID critics

Jacinda Ardern says she will be more circumspect on when to take off her mask for photos after drawing criticism for a picture with Youth Parliament.

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The crowd goes wildish

Wellington poets storm the South Island

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