Meth addict Michael Tupago sentenced for $60k theft spree that spanned Auckland, Northland, Waikato
A serial thief specialising in the filching of tip jars and donation boxes from business counters across the North Island managed to steal over $60,000 over the course of a 13-month crime spree. By ...
Opinion
Distinctive and meaningful: Why Canada has the best-designed flag in the world
The North American Vexillological Association — it brands itself as the world’s largest club for flag enthusiasts — has settled on five basic rules for good flag design. They even distilled the rules ...
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Standards of practice in acute ischemic stroke intervention: international recommendations
This working group is composed of delegates from the following societies: Asian-Australian Federation of Interventional and Therapeutic Neuroradiology (AAFITN), Australian and New Zealand Society ...
Al Jazeera on MSN5d
Why a China deal has set off a Cook Islands-New Zealand spat
But the proposed pact has shaken decades-old ties between the Cook Islands and New Zealand, neighbours that are set to mark ...
The Economist2d
New Zealand and the Cook Islands fall out over China
The Cook Islands needs trade and investment. Its economy depends on tourism, and, having graduated to “high-income” status in ...
Where is the Cook Islands and what is its relationship with New Zealand?
The Cook Islands lie halfway between New Zealand and Hawaii and are made up of 15 islands and atolls spread over 700 square ...
The Washington Post17d
New Zealand reviews its aid to Kiribati after the Pacific island nation snubs an official's visit
WELLINGTON, New Zealand — New Zealand is reconsidering all development funding to the aid-dependent island nation of Kiribati, following a diplomatic snub from the island nation’s leader ...
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A US ally is reconsidering aid to a strategic Pacific nation. Will China move in?
But a rare on-the-record dispute between New Zealand and Kiribati has renewed focus on the poor and isolated island nation, highlighting the existential threat it faces from the climate crisis ...
The Diplomat29d
New Zealand-Singapore Defense Relations in a Volatile World
2025 will be a special time for relations between New Zealand and Singapore ... particularly for island nations, in the era of digitalization and hybrid warfare and due to the growth of the ...