Ben McKay
‘Miracle’ rescue for Kiwi bushwalkers after 19 days
Two Kiwis lost in a remote South Island national park say they survived the past 13 days without food before a “miraculous”...
Secret NZ border exemptions for ‘high-value’ foreigners including Hollywood movie-makers
Key individuals behind the sequel to Hollywood blockbuster Avatar are among hundreds of foreigners quietly let into New Zealand under little-known exemptions...
Mother’s Day hugs banned in New Zealand
Hugs and visits to mums across New Zealand have been banned this Mother’s Day by Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, seeking a final...
NZ claims victory over virus, looks to end lockdown
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has declared her country’s lockdown a success after a stunning drop in daily cases to just...
Jacinda Ardern tells Kiwis: No sex, please, we’re skittish
Jacinda Ardern’s government has quietly codified a “bonk ban” more than a week into New Zealand’s clampdown designed to stamp out COVID-19....
Elderly woman becomes New Zealand’s first coronavirus death
New Zealand has suffered its first coronavirus-related death, a woman aged in her 70s on the West Coast of South Island. The...
New Zealand declares national state of emergency
With another record amount of COVID-19 cases identified, the New Zealand government has been granted extraordinary operating powers to implement a nationwide...
Christchurch mosque massacre survivors find reasons to hope after a year of grief and pain
Hamimah Tuyan, who was widowed in last year’s Christchurch mosque massacre, has developed a coping mechanism with her sons when her heart...
Kiwi super fund renounces all fossil-fuel investments
The New Zealand government is ring-fencing billions of dollars from fossil fuels investment, effectively divesting much of the country’s superannuation scheme. Advocates...
NZ man denies murder of Australian surfer
The 23-year-old man charged with killing holidaying Victorian surfer Sean McKinnon pleaded not guilty to murder in New Zealand’s High Court in...